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Blennerville

            Blennerville was originally called Cathair Uí Mhóráin[3] (anglicised as Cahermoraun or Cahirmoreaun),[4] and it has been speculated that it was the ancient site of the Tramore ford, the only escape route afforded to the 15th Earl of Desmond from Tralee towards the south, before his capture and execution in 1583.[4]
Whether the old Tramore ford was at the spot where the bridge has been erected, or on the firmer sands further down towards Tralee Spa, is not certain, but the ancient name of Blennerville, (before the late Sir Rowland Blennerhassett made it his residence and elevated it into a village after his name,) being Cahirmoreaun i.e. the cahir on the great river, renders it probable that the passage was there, and that a ferry house or some such place was the nucleus round which the hamlet originally grew.
— A. B. Rowan,  The Last Geraldyn Chief of Tralee Castle[4]
A bridge was built at the site in 1751, and in 1783 Sir Rowland Blennerhassett renamed it Blennerville after his family.[citation needed] The Blennerville Windmill was built in 1800, but had fallen into ruins by 1846.
A pier at Fenit, on the north side of Tralee Bay was opened in 1880, replacing Blennerville as Tralee's port. The village went into decline, and the windmill finally closed sometime in the 1880s. It was purchased by the Tralee Urban District Council in 1981 and was restored. It is now used as a tourist attraction. Blennerville Bridge was strengthened and enlarged in 1996.[5] Blennerville National School was built in 1932, and according to its website has an enrolment of 168 students.[6]
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Taken on: February 10, 2010

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Camera: Nikon D40, f/14.0, 1/125 sec, 31mm (=46mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D40
Aperture:	f/14.0
Exposure Time:	0.008 sec (1/125)
Focal Length:	31mm (35mm equivalent: 46mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	-2/3 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
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