Tralee Thread (No chit-chat)

Carraig95

delthedriver wrote: »

Feel free to raise a new topic. Anything interesting happening in town?:)

Fair point. Here's a few new topics:

(1)The total inability of the town council to enforce some kind of clean up on the main entrance into the town on the Manor West side, especially by Boyles Tyres, halting site etc. It's an absolute embarrassment as the first thing people see when they enter the town.

(2)The completion of the ring roads around the town will look great, especially the road going from Ballygarry to the Killorglin side.

(3)The chewing gum all over the streets around the town. Compared to our nearest neighbour, it's unbelievable how the Mall and The Square have not had any reasonable attempt to clean them up.

(4)I reckon I've counted close to 10 new businesses in the town centre in the last six months. Extremely positive and great to see. Only negative - most of them are off the Mall (bar Quinlans) as the rents the council are charging are extortionate.

(5)The complete lack of any reasonable options for socialising for the 25+ age groups. Paddy Macs, Sean Og's, Teach Beag, An Cearnog - all very similar. Would be great to see something different open up, or a decent late bar.

(6)Great to see so many eatery's open up. Some great options for food in town.

(7) Tralee's reputation. It is appalling around the country. But it definitely is improving. That's why the Rose of Tralee is so important. It's the only time of the year when there are tens of thousands of people in our town who never come to Tralee, not only from up the country, but from around the county also. Imperative that a good show is put on. Friends came dow from Dublin last year and they loved it. We need more of that.

(8)Where's the dodgiest part of Tralee town?

(9)Where's the nicest part of town to live?

(10)What do you love most about Tralee...and what do you like least about Tralee?

There ya go! Few new topics to get something goin!

delthedriver

Carraig95 wrote: »

Fair point. Here's a few new topics:

(1)The total inability of the town council to enforce some kind of clean up on the main entrance into the town on the Manor West side, especially by Boyles Tyres, halting site etc. It's an absolute embarrassment as the first thing people see when they enter the town.

(2)The completion of the ring roads around the town will look great, especially the road going from Ballygarry to the Killorglin side.

(3)The chewing gum all over the streets around the town. Compared to our nearest neighbour, it's unbelievable how the Mall and The Square have not had any reasonable attempt to clean them up.

(4)I reckon I've counted close to 10 new businesses in the town centre in the last six months. Extremely positive and great to see. Only negative - most of them are off the Mall (bar Quinlans) as the rents the council are charging are extortionate.

(5)The complete lack of any reasonable options for socialising for the 25+ age groups. Paddy Macs, Sean Og's, Teach Beag, An Cearnog - all very similar. Would be great to see something different open up, or a decent late bar.

(6)Great to see so many eatery's open up. Some great options for food in town.

(7) Tralee's reputation. It is appalling around the country. But it definitely is improving. That's why the Rose of Tralee is so important. It's the only time of the year when there are tens of thousands of people in our town who never come to Tralee, not only from up the country, but from around the county also. Imperative that a good show is put on. Friends came dow from Dublin last year and they loved it. We need more of that.

(8)Where's the dodgiest part of Tralee town?

(9)Where's the nicest part of town to live?

(10)What do you love most about Tralee...and what do you like least about Tralee?

There ya go! Few new topics to get something goin!

Well done Carraig 95
You have certainly raised some excellent points. Hopefully these points should get the chatter going again.
Sincerely,
Del.

On a personal note I am really looking forward to the opening of the Ring Road, one of Tralee's failings at present is the fact that the place is choked with traffic.
Less traffic will make it a much nicer environment for drivers pedestrians and cyclists to move about:)

I agree totally with you on the approach from Manor West. To say the least it is disgusting. Ironically it is the main artery to bring visitors to Tralee. I raised this issue some time ago on Boards, I recall there were quite a few Ops in agreement. Perhaps if we could get people on board and lobby whichever Authority is responsible for the Area to give it some sort of facelift.:)

murphy05

Looking forward to the ring road as well but not sure if it will make an difference to the time it takes to drive through town for example from rock street by Garveys (God bless the lack of coordinated lights) or by north circular road - need I say more?

Best Thing about Tralee is seeing life come back slowly to the town centre with the new shops and the change in attitude by staff towards customers.

Worst Thing - so called charity collectors

Nicest Place to live in Tralee - cannot beat 'Norrie Land'

Tralee's reputation is self inflicted to some degree but the local media have to take some responsibility in kicking its own - just my opinion.

delthedriver

murphy05 wrote: »

Looking forward to the ring road as well but not sure if it will make an difference to the time it takes to drive through town for example from rock street by Garveys (God bless the lack of coordinated lights) or by north circular road - need I say more?

Best Thing about Tralee is seeing life come back slowly to the town centre with the new shops and the change in attitude by staff towards customers.

Worst Thing - so called charity collectors

Nicest Place to live in Tralee - cannot beat 'Norrie Land'

Tralee's reputation is self inflicted to some degree but the local media have to take some responsibility in kicking its own - just my opinion.

Agree there is a serious issue with traffic lights and the saucer size roundabouts.

Yes it is great to see new businesses opening in town, we should give them as much support as we can where possible.

Great range of restaurants , coffee shops and bars.

Fake charity collectors are a scourge .not fair to genuine local charities.

Don't know where Norrie Land is .

Local Media need a good kick up the Ass , IMHO.!

I am very fond of Tralee people. They know how to enjoy themselves, and are not work shy. Their friendliness and hospitality to outsiders is second to none.

The town is a great place , with bags of potential. With a little makeover I believe the town could become a very attractive place for shoppers. Castle Street needs to rid itself of chip shops and try to get a better mixture of businesses.

Tralee is the gateway to Dingle Peninsula, and the beaches of Fenit, Banna and Ballyheigue. The world class Tralee Golf Club, Fenit Marina, Tralee Bay Sailing Club , hosts to several International events ,and sailing school are all within a short drive of Tralee Town.

Tralee needs to refocus as a Tourist Town offering attractions throughout the year. This would assist in developing more jobs to replace those lost in other sectors.

Tralee has a good range of Hotels and accommodation to suit all budgets.

Ciarrai76

Good line up for the festival this year!

'JLS, Nathan Carter, Ryan Sheridan, Picturehouse, The Stunning, Hermitage Green - all confirmed for the Street Carnival at the Rose of Tralee International Festival.'

The Stunning are my personal favourites! I have always been a fan, so I can't wait to see them again JLS will bring a big crowd I'm sure. Good name to get, although wouldn't say I'm a fan!
Looking forward to the extended festival this year, hope we get a good crowd!

RevBlueJeans

delthedriver wrote: »

Don't know where Norrie Land is.

Suspect they mean NarrieLand but possibly didnt want to say it as posts which mention Narrie seem to be deleted!

delthedriver

RevBlueJeans wrote: »

Suspect they mean NarrieLand but possibly didnt want to say it as posts which mention Narrie seem to be deleted!

Mmmmmm........ don't understand.

Don't live in Tralee so can't comment on areas in Town.

delthedriver

Ciarrai76 wrote: »

Good line up for the festival this year!

'JLS, Nathan Carter, Ryan Sheridan, Picturehouse, The Stunning, Hermitage Green - all confirmed for the Street Carnival at the Rose of Tralee International Festival.'

The Stunning are my personal favourites! I have always been a fan, so I can't wait to see them again JLS will bring a big crowd I'm sure. Good name to get, although wouldn't say I'm a fan!
Looking forward to the extended festival this year, hope we get a good crowd!

Familiar with Picturehouse and The Stunning. Never heard of the others. Perhaps I am showing my age?

delthedriver

If we get good weather this year I will definitely holiday in Tralee. There is no nicer place in the world.

Delighted to hear that The Festival has been extended, bit like the good old days. Pity the races have not come back to coincide with the festival.

RevBlueJeans

delthedriver wrote: »

Mmmmmm........ don't understand.

Don't live in Tralee so can't comment on areas in Town.

OK, Sorry!

The residents of the Strand Rd area of Tralee are known as Narries. Some people find the term derogatory but most narries that I know dont mind it.

The are called Narries because in days gone by ships used to dump rotten oranges (narankas) on the shore and the residents of Strand Road used to scavange the edible ones.

Ciarrai76

delthedriver wrote: »

Mmmmmm........ don't understand.

Don't live in Tralee so can't comment on areas in Town.

not sure I'd say there are no go area's of town, every part of town has its not so nice elements to it.

I grew up in Ballyard, so for me that has to be my favourite place to live in town

murphy05

And a proud Narrie at that.

It is great to see that the festival has gone back to its family friendly roots, it had lost its way for a for a long while.

Will the tourist kiosk be returning to the Mall? It seemed to be well liked by visitors to the town last year. It is great to have all these attractions but visitors to the centre of town need to know what, where and how to get there.

More importantly I do agree that if the weather is good then there is no place better to be.

RevBlueJeans

Has anyone noticed the car park to the back of the Tracks at Tralee Railway station? And what do those "please use authorised walkway" signs mean? If you follow them to the right you end up on a live railway track!

delthedriver

RevBlueJeans wrote: »

OK, Sorry!

The residents of the Strand Rd area of Tralee are known as Narries. Some people find the term derogatory but most narries that I know dont mind it.

The are called Narries because in days gone by ships used to dump rotten oranges (narankas) on the shore and the residents of Strand Road used to scavange the edible ones.

Fair play to the folks picking up the edible oranges, waste not want not! Enterprising!:)

delthedriver

Ciarrai76 wrote: »

not sure I'd say there are no go area's of town, every part of town has its not so nice elements to it.

I grew up in Ballyard, so for me that has to be my favourite place to live in town

Is Ballyard in town or is it technically a suburb outside town?
What ares are within the Town Line?
I agree Ballyard in a nice place.
Oak park is in town?
Caherslee is in town?
Mount hawk is in town?:)

delthedriver

Carraig95 wrote: »

Fair point. Here's a few new topics:

(1)The total inability of the town council to enforce some kind of clean up on the main entrance into the town on the Manor West side, especially by Boyles Tyres, halting site etc. It's an absolute embarrassment as the first thing people see when they enter the town.

(2)The completion of the ring roads around the town will look great, especially the road going from Ballygarry to the Killorglin side.

(3)The chewing gum all over the streets around the town. Compared to our nearest neighbour, it's unbelievable how the Mall and The Square have not had any reasonable attempt to clean them up.

(4)I reckon I've counted close to 10 new businesses in the town centre in the last six months. Extremely positive and great to see. Only negative - most of them are off the Mall (bar Quinlans) as the rents the council are charging are extortionate.

(5)The complete lack of any reasonable options for socialising for the 25+ age groups. Paddy Macs, Sean Og's, Teach Beag, An Cearnog - all very similar. Would be great to see something different open up, or a decent late bar.

(6)Great to see so many eatery's open up. Some great options for food in town.

(7) Tralee's reputation. It is appalling around the country. But it definitely is improving. That's why the Rose of Tralee is so important. It's the only time of the year when there are tens of thousands of people in our town who never come to Tralee, not only from up the country, but from around the county also. Imperative that a good show is put on. Friends came dow from Dublin last year and they loved it. We need more of that.

(8)Where's the dodgiest part of Tralee town?

(9)Where's the nicest part of town to live?

(10)What do you love most about Tralee...and what do you like least about Tralee?

There ya go! Few new topics to get something goin!

Your topics are generating interest . Well done!

Perhaps you would like to express your opinions on the topics you have raised?

Thanks again:)

Chancer3001

best sandwich in town - Kingdom foods. Up near the train station. If ya havent been there go and get one. (walnut bread ftw!)

Question - can ya buy Kale and/or fresh seaweed anywhere in tralee? trying to eat a bit healthy

kn

delthedriver wrote: »

Is Ballyard in town or is it technically a suburb outside town?
What ares are within the Town Line?
I agree Ballyard in a nice place.
Oak park is in town?
Caherslee is in town?
Mount hawk is in town?:)

Some parts of Oakpark are in the County Council.

GottaGetGatt

I'd say there isnt any dodgy part of the town.I've worked in some of the areas that had been known to have a reputation in the past but i found the areas fine.I'd categorize dodgy as been extremely intimidated when walking through the area and i never really felt that.If ever it might one or two families in an area that give it a bad name but every town and village in the country has that problem.

I think its wrong for anyone to label an area of the town as dodgy.

michael999999

GottaGetGatt wrote: »

I'd say there isnt any dodgy part of the town.I've worked in some of the areas that had been known to have a reputation in the past but i found the areas fine.I'd categorize dodgy as been extremely intimidated when walking through the area and i never really felt that.If ever it might one or two families in an area that give it a bad name but every town and village in the country has that problem.

I think its wrong for anyone to label an area of the town as dodgy.

Unfortunately every town is the same now, not just tralee. Need your wits about you everywhere now!

kn

Chancer3001 wrote: »

best sandwich in town - Kingdom foods. Up near the train station. If ya havent been there go and get one. (walnut bread ftw!)

This has me stumped. Where is Kingdom Foods up by the railway station?

Lelantos

kn wrote: »

This has me stumped. Where is Kingdom Foods up by the railway station?

Just beyond it, yes. Accross the road from the cbs primary & beside eircom office. The building they use is an old Jehovah's Witness church

RevBlueJeans

Yes Pat and Maeve run a great deli in what was the Methodist Church way back in the day. It later became the Jehova Witness Kingdom Hall so Kingdom Foods was a clever use of the old name. Some people call it the Oakpark Deli.

Ciarrai76

Lelantos wrote: »

Just beyond it, yes. Accross the road from the cbs primary & beside eircom office. The building they use is an old Jehovah's Witness church

it was even used for classes for Scoil Mhic Easmainn many many years ago, as was the medical centre next door! I started school there way back when and we were there for a few years, before moving up to Caherslee in the old Monastery (no longer there), and then up to where it is now near Shanakill.

Ciarrai76

delthedriver wrote: »

Is Ballyard in town or is it technically a suburb outside town?
What ares are within the Town Line?
I agree Ballyard in a nice place.
Oak park is in town?
Caherslee is in town?
Mount hawk is in town?:)

I would consider them all part of the town...suburbs I guess, but town nonetheless.

We were on the edge of Ballyard, it was only a 10 mins walk to town for us. Where I live in Oakpark is almost out the country though, so I guess its part of county council. It did say our address was rural on the property tax form!

kingdumb

That's the first I heard about oranges being then origin of the reference, they must have had good Spanish back then !

RevBlueJeans wrote: »

The are called Narries because in days gone by ships used to dump rotten oranges (narankas) on the shore and the residents of Strand Road used to scavange the edible ones.

kingdumb

+1 for Kingdom foods sandwiches, but I would swear we have been through this before ? Just did a search through the tread and 'it never happened' must have been my imagination.
(I'm for tomato and fennel bread tho')

Chancer3001 wrote: »

best sandwich in town - Kingdom foods. Up near the train station. If ya havent been there go and get one. (walnut bread ftw!)

Try Manna for kale, as for seaweed you can get Dulse / Dillisk in a good few shops in town, [Garvey's, Barry's and Norrie Galvins for sure] usually found in €1 bags taped to a sheet of cardboard, tasty stuff !

Chancer3001 wrote: »

Question - can ya buy Kale and/or fresh seaweed anywhere in tralee? trying to eat a bit healthy

Lelantos

^^^^ we did this before some months ago alright, them circles they go round

kn

Lelantos wrote: »

Just beyond it, yes. Accross the road from the cbs primary & beside eircom office. The building they use is an old Jehovah's Witness church

I have you now.

kn

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