Ratass Church and Ogham Stone

Ratass Church in the centre of Tralee town is believed to have been built on the site of an earlier ringfort built circa 500 – 600AD, hence the name Ratass, from the Irish “Ráth Mhaigh Théas”, meaning the fortress of the southern plain. The main road passing the site follows the curvature of the original ringfort. The earliest surviving monument at the site visible today is an ogham stone thou...