TRAJANO'POL1S, or SELI'NUS, was the most western town of Cilicia. The emperor Trajanus having died at Selinus, this town was for some time called Trajanopolis. It was situated at the mouth of the river Selina, on a steep rock, surrounded on three aides by the Mk, and it was renowned for its commerce and navigation. Its pre spent name is YelerstL Hamilton discovered the ruins of a large ancient city (which he FIT/ a strut g reason to believe ear called Trajanopolis) about 20 miles S.S.W. teem the 31orad-Dagh, the ancient Dindymene, and near the source of the ranas-Chat, a feeder of the Nleudereh. Its site is marked I y the mod. rn situated near the northern extremity of the and a little west of 30° K long. Ptolemy mentions a Trajanopolls In Mysia, the site of which could Dever be fixed, in consequence of en error in his longitude. Cellarinn'a Dorjecture that It was not In Mysia but farther east in l'hrygia Major seem verified by Hamilton's discovery.
(Hamilton, Researcher in Aria Minor, vol. i. pp.113.116.) TRAL/lE, Ireland, the chief town of Kerry, a market-town and sea port, a parliamentary borough, and the seat of a Poor-Law Union, is 'Rusted on the river Lea, in 52' 15' N. lat., 0' 43' W. long., distant by road 62 miles S.W. by W. from Limerick, 1 S1 miles W.S.W. from Dublin. The borough returns one member to the Imperial Parlia ment. The population was 9957 1854, The borough is under the management of a board of 21 conteissionerxe Tralee Poor-Law Union comprise-a 39 electoral divisions with an area of 221,845 acres, and a population in 134] of 71,626; in 1851 of 58,545.
The town consists of several streets, four of which meet in a small square. The main streets are spacious and well built, and the whole place has been much Improved of late years. The castle grounds, on the south side of the town, have been laid out as a promenade for the inhabitants. The parish church is a largo and handsome building, with a square tower. There are two spacious Roman Catholic chapels, a reseutation nunnery, chapels for Presbyterians, Independents, and Wesleyan Methodists, several Free schools, the county court-house, the county jail, 1 arraeka, the county club and news-room, a market house, a county infirmary, a fever hospital, a neat row of almshouses, and the Union workhouse.
At the west end of the town is a basin, which vessels of 300 tons burden reach by a ship-canal from the bay. The custom-house is at Illeunerville. The port carries on an extensive trade in grain, flour, Lam], and other exports. The chief article of import from Great Britain is coal ; - the foreign imports are mainly timber, deals, and In 1853 there were registered as belonging to the port 13 vessels of 790 tons. During 1853 there entered the port 243 sailing vessels of 14,536 tons, and 6 steam-vessels of 1243 tons ; and there cleared 178 sailing-vessels of 14,112 tons, and 5 steam-vessels of 1040 tons. Tildes carries on an extensive retail trade with the surrounding district. It has three breweries and a distillery. The markets are well supplied with fish. The county assizes and quarter sessions are held in the town, and petty sessions every Wednesday. Fairs arc held on May 3rd, August 4th, October 9th, Nov. mber 7th, and December 13th. Tuesdiy and Saturday are the market-days. Races are held near the town, and a yearly regatta in the bay.
A Dominican friary was founded at Tralee in 1213 by John Fitz Thomas, one of the great Geraldine family. The knights of St. John of Jerusalem had a commandery in the neighbourhood. The Ear! of Desmond had a castle here, which having come, on the forfeiture of the earl, into the hands of Sir Edward Denny, served as a place of refuge for the English families resident in and about the town when Tralee was entered by the insurgents in the great rebellion of 1641. The castle held out for six months, but was at last ubliged to surrender. The town was soon after burned. Tralee Castle is on the south-east of the town.