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Our site delivers breaking news about Tralee and the Rose of Tralee and we want to advertise your business, promote your event and let everyone know how amazing Tralee is! We want to hear from YOU

Founded in 1999

Setup in 1999 with a view to promoting amazing places to visit in and around Tralee and the Ring of Kerry. We want all your news and photos! We are happy to promote your events. Talk to us!

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The song “The Rose of Tralee” was written about a Mary O’Connor of Brogue Lane. While researching my Family Tree we were so proud to discover that we have O’Connor ancestors in Tralee about 3 mins of a walk from Brogue Lane. Martin O’Connor born to Thomas and Catherine O’Connor in 1839 was a butcher on Bridge Street. In his obituary in the paper he was said to be from an “Old and respected Tralee family”.


There were only 15 O’Connor families living in Tralee in 1842, statistically I think the odds are fairly high that we are distantly related. The other sides of our Tralee family are the Brosnan’s of Tralee and Chute’s of Ballymacelligott. 

Bridge Street Tralee Brosnans
Brosnans Shop Bridge Street
Brosnans Tralee
Michael Brosnan & Sons
Hanora OConnor Brosnan Tralee
Hanora Brosnan neé O'Connor
Kathleen Brosnan

Having climbed Carrauntoohil at the age of 5 and having spent many a summer in Murioch, Dingle as a teenager in Irish College and now with parents living on the Ring of Kerry the fondness just grows stronger. For any Irish person living abroad the pull to home is strong.

My parents are now living under the watchful eye of Carrauntoohil on the Ring of Kerry and I am lucky to be able to spend time is the beautiful wild countryside and visit Tralee often! For anyone who has not visited ….. if you are going to Ireland this should be at the top of the list! The people alone are a reason to visit but when you add in the awe inspiring scenery, the green of Ireland and the stunning Dingle and Tralee Bay and the Wild Atlantic Way you will realise it is a very special place!