# Barrow Harbour

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**Barrow Harbour** is a tidal inlet off [Tralee Bay](/source/Tralee_Bay), [County Kerry](/source/County_Kerry), [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland). Once this was the major port for the region, servicing the monastic settlement of [Ardfert](/source/Ardfert) and the general area of [Tralee](/source/Tralee).

Barrow is overlooked by [Tralee Golf Club](/source/Tralee_Golf_Club), from which there are views of Tralee Bay and [Banna Strand](/source/Banna_Strand).[citation needed]

A narrow entrance to the harbour was protected by [Fenit Castle](/source/Fenit_Castle) on [Fenit Island](/source/Fenit_Island).[1] The ruins of the castle still remain. Historically, a [harbour chain](/source/Boom_(navigational_barrier)) was connected across the entrance to the harbour, which could be raised to prevent the incursion of unwelcome visitors - pirates.

Barrow House is located at the old quayside.

## References

1. Lewis, Samuel (1840). [*A topographical dictionary of Ireland: vol. 1*](https://archive.org/details/b22012333_0001). 2nd ed. London: S. Lewis & Co. p. [617](https://archive.org/details/b22012333_0001/page/617). Retrieved 11 September 2016.

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