Ardfert Cathedral

5mi/8km northwest of Tralee on the R551 lies Ardfert, around which are important medieval remains. St Brendan (483-578), born in neighboring Fenit, founded a monastery here, to which a group of churches (National Monuments) in the churchyard belonged - the fortress-like St Brendan's Cathedral, with a beautiful 12th C. west doorway and blind arcading and a 13th C. nave and choir (fine lancet windows); to the northwest the little Romanesque Church of Temple na Hoe with columns at its outer corners; and the 15th C. Church of Temple na Griffin.