Hear the Story of Archaeological Discoveries along the N22 Tralee Bypass
Hear the story of the remarkable archaeological discoveries in the Vale of Tralee
This audiobook, produced by Abarta Heritage on behalf of Transport Infrastructure Ireland, tells the story of the remarkable archaeological discoveries that were made in advance of the construction of the N22 Tralee Bypass. The Tralee Bypass and the Tralee to Bealagrellagh Link Road travel across 13.5km of one of the richest cultural landscapes in the south-west of Ireland. Along the route of the new road, archaeologists [from Rubicon Heritage Services and Irish Archaeological Consultancy] discovered and excavated a total of 33 sites. The powerful, diverse and often unique insights they gathered help to inform us about life in the past in the Vale of Tralee.
Today’s Lee Valley, where our story is set, is dominated by the constant bustle and buzz of Tralee, the largest town in County Kerry. But in the fields beyond, a quieter landscape still holds dominion. Here, farmers tend their pastures much as they have always done in the flat, low-lying valley nestled between the Stacks and Slieve Mish Mountains. Despite their obvious differences, these contrasting environments both owe their origins to a single source: the River Lee. This river has been the central character in the area’s human history from the moment the first Mesolithic people turned their paddles upstream in exploration. In the story to come, we will meet a procession of their descendants: men, women and children who called the river valley home across almost 6,000 years. Among them are the pioneering farmers who laboured on the region’s first houses, and the holy men and women who bent their communities towards monumental achievements. We will encounter people who bore witness to the arrival of the first metals in the Lee Valley, and draw back the veil on how they parted with their dead. We will step through the thresholds of modest homes that stood at the dawn of Christianity in Ireland, and end our journey with the abandoned cottages of the Great Famine’s tragic victims.
Each section of our audiobook examines an aspect of life in a specific period of time, but it begins more than 6,500 years ago, with a young woman gazing across the Atlantic’s waves from atop a Kerry beach.
IN THE VALE OF TRALEE AUDIOBOOK
IN THE VALE OF TRALEE AUDIOBOOK
Title: In the Vale of Tralee Audiobook
Duration: 62 mins.
Summary:
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In the Vale of Tralee Audiobook
For more detail and analysis of the archaeological sites discussed in this audiobook you can explore the forthcoming TII Heritage Series book about the excavations, entitled In the Vale of Tralee: The Archaeology of the N22 Tralee Bypass, edited by Patricia Long, Paul O’Keeffe and Isabel Bennett. You can also find more information about the archaeological sites investigated along the route of the N22 Tralee Bypass and elsewhere in a series of publications by Transport Infrastructure Ireland. You can discover more at tii.ie.
This audiobook is an Abarta Heritage Production on behalf of Transport Infrastructure Ireland. The script was written by Damian Shiels and edited by Neil Jackman, with the support of Paul O’Keeffe and Rónán Swan of Transport Infrastructure Ireland. The story was narrated by Gerry O’Brien, and recorded at Bluebird Studios with sound engineer Declan Lonergan and producer Róisín Burke.
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