Tralee Genealogical Records
Tralee Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births, marriages and deaths registered with the Irish government. Provides the child's name, date of registration, place of registration, mother's maiden name and a reference to order a certificate with further details.
A collection of almost 4 million birth and baptisms records from civil, Catholic and Church of Ireland registers.
Digital images of registers recording the birth and baptism of Catholic families' children. They record around 550,000 births and baptisms, which can be searched by a name index.
An index to evidences provided to the British Civil Service Commission to establish the age of prospective and current civil servants. The index includes date & place of birth and provides a reference to surviving documents.
An index to over 5 million births and baptisms recorded in Ireland. These are predominantly from the 19th century.
Tralee Marriage & Divorce Records
Digital images of documents from civil divorce cases. The cases cover both the cause of the case and the outcome, such as division of property and visitation rights. These records also contain details of illegitimate children. Cases can be searched by a name index.
An index to births, marriages and deaths registered with the Irish government. Provides the child's name, date of registration, place of registration, mother's maiden name and a reference to order a certificate with further details.
Transcripts of more than 850,000 marriage records, including parents' names when listed in the original document.
Digital images of registers recording the marriages of Catholics in Ireland. They record around 150,000 marriages, which can be searched by a name index.
An index to over 210,000 licenses giving permission to marry.
Tralee Death & Burial Records
An index to births, marriages and deaths registered with the Irish government. Provides the child's name, date of registration, place of registration, mother's maiden name and a reference to order a certificate with further details.
Details of crew and passengers who died aboard RMS Titanic. Information given includes date, place & cause of death; gender; age; nationality; profession; and residence.
An index to around 13,000 marriages of the upper class of Ireland recorded in a magazine.
Registers compiled from the logs of ships registered in Britain & her colonies. These records are indexed by named and are connected to original images of the registers. They list the name of the deceased, the date they died, their gender, age, cause of death and the name of the ship they died on.
Transcriptions of over 35,000 death notices of Irish who died in America and other parts of the world.
Tralee Census & Population Lists
An index to several million names in records delineating families and including important personal details, such as religion, occupation and place of birth.
An index to and digital images of registers recording people eligible to vote. The records list name, residence, qualification to vote, ratable value of property and sometimes a description of their property.
Directories containing over 275,000,000 entries. As well as name, address and phone number, occupations are often recorded. A useful census substitute.
Over 135,000 surviving extracts from the 1841 and 1851 censuses of Ireland.
An index to almost half a million surviving extracts from largely lost Irish censuses. These records show families, with relations and important genealogical information.
Newspapers Covering Tralee
A collection of over 150,000 various records, largely pertaining to the Province of Munster. It is largely comprised of newspaper transcripts, obituaries and gravestone transcriptions.
A London newspaper that later became The Sun.
Originally founded as a chartist organ, the newspaper became a liberal platform.
Digital images of a newspaper that circulated through Ireland, promoting agriculture, gardening, commerce and manufacturing. It is fully text searchable.
A popular illustrated, liberal newspaper; one of the most popular in Britain.
Tralee Wills & Probate Records
An index to over 100,000 Irish wills.
Transcripts of over 9,000 wills penned by Irish privates and non-commissioned officers during World War I.
A name index connected to images of Ireland's civil probate registers. It lists the name of the deceased, residence, status or occupation, type of probate, date of probate and names of the executors or administrators.
An index to around 365,000 documents relating to the distribution of deceased person's real and personal estate.
An index to almost 78,000 wills that were disputed. The index can lead you to documents that may shed a great deal of genealogical information as disputes often arose between siblings and cousins.
Tralee Immigration & Travel Records
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A record of over 600,000 immigrants arriving in the United States; being predominantly those escaping the Irish famine. Records may contain numerous useful details, such as age or year of birth, native county and intended destination.
A list of over 40,000 passengers traveling from North America to the British Isles. Details of passengers may include: occupation, nationality, gender, age, martial status, class, destination, and details of the vessel they sailed on.
Details of over 700 poor Irish settlers in the Newcastle district of Canada. Contains details of the land they occupy, family and live stock.
Registers recording those who by their criminal deeds were sentenced to be transported to Australia. Records include name, date & place of conviction, term of sentence, ship sailed on, departure date and the name of the colony they were to be sent to.
Tralee Military Records
A variety military service, medical, award and general documents detailing WWI army soldiers who claimed a pension for disability. Contains a great deal of biographical and genealogical details, including physical description and disabilities. Digital images, searchable by a name and place index.
A history of the town during WWI, with a list of men and women who served and notes of those who lost their lives.
A list of over 1.3 million British and Commonwealth servicemen who were injured during World War One.
Detailed records of 858,171 Royal Artillery personnel. The records contain genealogical, biographical and military details.
Digital images, searchable by a name index, of 88,096 records detailing biographical, genealogical and service details of the men of the Royal Tank Corps.
Tralee Court & Legal Records
An index to and digital images of registers recording people eligible to vote. The records list name, residence, qualification to vote, ratable value of property and sometimes a description of their property.
An index to millions of names occurring in minor Irish legal records. The index is linked to images of the original registers.
An index to and images to various records, including loan application forms. These may list name, residence, names of relatives, loan particulars and more.
A index to over 3.5 million names occurring in Irish prison registers. Details provide vary, but may include: name, age, place of birth, abode, religion, occupation, education, physical description, next of kin and details of crimes and sentences Contains images of the original registers.
Digital images of thousands of letters and documents detailing the state of Ireland during the famine. The documents can be searched by a name index of over 10,000 people.
Tralee Taxation Records
An assessment of property in Ireland for taxation purposes. Provides descriptions of properties.
Records detailing occupiers of land in pre-famine Ireland. Contains a description of lands and other details. Original images of the records can be searched by name and place.
Lists of occupiers of Irish land and tithes to support the established church; arranged by parish.
A list of people who refused to pay an annual tax to the Anglican church in Scotland.
Tralee Land & Property Records
Records detailing tenancies of over 500,000 Irish people. In some cases details may be provided back to the 18th century.
The name and address of people who owned two or more acres of land in Ireland.
An assessment of property in Ireland for taxation purposes. Provides descriptions of properties.
Essentially an electoral roll, listing those who were eligible to vote, their occupation, residence and entitlement.
Records detailing occupiers of land in pre-famine Ireland. Contains a description of lands and other details. Original images of the records can be searched by name and place.
Tralee Directories & Gazetteers
A detailed directory of the counties' nobility, gentry, tradesmen, farmers etc. Also contains descriptions of settlements, the county, some of its businesses and its customs. The work is searchable by an index of over 10,000 names. Published by George Bassett.
A history and topography of the counties in this province; followed by lists of administrative officers, judges, police etc. Also contains entries for settlements, with details on their residents and occupations. Searchable by an index of over 110,000 names.
Two directories detailing nearly 24,000 residents of the Province of Munster, their abode and calling.
A directory of the court, parliament, aristocracy, mayors, civil service, military, militia and banks in the British Empire.
A directory containing all manner of facts and descriptions of public and other important institutions. Contains various lists of the nobility, gentry and other Irish citizens. Searchable by an index of over 130,000 people.
Tralee Cemeteries
A collection of over 150,000 various records, largely pertaining to the Province of Munster. It is largely comprised of newspaper transcripts, obituaries and gravestone transcriptions.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Several thousand transcribed memorials remembering those connected with the nautical occupations.
An index to around 100,000 various births, marriages, deaths, burials, cemeteries, wills, immigration, census extracted from Irish sources.
Tralee Obituaries
A collection of over 150,000 various records, largely pertaining to the Province of Munster. It is largely comprised of newspaper transcripts, obituaries and gravestone transcriptions.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
This database contains extracted genealogical information from the obituaries of the Irish Independent newspaper.
Tralee Histories & Books
Photographs and images of churches in County Kerry.
A growing database including millions of photographs of the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Ireland catalogued by latitude & longitude and OS grid reference.
A history of the town during WWI, with a list of men and women who served and notes of those who lost their lives.
An indexed collection of 21,000 photographs covering all of Ireland.
A collection of 220,000 professional photos covering most towns and villages in Britain, and parts of Ireland.
Tralee School & Education Records
An index to and images of registers recording 100,000s of Irish schoolchildren. Registers may list name, year of birth, year of registration, age, religion, address, occupation of parent or guardian, name of current and previous school, parish, number of days attendance, class enrolled into, results of exams and date of leaving.
A register of faculty and students educated at Trinity College Dublin. Entries include the individual’s full name, date of entering the college, age of entering, father’s name and address, the degree they received and their graduation date.
A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.
Registers recording students who attended a series of non-denominational schools throughout Ireland.
Transcripts of over 27,000 entries from admissions, apprentice, and schoolmaster ledgers of the Royal Military Asylum in Chelsea and Royal Hibernian Military School in Dublin.
Tralee Occupation & Business Records
This collection gives brief details on the appointment of over 1.4 million people who worked for the Post Office. Includes references to corresponding data in the Postmaster General’s minute books and is a starting point for research in the rich archive of the British Postal Museum.
A database containing names extracted from Kelly's Directory of the Leather Trade. Contains name, occupation and residence.
A book containing details of the medical establishment in Ireland, with a list of over 2,700 medical practitioners in Ireland.
Records relating to merchant seamen of the British Isles. They may record, date and place of birth, address and details of their maritime career.
An index to those who were awarded spinning wheels and looms for growing flax.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Tralee
The first edition of an exclusively Irish directory of the landed gentry printed by Burke's. This publication provides heraldic, genealogical and biographical details on Ireland's foremost untitled landowners. Searchable by an index of over 80,000 names.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Genealogies of notable Irish families, with biographical details and notes on Irish clans and surnames.
Tralee Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
The first edition of an exclusively Irish directory of the landed gentry printed by Burke's. This publication provides heraldic, genealogical and biographical details on Ireland's foremost untitled landowners. Searchable by an index of over 80,000 names.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Genealogies of notable Irish families, with biographical details and notes on Irish clans and surnames.
Genealogies of notable Irish families, with biographical details and notes on Irish clans and surnames.
A dictionary of families elevated to the peerage of Great Britain & Ireland. It includes genealogies and biographical details.
Tralee Church Records
A directory listing all the members of the clergy and parishes in Ireland. Also includes details on clergy in the Empire.
Biographical details of around 32,000 Congregationalist ministers in the British Isles and further afield.
A directory listing Anglican parishes and other divisions of the Church or England hierarchy and their various religious officers. The directory covers the UK and Anglican churches throughout the world.
Brief biographical details on all Anglican clergy in Britain & the Episcopal Church in Scotland.
Brief biographical details on all Anglican clergy in Britain & the Episcopal Church in Scotland.
Biographical Directories Covering Tralee
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Detailed biographies of thousands of notable Europeans with details on ancestry.
An index of names connected to over 60,000 biographies of notable British and Irish people from arguably the world's most respected biographical compendium. Gives details on ancestry, careers and personal wealth.
Brief biographical notes on around 10,000 of Britain's foremost nobles, landowners and professionals.
Tralee Maps
Digitalised copies of detailed maps covering around 99% of the country.
289 maps depicting routes through Ireland.
A sprawling website setting out and describing the historical divisions of Britain. Also contains countless maps of various sorts. Covers the UK, Ireland, Isle of Man & has fleeting details of other localities.
County and national maps covering the British Isles, extracted from John Speed's landmark work, Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain.
An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.
Tralee Reference Works
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A growing collection of heraldic and related clip art that can be used to reconstruct a families' arms. Includes packs for British, German, Austrian, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Polish, Portuguese, French, Swiss and Dutch arms. Images are available in a variety of formats including vectors.
A sprawling site that lists British trade unions, histories of some unions and outlines how to locate records relating to trade union ancestors.
A calculator measuring the changing value of the British Pound using two price indices.
Historical Description
TRALEE, a parish and borough, assize, sea-port, market-town and post-town, in the barony of TRUGHENACKMY, county of KERRY, and province of MUNSTER, 58¼ miles (W.N. W.) from Cork, and 151 (S. W. by W.) from Dublin; containing 11,021 inhabitants, of which number 9568 are in the town. Its ancient name, Traleigh, "the strand of the Leigh," is derived from its situation near the point at which the river Leigh discharges itself into the broad sandy bay of Tralee;this river, though apparently so insignificant as to be covered over during its course through the town, is occasionally so much swelled by the winter torrents from the mountains as to cause much inconvenience and at times damage to the inhabitants. The first historical notice of the town is the foundation of a Dominican monastery, in 1213, by John Fitz-Thomas, of the Geraldine family, who having been slain with his son Maurice and many of his followers in the battle at Callan against McCarthy More, was interred in it. In 1325, Maurice Fitz-Maurice, fourth lord of Kerry, slew Dermot McCarthy in the presence of the judge of assize, for which act he was severely punished. In 1576, the great Earl of Desmond, who claimed the privilege that his palatinate should not be amenable to the jurisdiction of the King's judges, having in vain endeavoured to prevent Sir Wm. Drury, then Lord-Justice, from holding the assizes at Tralee, invited him to his castle, where he met him attended by a large body of his followers.
The Lord-Justice seeing them advancing towards him in military order, suspected treachery and ordered his attendants to charge them, upon which Desmond and his men fled with the greatest precipitation, leaving his countess to explain the cause of the alarm. In 1579, Sir Henry Davels, who had been sent by the Lord-Deputy to summon the Earl of Desmond to join him with his forces against the Spaniards, who had landed at Smerwick, on his return from this mission was assassinated at Tralee by Sir John Desmond, a relation of the earl. In 1600, Sir Chas. Wilmot here routed a party of the Irish with considerable slaughter. At the breaking out of the war of 1641 all the English families in and about Tralee took shelter in the castle belonging to Sir Edw. Denny, to whom it had been granted after the death of the Earl of Desmond and the forfeiture of his property;and Sir Edward assembled all his tenants for its defence, but being ordered away on another duty he left the newcomers to their own resources, which they exerted so effectually that they kept the besiegers at bay for six months, until, being worn out with fatigue and hunger, and discouraged by the death of their governor, Sir Thomas Harris, they surrendered. The town was soon after destroyed and the surrounding country wasted by the Irish, on the approach of Lord Inehiquin, to prevent, him from making it his head-quarters. It was treated in a similar manner in 1691, on the approach of King William's forces.
The town, which, with the surrounding district, is the property of Sir Edw. Denny, contained, in 1831, 1354 houses:it is situated near the foot of a range of mountains and about a mile and a half from the bay of the same name, on a site so low as to be occasionally flooded when high spring tides meet the mountain torrents. It consists of an irregular main street, upwards of a mile long, having several streets branching laterally from it on each side:the streets, which are kept in repair by county presentments, are partially paved and flagged, but not lighted;a proposal made to remedy these defects and to procure the inhabitants a full supply of water, under the provisions of the act of the 9th of Geo. IV., c. 82, was rejected by a public meeting convened in 1832, and the town is now provided with water from pumps fitted up by subscription during the prevalence of the cholera. It has been much improved within the last few years by the erection of several good houses and the formation of a new street, named Denny-street, formed on the site of the ancient castle of the Earl of Desmond, at the western extremity of which is the entrance to the castle demesne, which has been lately much improved, and forms a delightful promenade open to the public. The county club and newsroom is in this street, and there are two other reading and news-rooms, called the Chamber of Commerce and the Constitutional Club. Races are held at the spa in July or August, and an annual regatta in the bay has been lately established. The barracks, at Ballymullen, about half a mile from the town, and capable of accommodating 17 officers, and 456 non-commissioned officers and privates, and 6 horses, with an hospital for 30 patients, form a substantial building, erected in 1810 at an expense of £20,000: they stand in an enclosed area of about 15½ acres. Near the barracks is the brewery of Mr. Bender, also the distillery of Messrs. Newell and Grant, which manufactures upwards of 70,000 gallons of whiskey annually. The extensive ale and porter brewery of Messrs. Cox and Tidmarsh, producing about 2300 tierces annually, and another on a less extensive scale, are situated in the town. The markets, which are held on Tuesday and Saturday, are abundantly supplied with meat and vegetables, and with fish from the bays of Dingle and Tralee; there are no regulal marketplaces, and the dealings are carried on in the public streets, to the great inconvenience of the inhabitants: the provost acts as clerk of the market, in examining the weights and measures and in correcting abuses and deciding disputes; market jurors are sworn at quarter sessions. The town has an extensive retail trade, Fairs are held on May 3rd, Aug. 4th and 5th, Oct. 9th and 10th, Nov. 7th and 8th, and Dec. 13th. There are branches of the Bank of Ireland and of the Provincial and National Banks in the town. About 15 years since the export of grain was confined to two or three small cargoes annually; there is now a considerable export, which is increasing every year; the chief articles are wheat and oats, the barley being mostly purchased for home consumption: butter is also exported, but not to its former extent: coal and timber are the chief articles imported. The improvements in the trade, commerce, and general appearance of Tralee have been very considerable of late years, and are rapidly progressing notwithstanding the inconvenience arising from the extreme shallowness of the water in the river, which prevents the approach of vessels exceeding 50 or 60 tons nearer than Blennerville, about 1½ mile distant, and obliges large vessels to lie at the Samphire islands, off Fenit point, a distance of about five miles. To remedy this defect, a local act of the 9th of Geo. IV., c. 118, was procured, creating a corporate board of commissioners for the purpose of constructing a navigable canal adequate to bring up large vessels to the town.
The canal, which is now in progress, commences at Croompane-Rockard, near the west end of the town, where there is a basin 400 feet by 150, on the north side of which is to be a quay faced with hewn stone: the canal, which proceeds thence to the Blackrock, beyond Blennerville, is to be 74 feet wide and 15 feet deep: the estimated expense is £24,000. When finished, vessels of 300 tons burden will be enabled to discharge at the quay. The canal commissioners are empowered to impose certain dues on the imports and exports, and on vessels coming into the port; these dues, in 1834, amounted to £600. The amount of the excise duties of the district, for the year 1835, was £11,265. 9. 6. The town is the head station of the coast-guard district and residence of the inspecting commander: it comprises the stations of Castlegregory, Kilfinura, Ballyheigue, the Cashen river, and Beale. It is also a chief constabulary police station.
The town was incorporated by a charter of the 10th of Jas. I., under the name of "the Provost, Free Burgesses, and Commonalty of the Borough of Tralee; "to consist of a provost, 12 burgesses and a commonalty.
The provost, elected annually, is hereby appointed clerk of the market, justice of the peace for the county of Kerry, and judge of a borough court of record. The burgesses are elected for life: the charter declares all the inhabitants of the borough freemen, together with such others as the provost and free burgesses admit; but as the freedom gives no privilege but that of exemption from tolls, it has never been claimed as of right.
The charter grants to the borough the right of returning two members to parliament, and vests the election in the provost and burgesses: the borough was disfranchised at the Union, but by the act of the 2nd of Win. IV., cap. 88, it is empowered to return one member, to be elected by the £10 householders, with a restoration of their former right of voting to the burgesses, provided they be resident in the borough or within seven miles of it. The borough is not co-extensive with the parish, but comprises a portion of the country round the town, to the extent of about seven miles in circumference.
The new electoral boundary, including part of the parish of Ratass, in which are the county gaol and the barracks, comprises an area of 534 statute acres, the limits of which are particularly described in the Appendix: the provost is the returning officer. He also presides at a court of record, held every Thursday, for personal actions not exceeding five marks, Irish. The assizes for the county of Kerry are held at Tralee; and general sessions of the peace four times in the year: petty sessions are held every Tuesday. The county courthouse, erected near the eastern end of Denny-street, at an expense of £14,000, is an edifice of great elegance: its front presents a Grecian portico approached by a noble flight of steps and surmounted with a fine pediment: the main building, which is circular, has the criminal court of justice on the one side and the civil on the other, separated by the judges' and other chambers in the centre of the building: the county offices are in the rear. The county gaol, situated near the barracks, is a large and substantial building on the radiating principle, consisting of an octangular centre containing the governor's apartments, from which project two lateral wings and one rearward containing wards for the male prisoners; in the front are two detached buildings for female prisoners and debtors, and in the rear another of semicircular form for a chapel: it affords accommodations, with separate beds, for 209 prisoners, and has a treadmill.
The parish contains 4393½ statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act: it is intersected by the small rivers Ballymullen and Leigh, which unite just before they fall into the strait or haven at the western entrance of the town. The soil is in general of superior quality, and chiefly in tillage; the system of agriculture is gradually improving: it contains some mountain pasture and shallow bog. Limestone and black marble are found 4 N within its limits: the materials with which the new courthouse was constructed were chiefly raised from a quarry of fine limestone near the castle green, which has been since filled up and planted. Sea-weed from Tralee bay is in general use for manure. The principal gentlemen's seats in the vicinity are Ballyseedy, the finely planted demesne of Arth. Blennerhasset, Esq., now occupied by Sir Edw. Denny, Bart.; Oak Park, the residence of John Bateman, Esq., situated in grounds well wooded with oak, among which are some trees of singular size and beauty, and open to the public; Belmont, of the Rev. A. B. Rowan; Ballard House, of Fras. Crosbie, Esq.; Spring Lodge, of F. J. Martelli, Esq.; Lower Cannon, of J. Eagar, Esq.; Magh, of W. Seely, Esq.; Chute Hall, of W. Chute, Esq.; Spring Hill, of Capt. Chute; Arbella, of Fras. Peet, Esq.; Plover Hill, of Geo. Gun, Esq.; and Frogmore Lodge, of the Rev. Barry Denny. The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe, and in the patronage of Sir Edw. Denny: the tithes amount to £408. 7-7. The glebehouse is a large and commodious building adjoining the church; the glebe comprises 11a. Or. 29p. The church, which was enlarged in 1819 by aid of a loan of £2450 from the late Board of First Fruits, and more recently enlarged and thoroughly repaired by a fund raised by subscription and the sale of the pews, is a large and handsome structure with a square tower surmounted with pinnacles. In the R. C. divisions the parish is the head of a union or district, comprising also the greater part of the parishes of Annagh, Clogherbrien, and Ratass: the chapel is a spacious and handsome edifice, the entrance to which from the High-street is through a fine avenue bordered with trees. A convent for nuns of the order of the Presentation, established about 12 years since, has a small chapel attached to it. There are places of worship for Calvinistic Independents and Wesleyan Methodists. A school, under the superintendence of the incumbent, was built about 12 years since by aid of a grant of £140 from the Lord-Lieutenant's fund, and shortly after its erection was placed in connection with the trustees of Erasmus Smith's charity, who allow the master a fixed salary of £20 per ann. and a contingent gratuity of £10: there is also a school for females, formerly in connection with the London Hibernian Society, held under the same roof; the salary of the mistress is paid by subscriptions, which average £30 per ann.: the building can accommodate 80 children of each sex, and both schools are under the superintendence of the Protestant clergyman.
A male school in connection with the Board of National Education is held in a large edifice, consisting of an upper and lower apartment, each extending the whole length, of the building, and togetheraffording accommodation for about 800 children. A female free school is connected with the convent of the Presentation, by the nuns of which the children are instructed in the elements of useful literature and in lace-making and needle-work: it is partly supported by a grant from the same Board.
There are five private schools: the number of children instructed in all these schools is about 830. There is also a Sunday school in the town. The county infirmary, with a dispensary attached, has been established here. The county fever hospital, a substantial modern building, forming three sides of a quadrangle, and capable of accommodating 200 patients, is situated in a spacious area in the vicinity. There is also a temporary asylum for the reception of lunatics previously to their transmission to the district lunatic asylum at Limerick.
Two asylums for the aged and impotent poor are supported respectively by the Protestant and Catholic inhabitants.
A neat row of six almshouses, affording accommodation to 36 poor widows, was built in 1832 by Dr. McEniry, P. P., at an expense of £600: the widows are selected by the parish priest. The interest of £1000 Irish, bequeathed by Miss Tuomy, of Tralee, who died about 30 years since, is distributed by the parish priest among the poor, generally at Christmas.
The only relics of the ancient abbey are some sculptured ornaments which have been built into the front of the R. C. chapel and of the adjoining school-house. At Ballybeggan are the remains of a castle, and at the northern outlet are some slight vestiges of the castle of Mac Aliistrom or Ellistrom. On the northern shore of the bay, about three miles from the town, is a celebrated chalybeate spring, which has given the name of Spa to a small watering-place that is described under its own head.
Most Common Surnames in Tralee
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Kerry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sullivan | 337 | 1:31 | 3.08% | 1 |
| 2 | O'Connor | 284 | 1:37 | 7.10% | 3 |
| 3 | FitzGerald | 240 | 1:43 | 10.30% | 9 |
| 4 | McCarthy | 194 | 1:54 | 6.49% | 6 |
| 5 | Murphy | 190 | 1:55 | 4.92% | 5 |
| 6 | Connor | 165 | 1:63 | 4.13% | 4 |
| 7 | O'Sullivan | 159 | 1:66 | 6.78% | 8 |
| 8 | Foley | 133 | 1:78 | 6.55% | 11 |
| 9 | Shea | 120 | 1:87 | 2.59% | 2 |
| 10 | Moriarty | 115 | 1:91 | 4.78% | 7 |
| 11 | O'Brien | 114 | 1:92 | 10.80% | 26 |
| 12 | Brosnan | 101 | 1:103 | 6.74% | 16 |
| 12 | Slattery | 101 | 1:103 | 27.82% | 84 |
| 14 | Flynn | 92 | 1:113 | 11.33% | 35 |
| 15 | Lynch | 84 | 1:124 | 4.93% | 13 |
| 15 | Walsh | 84 | 1:124 | 4.85% | 12 |
| 17 | Healy | 82 | 1:127 | 6.47% | 19 |
| 18 | Griffin | 72 | 1:145 | 3.48% | 10 |
| 19 | O'Connell | 67 | 1:156 | 7.13% | 31 |
| 20 | Leary | 64 | 1:163 | 5.20% | 22 |
| 21 | Daly | 62 | 1:168 | 4.92% | 20 |
| 22 | Casey | 61 | 1:171 | 4.96% | 23 |
| 22 | McDonnell | 61 | 1:171 | 33.15% | 180 |
| 24 | Sheehan | 60 | 1:174 | 4.44% | 18 |
| 25 | Collins | 58 | 1:180 | 7.61% | 39 |
| 26 | Hurley | 57 | 1:183 | 18.39% | 111 |
| 26 | Riordan | 57 | 1:183 | 5.47% | 27 |
| 28 | Kelliher | 56 | 1:186 | 9.96% | 56 |
| 29 | Cronin | 55 | 1:190 | 3.34% | 14 |
| 29 | Stack | 55 | 1:190 | 5.11% | 25 |
| 31 | Oshea | 54 | 1:193 | 13.40% | 80 |
| 32 | Connell | 53 | 1:197 | 4.22% | 21 |
| 32 | Mahony | 53 | 1:197 | 4.48% | 24 |
| 32 | Nolan | 53 | 1:197 | 8.02% | 45 |
| 35 | O'Donnell | 52 | 1:201 | 7.93% | 46 |
| 36 | Galvin | 50 | 1:209 | 7.15% | 42 |
| 36 | Sheehy | 50 | 1:209 | 6.35% | 36 |
| 38 | Clifford | 48 | 1:217 | 3.31% | 17 |
| 39 | Barry | 46 | 1:227 | 8.63% | 60 |
| 39 | Kelly | 46 | 1:227 | 4.55% | 29 |
| 41 | Conway | 44 | 1:237 | 17.60% | 134 |
| 41 | Ryan | 44 | 1:237 | 15.66% | 123 |
| 43 | Reidy | 43 | 1:243 | 6.30% | 44 |
| 44 | Horan | 42 | 1:248 | 8.86% | 67 |
| 44 | Roche | 42 | 1:248 | 10.80% | 82 |
| 46 | Dunne | 40 | 1:261 | 20.94% | 176 |
| 46 | McMahon | 40 | 1:261 | 11.17% | 87 |
| 46 | O'Callaghan | 40 | 1:261 | 16.60% | 142 |
| 46 | Savage | 40 | 1:261 | 27.78% | 210 |
| 50 | Barrett | 38 | 1:275 | 8.17% | 68 |
| 50 | Burke | 38 | 1:275 | 12.03% | 108 |
| 50 | McElligott | 38 | 1:275 | 6.18% | 48 |
| 53 | FitzGibbon | 36 | 1:290 | 66.67% | 393 |
| 53 | McKenna | 36 | 1:290 | 5.96% | 49 |
| 55 | Carroll | 35 | 1:298 | 5.79% | 49 |
| 55 | Coffey | 35 | 1:298 | 3.97% | 33 |
| 57 | O'Leary | 34 | 1:307 | 6.03% | 54 |
| 58 | Donovan | 32 | 1:326 | 14.41% | 153 |
| 58 | Lawlor | 32 | 1:326 | 9.50% | 97 |
| 58 | Moriarity | 32 | 1:326 | 71.11% | 425 |
| 58 | O'Regan | 32 | 1:326 | 55.17% | 380 |
| 62 | Dowling | 31 | 1:337 | 10.06% | 112 |
| 62 | Flaherty | 31 | 1:337 | 5.32% | 52 |
| 64 | Enright | 30 | 1:348 | 4.27% | 41 |
| 64 | Keane | 30 | 1:348 | 3.32% | 32 |
| 64 | Sugrue | 30 | 1:348 | 3.82% | 37 |
| 67 | Tuomey | 29 | 1:360 | 34.52% | 300 |
| 68 | Browne | 28 | 1:373 | 7.91% | 92 |
| 68 | Driscoll | 28 | 1:373 | 8.00% | 93 |
| 68 | Hogan | 28 | 1:373 | 12.23% | 149 |
| 68 | Leen | 28 | 1:373 | 9.00% | 110 |
| 68 | Moore | 28 | 1:373 | 7.84% | 88 |
| 68 | Tangney | 28 | 1:373 | 12.67% | 154 |
| 74 | Doyle | 27 | 1:386 | 3.75% | 40 |
| 74 | Mullins | 27 | 1:386 | 72.97% | 473 |
| 76 | Dillane | 26 | 1:401 | 9.22% | 122 |
| 76 | Moroney | 26 | 1:401 | 23.85% | 248 |
| 76 | O'Keeffe | 26 | 1:401 | 9.81% | 127 |
| 79 | Looney | 25 | 1:417 | 13.59% | 180 |
| 79 | Power | 25 | 1:417 | 20.49% | 233 |
| 79 | Regan | 25 | 1:417 | 6.94% | 86 |
| 82 | Broderick | 24 | 1:435 | 8.30% | 118 |
| 82 | Egan | 24 | 1:435 | 7.12% | 97 |
| 82 | Falvey | 24 | 1:435 | 9.64% | 135 |
| 82 | FitzMaurice | 24 | 1:435 | 7.32% | 101 |
| 82 | Prendergast | 24 | 1:435 | 25.00% | 278 |
| 82 | Trant | 24 | 1:435 | 27.27% | 292 |
| 88 | Johnston | 23 | 1:454 | 30.67% | 319 |
| 88 | Kennedy | 23 | 1:454 | 2.23% | 28 |
| 88 | Lyons | 23 | 1:454 | 4.40% | 62 |
| 88 | Sweeney | 23 | 1:454 | 4.24% | 58 |
| 92 | Ahern | 22 | 1:474 | 6.88% | 106 |
| 92 | Cahill | 22 | 1:474 | 3.71% | 51 |
| 92 | Commane | 22 | 1:474 | 45.83% | 412 |
| 92 | Crowley | 22 | 1:474 | 4.79% | 70 |
| 92 | Donoghue | 22 | 1:474 | 1.43% | 15 |
| 92 | Harrington | 22 | 1:474 | 4.62% | 66 |
| 92 | Raymond | 22 | 1:474 | 75.86% | 511 |
| 99 | Jones | 21 | 1:497 | 8.37% | 133 |
| 99 | McSweeney | 21 | 1:497 | 21.43% | 271 |
| 99 | Nagle | 21 | 1:497 | 13.29% | 197 |
| 99 | Quinlan | 21 | 1:497 | 8.71% | 142 |
| 103 | Cournane | 20 | 1:522 | 8.62% | 147 |
| 103 | Hayes | 20 | 1:522 | 4.91% | 79 |
| 105 | Breen | 19 | 1:549 | 2.76% | 43 |
| 105 | Fleming | 19 | 1:549 | 4.22% | 72 |
| 105 | Mulcahy | 19 | 1:549 | 26.03% | 323 |
| 105 | O'Mahony | 19 | 1:549 | 32.20% | 376 |
| 105 | Smith | 19 | 1:549 | 20.43% | 281 |
| 110 | Buckley | 18 | 1:580 | 2.14% | 34 |
| 110 | Costelloe | 18 | 1:580 | 5.71% | 109 |
| 110 | Culloty | 18 | 1:580 | 12.68% | 213 |
| 110 | Gleeson | 18 | 1:580 | 9.47% | 177 |
| 110 | Higgins | 18 | 1:580 | 11.46% | 199 |
| 110 | Lenihan | 18 | 1:580 | 11.39% | 197 |
| 110 | McEnery | 18 | 1:580 | 37.50% | 412 |
| 110 | McQuinn | 18 | 1:580 | 26.87% | 342 |
| 110 | Morris | 18 | 1:580 | 14.63% | 230 |
| 110 | O'Donoghue | 18 | 1:580 | 5.54% | 104 |
| 110 | Quinn | 18 | 1:580 | 18.00% | 267 |
| 110 | Scanlon | 18 | 1:580 | 4.38% | 78 |
| 110 | Williams | 18 | 1:580 | 12.95% | 217 |
| 123 | Counihan | 17 | 1:614 | 8.95% | 177 |
| 123 | Farmer | 17 | 1:614 | 62.96% | 532 |
| 123 | Keeffe | 17 | 1:614 | 8.33% | 169 |
| 123 | Landers | 17 | 1:614 | 12.59% | 221 |
| 123 | Mason | 17 | 1:614 | 20.00% | 297 |
| 123 | O'Flaherty | 17 | 1:614 | 12.78% | 224 |
| 123 | O'Neill | 17 | 1:614 | 2.71% | 47 |
| 123 | Purcell | 17 | 1:614 | 17.53% | 274 |
| 123 | Reilly | 17 | 1:614 | 8.06% | 160 |
| 123 | Scannell | 17 | 1:614 | 5.21% | 103 |
| 123 | Switzer | 17 | 1:614 | 100.00% | 671 |
| 134 | Allman | 16 | 1:652 | 22.22% | 330 |
| 134 | Brick | 16 | 1:652 | 7.55% | 159 |
| 134 | Doolan | 16 | 1:652 | 35.56% | 425 |
| 134 | Flahive | 16 | 1:652 | 9.04% | 185 |
| 134 | Gorman | 16 | 1:652 | 12.60% | 228 |
| 134 | Heffernan | 16 | 1:652 | 7.69% | 164 |
| 134 | McGillicuddy | 16 | 1:652 | 10.74% | 205 |
| 134 | Moran | 16 | 1:652 | 2.99% | 59 |
| 134 | Quill | 16 | 1:652 | 11.03% | 208 |
| 143 | Brien | 15 | 1:695 | 5.93% | 130 |
| 143 | Brooks | 15 | 1:695 | 57.69% | 545 |
| 143 | Carey | 15 | 1:695 | 4.97% | 113 |
| 143 | Finn | 15 | 1:695 | 8.93% | 188 |
| 143 | Glover | 15 | 1:695 | 68.18% | 593 |
| 143 | Hawley | 15 | 1:695 | 100.00% | 719 |
| 143 | Horgan | 15 | 1:695 | 1.93% | 38 |
| 143 | Moynihan | 15 | 1:695 | 1.54% | 30 |
| 143 | O'Hanlon | 15 | 1:695 | 51.72% | 511 |
| 143 | Pierce | 15 | 1:695 | 16.85% | 290 |
| 143 | Prendeville | 15 | 1:695 | 16.48% | 286 |
| 143 | Stokes | 15 | 1:695 | 25.86% | 380 |
| 143 | White | 15 | 1:695 | 7.32% | 168 |
| 156 | Dennehy | 14 | 1:745 | 4.17% | 100 |
| 156 | Dooley | 14 | 1:745 | 100.00% | 741 |
| 156 | Gallivan | 14 | 1:745 | 4.05% | 95 |
| 156 | Hilliard | 14 | 1:745 | 23.33% | 370 |
| 156 | Laide | 14 | 1:745 | 36.84% | 461 |
| 156 | Neville | 14 | 1:745 | 24.56% | 385 |
| 156 | Rahilly | 14 | 1:745 | 4.95% | 119 |
| 163 | Bolster | 13 | 1:802 | 86.67% | 719 |
| 163 | Cantillon | 13 | 1:802 | 11.11% | 238 |
| 163 | Hanlon | 13 | 1:802 | 6.28% | 165 |
| 163 | Harris | 13 | 1:802 | 9.63% | 221 |
| 163 | Hennessy | 13 | 1:802 | 6.74% | 174 |
| 163 | Hifle | 13 | 1:802 | 100.00% | 773 |
| 163 | Hoar | 13 | 1:802 | 20.31% | 357 |
| 163 | Leahy | 13 | 1:802 | 2.50% | 63 |
| 163 | Maher | 13 | 1:802 | 22.41% | 380 |
| 163 | Martin | 13 | 1:802 | 7.07% | 180 |
| 163 | Quirke | 13 | 1:802 | 5.99% | 155 |
| 163 | Ryle | 13 | 1:802 | 15.12% | 293 |
| 163 | Wallace | 13 | 1:802 | 15.48% | 300 |
| 163 | Whelan | 13 | 1:802 | 11.02% | 237 |
| 177 | Brennan | 12 | 1:869 | 2.13% | 55 |
| 177 | Curran | 12 | 1:869 | 2.06% | 52 |
| 177 | Curtin | 12 | 1:869 | 3.46% | 94 |
| 177 | Hannaffin | 12 | 1:869 | 100.00% | 808 |
| 177 | Hannafin | 12 | 1:869 | 14.46% | 303 |
| 177 | King | 12 | 1:869 | 3.48% | 96 |
| 177 | Madden | 12 | 1:869 | 18.18% | 347 |
| 177 | Mahoney | 12 | 1:869 | 3.36% | 88 |
| 177 | Manning | 12 | 1:869 | 5.94% | 170 |
| 177 | O'Grady | 12 | 1:869 | 24.00% | 406 |
| 177 | O'Halloran | 12 | 1:869 | 12.37% | 274 |
| 177 | Sweeny | 12 | 1:869 | 14.63% | 306 |
| 177 | Teahan | 12 | 1:869 | 4.10% | 116 |
| 177 | Turner | 12 | 1:869 | 26.67% | 425 |
| 191 | Baily | 11 | 1:948 | 20.00% | 391 |
| 191 | Carmody | 11 | 1:948 | 2.55% | 74 |
| 191 | Conroy | 11 | 1:948 | 91.67% | 808 |
| 191 | Corcoran | 11 | 1:948 | 3.67% | 115 |
| 191 | Courtney | 11 | 1:948 | 2.14% | 64 |
| 191 | Daughloton | 11 | 1:948 | 100.00% | 843 |
| 191 | Day | 11 | 1:948 | 16.92% | 352 |
| 191 | Dowd | 11 | 1:948 | 2.78% | 81 |
| 191 | Herlihy | 11 | 1:948 | 3.04% | 85 |
| 191 | Hoffman | 11 | 1:948 | 22.45% | 410 |
| 191 | Houlihan | 11 | 1:948 | 2.61% | 77 |
| 191 | Kenny | 11 | 1:948 | 5.58% | 173 |
| 191 | Kerins | 11 | 1:948 | 21.15% | 399 |
| 191 | Lock | 11 | 1:948 | 91.67% | 808 |
| 191 | Mangan | 11 | 1:948 | 3.36% | 102 |
| 191 | Quinnell | 11 | 1:948 | 61.11% | 652 |
| 191 | Toole | 11 | 1:948 | 84.62% | 773 |
| 191 | Twiss | 11 | 1:948 | 23.91% | 419 |
| 191 | Wall | 11 | 1:948 | 45.83% | 566 |