Co. Kerry

<p>The prevailing interest in the fairly prosperous port of Tralee during this period was that of the most substantial landowner in the area, Sir Edward Denny, 3rd Bt.: his family’s influence was so strong that Peel once compared it with Lord Caledon’s in Old Sarum.<fn>Add. 40280 f. 48.</fn> Denny made a point of being present during at least one election, but he did not himself take a leading part in the choice of those who were elected.

<p>The borough of Tralee, which extended into the neighbouring parish of Ratass, was a busy though backward market town and seaport, whose fortunes were limited by its shallow harbour.<fn> Oldfield, <em>Rep. Hist</em>. (1816), vi.