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More worthy of your time than anything in Tralee itself is the
ruined thirteenth-century cathedral at ARDFERT , five miles to the
northwest. In a landscape littered with ruined ring forts, castles and
churches, Ardfert was the site of a monastery founded by St Brendan in
the seventh century, and later became the centre of the Anglo-Norman
church in Kerry. As well as some interesting monastic remains, there's a
Franciscan friary and two smaller fifteenth-century churches.
It's also worth taking the road out to BANNA STRAND for the spectacular
view over Tralee Bay, and its association with Sir Roger Casement, to
whom there's a monument. In April 1916, on the eve of the Easter Rising,
Casement was captured by local police as he attempted to land at Banna
Strand from a German submarine. He was tried and executed for high
treason in 1916, and his body was returned from England to Ireland in
1965 to be reinterred with full military honours . You can carry on
round the cliffs of Kerry Head for more great vistas - south over Tralee
Bay, north across the mouth of the Shannon.
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