Golf
The Tralee Golf Club, Fenit/Churchill Road, West Barrow, Ardfert (tel. 066/713-6379; www.traleegolfclub.com), overlooking the Atlantic 13km (8 miles) northwest of town, is an Arnold Palmer-designed course. One of Ireland's newer courses, it's expected in time to rank among the best in the world. Greens fees are €160 ($210).
About 40km (25 miles) north of Tralee in the northwest corner of County Kerry is Bill Clinton's favorite Irish course, the Ballybunion Golf Club, Ballybunion, County Kerry (tel. 068/27146; www.ballybuniongolfclub.ie). This facility offers the chance to play on two challenging 18-hole seaside links, both on cliffs overlooking the Shannon River estuary and the Atlantic. Tom Watson has rated the Old Course one of the finest in the world, while the Cashen Course was designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr. Greens fees are €100 to €165 ($130-$215) for the Old Course, €65 to €110 ($85-$143) for the Cashen Course, and €165 to €240 ($215-$312) for golf on both courses in the same day.
Horseback Riding
If you'd like to see the Tralee sights from horseback, you can't do better than to hire a horse from Eagle Lodge Equestrian Centre, Gortatlea (tel. 066/37266). Prices start at €25 ($33) per hour for 1- or 2-hour rides on the Slieve Mish Mountains and Queen Scotia's Glen.
