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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