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They also have very good eye sight.

So what?

I grew up in a town with All Ireland winning footballers but it didn't make me one??

It doesn't compare well to other towns in Kerry but compared to other towns in Ireland it's pretty good.

I like the Rose of Tralee also.

Most towns don't have 3rd level colleges or get that amount of tourists.

It's got a LOI team now also.

The Kerry team play their league games there also which brings a bit of energy.

Lots of tourists use Tralee as a base to explore Kerry.

I've heard Kilarney is unsafe for women after dark now. Good documentary about it here https://tameside.directory/video/tr-plantation-2-rise-of-the-celts/

I used to fish there a lot years ago, I don't anymore, some of the people I came across need to be put into a mental institution.

Interesting article that I don't remember seeing before, a couple of factual errors aside (my Old Lad worked shifts from when we arrived in 1970 and 3 cycle shift was the norm in many factories) it gives a fair reflection of the town. The Kincora Apartments were built by SFADCo for single people working in the estate, AFAIR they lived 2 to a room, I thought Aeroflot were in what is now Ballycasey Court, it was known as the Russian Village for years. It seems a common problem among many places that there's not much for teenagers unless they're into sport. When I was in my early and mid teens there were youth clubs around, not sure what's there now.

Thank you for posting.

It does have a rough reputation but I've never met anyone from Shannon who wasn't sound.

It has a crematorium now also so that brings in lots of visitors😀

I lived in Dublin a couple of times for work and college over the decades, in nice and good parts too, but my overwhelming take from is it's simply too frustratingly sprawly and car dominated. It's like a load of joined up towns and getting across town is way more hassle than it's worth.

I was living in Kilkenny and I had arranged to meet a friend at Dublin airport, he was travelling from Terenure. We were both travelling by bus between the rush hours and I was still quicker getting there.

My take was regardless of living in a good or bad neighbourhood the city took more than it gave.

Galway does seem awful, but when I lived in Kilkenny I could get by very easily without a car. I never needed a car or bus to go socialise or shop there. (edit to add, I could cycle to work on seperated cycle lanes too) I lived in one lovely quiet estate with a nice garden and green space and yet I could walk into town by the river paths without being near any vehicles.

Plus as per my example previously it is as well connected to Dublin airport by bus as many parts of Dublin.

I moved there for work after living in Dublin and I just remember feeling how much easier it was in everyway for quality of life. I'd agree with an earlier poster who mentioned Ballyragget, the smell off the Glanbia factory would linger over the town.