Editing Tralee (section)

==Places of interest==
[[File:Blennerville Windmill near Tralee - geograph.org.uk - 331755.jpg|thumb|right|220px|[[Blennerville Windmill]]]]
[[File:Ashe memorial hall.jpg|thumb|right|220px|[[Kerry County Museum]]]]

Tralee is a tourism destination, and there are a number of visitor attractions in the area:
* [[Kerry County Museum]]: incorporating the theme park 'Kerry: The Kingdom' and an exhibit that depicts life in medieval [[Earl of Desmond|Geraldine]] Tralee.
* [[Siamsa Tíre]]: Ireland's National Folk Theatre, offering traditional music and plays in [[Irish language|Irish]].
* [[Blennerville Windmill]]: located about 2&nbsp;km outside the town, Ireland's largest functioning windmill.
* Tralee Aquadome: A large indoor water leisure facility with a mini-golf course.
* [[Ballyseedy]] Wood: Is located 2&nbsp;km outside Tralee off the [[N21 road (Ireland)|N21]]. It consists of {{convert|32|ha}} of woodland dating back from the 16th century where [[Kerry County Council]] have developed public entrances at the north and south of the wood with car parks and 4&nbsp;km of gravelled looped pathways. Ash, Oak and Beech trees are part of the wood as are a number of ruins and follies, dating back to the 17th century, with the [[River Lee (Kerry)|River Lee]] (from which Tralee takes its name; not to be confused with the [[River Lee]] in County Cork) forming the woodlands northern boundary.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ballygarryhouse.com/ballyseedy-wood.html|title=Things to do in Kerry &#124; Ballygarry House Hotel & Spa|access-date=6 December 2013|archive-date=10 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210221241/http://www.ballygarryhouse.com/ballyseedy-wood.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/greening-communities/going-greener/biodiversity/biodiversity-woodland-dev/ |title=Woodland Development at Ballyseedy Woods |access-date=6 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218140622/http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/greening-communities/going-greener/biodiversity/biodiversity-woodland-dev/ |archive-date=18 December 2013 }}</ref>
* [[Tralee Town Park]]: Tralee has a town park located in the town centre (opposite the Kerry County Museum) with a rose garden comprising over 5,000 roses of different varieties. The park is the location for the annual Féile na mBláth / Tralee Garden Festival – a free midsummer weekend festival of gardening demonstrations, flower arranging, garden tours, musical and choral events.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://townmaps.ie/tralee.html|title=Tralee Town Map|access-date=6 December 2013|archive-date=9 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209221050/http://townmaps.ie/tralee.html|url-status=live}}</ref>[[File:Tralee Ship Canal - geograph.org.uk - 268382.jpg|thumbnail|The Basin, Tralee Ship Canal]]
* [[Tralee Bay]] Wetlands and Nature Reserve: Tralee Bay Nature Reserve covers approximately {{convert|2,500|ha|acre|abbr=off}} and stretches from Tralee town westwards to [[Fenit]] Harbour and [[Cloghane]], encompassing Tralee Bay, [[Brandon Bay]] and the Magharees Peninsula. It includes extensive mudflats at the eastern end, the beaches of Derrymore Island, the sand dunes and lagoons of the Magharees Peninsula. Both the River Lee and Brandon (Owenmore) estuaries feature wide expanses of sheltered intertidal flats, often fringed with saltmarsh vegetation. The Wetlands Centre which opened in 2012 is designed as a microcosm of the wild nature reserve where visitors are introduced to the fresh and saltwater habitats. Visitors can travel on a safari boat ride through the recreated reed and freshwater channels in the centre.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.traleebaywetlands.org/about.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130309055751/http://www.traleebaywetlands.org/about.html| archive-date = 2013-03-09| title = Tralee Bay Nature Reserve is a site of considerable international importance - Tralee Bay Wetlands}} {{Cite web |url=http://www.traleebaywetlands.org/about.html |title=Tralee Bay Nature Reserve is a site of considerable international importance - Tralee Bay Wetlands |access-date=6 December 2013 |archive-date=16 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216124713/http://www.traleebaywetlands.org/about.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Tralee Ship Canal]]: Opened in 1846, this 2-mile-long canal connects Tralee to Tralee Bay where it passes by Blennerville Windmill. The Dingle Way runs along the towpath of the canal.
* [[Dingle Way]]: (Irish: Slí Chorca Dhuibhne) A {{convert|162|km|mi|abbr=off|adj=on}} long National Waymarked Trail that begins and ends in Tralee and is typically completed in eight days.
* [[Ratass Church]]: a tenth-century medieval church, with a sixth-century [[ogham]] stone. Located in the eastern suburbs of Tralee.