Seeing Tralee? Begin at Kerry County Museum
The middle of Tralee has 5 places to visit within 1 km. There are 6 places to visit inside Tralee’s urban area, and 3 more within 5 km of its edge. Look for 2 museums, 2 churches and 2 art galleries. If you have a day, head to Ardfert Cathedral, 8.5 km away.
Start with these in Tralee
Alongside Kerry County Museum you find 2 art galleries, a church and a garden.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Mapped
Leave town to the southwest for most of the 3 nearby.
The dashed line is Tralee’s urban area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
Which kinds
There are more museums or galleries (4) than anything else, then castles or historic places (3).
Green: inside Tralee. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Everything on the list
6 in town lead, with 3 more within 5 km of its edge after them.
The 6 inside Tralee come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.
Monuments and historic buildings in Tralee → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Tralee →
Out of town
Head 8.5 km out for Ardfert Cathedral, the best known of 12.
Cathedral · Office of Public WorksArdfert Cathedral8.5 km northwestNational parkNational park · National Parks and Wildlife ServiceKillarney National Park31 km southeast
CathedralSt Mary's Cathedral Killarney27 km southeast
FortCaherconree14 km southwest
CastleRoss Castle28 km southeast
Castle · Office of Public WorksListowel Castle24 km northeast
MuseumMuckross House, Gardens & Traditional Farms31 km southeast
Abbey or prioryMuckross Friary31 km southeast
CastleBallymalis Castle21 km south
Abbey or prioryArdfert Abbey Friary8.3 km northwestNatural landscapeNatural landscapeCrag Cave18 km east
CastleParkavonear Castle24 km southeastPlaces well known beyond Tralee (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a Office of Public Works or National Parks and Wildlife Service property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
What visitors ask about Tralee
What are the main attractions in Tralee?
The best known inside Tralee’s urban area are Kerry County Museum, Church of Saint John the Evangelist, Garden of the Senses and Siamsa Tíre Theatre and Arts Centre, Tralee. In all, 6 places to visit are mapped inside the town, and 3 more within 5 km.
Does Tralee have a museum?
4 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Tralee: Kerry County Museum, Siamsa Tíre Theatre and Arts Centre, Tralee, John Hurley Gallery and Blennerville Windmill.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Tralee?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Ardfert Cathedral (Office of Public Works), 8.5 km northwest.
What are the best-known days out near Tralee?
Within 40 km: Ardfert Cathedral (8.5 km), Killarney National Park (31 km), St Mary's Cathedral Killarney (27 km), Caherconree (14 km).
How is this list made?
From Fáilte Ireland’s open data on attractions (museums, castles, historic houses, abbeys, gardens, national parks, landscapes, islands, zoos and visitor farms: restaurants, pubs, shops and tour operators are left out), OpenStreetMap (places open to visitors; a ruined castle on farmland needs a sign it can be visited) and Wikidata (what each place is, who looks after it, its Wikipedia articles), merged into one list and placed in the town’s CSO 2022 outline or within 5 km of its edge.
Places to visit: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in each town’s CSO 2022 outline. Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (10)
- Ardfert Cathedral: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- St Mary's Cathedral Killarney: Romeparis, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Caherconree: Stephen Murphy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ross Castle: Dumphasizer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Listowel Castle: Larsoner~commonswiki, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Muckross House, Gardens & Traditional Farms: Emmett.Hume, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Muckross Friary: Daviddphotos, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ballymalis Castle: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ardfert Abbey Friary: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Parkavonear Castle: Bkwillwm, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).