Fenit Live Cam

Tralee and Fenit Harbour is situated in Tralee bay, just South of the Shannon Estuary. It is a comfortable day's sailing from both Dingle (44 nautical miles) and Kilrush (35 nautical miles) marinas. Set in magnificent scenery in the heart of County Kerry, the premier tourist destination in Ireland. It is a convenient base for visiting inland tourist towns such as Tralee and Killarny. Fenit is a small village located 12 km from Tralee, the capital of the County of Kerry. The population of Tralee is 25,000. There are two modern hospitals, a 3rd Level Institute of Technology, a theatre, cinemas and all the other trimmings of a major provincial town.

Prior to this cargo for Tralee was transported through Barrow Harbour, a natural sea inlet, just North of Fenit. Barrow was historically the port used to service Ardfert, now a village but in the monastic era it was a major ecclesiastical centre with students and monks from many parts of Europe. In the year 1880, the harbour at Fenit was built and the Harbour Board took on the name "Tralee and Fenit Pier and Harbour Board". In 1851 a lighthouse was built on the little Samphire Rock, located a few hunderd meters west of Fenit Pier.