Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tralee
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- KE029-119026-
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The National Monuments Service's description
This record refers to the castle, known as 'Short castle' said to have been the property of 'one Rice, a roman Catholic' in which 105 people took refuge during the siege of 1641. Its precise location is not known but it may have been on the E side of what is now the Square.
The above description is derived from Bradley, J., et al. 1987 Urban Archaeology Survey Part XIV County Kerry. Unpublished report. Office of Public Works.
Date of upload: 24 January 2012
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