Irish national folk theatre, Siamsa Tair – a famous Irish theatre in Tralee (the administrative centre of County Kerry).

Despite the fact that the theatre was officially founded in 1974, its history actually began in 1957, when a young priest father Pat Ahern was sent to Tralee to create with the new Church of St. John choir. Encouraged by success of his talented players, father Pat decided to put on a passion play called "Calvary". Premiered in 1963 and was with incredible delight accepted by the audience. So, actually, and there was a team called Siamsóirí na Ríochta and marked the beginning of modern National Folk theatre of Ireland.

The main purpose of the new collective, the artistic Director of which until 1998 was Pat Ahern, was the preservation, development and popularization of the long tradition of Irish folk culture in music, song and dance, and they are very good at this. Pretty soon the Siamsa theatre Tair began to occupy a key place in the cultural life of Ireland, both at regional and at national level. Numerous foreign tours Siamsa Tair contributed to the spread of Irish culture and outside the country.

In 1991 specifically for previously roamed from place to place theatre in Tralee town Park was built a complex of buildings (home to Siamsa Tair at various times including Memorial hall Ashe and the old Royal theatre in Tralee). This is a very interesting architectural structure resembling an old Irish castle. It also housed the arts Centre, which regularly hosts a variety of art exhibitions, lectures and seminars, and other cultural events.