County Kerry
County Kerry is in Southwest Ireland, and historically part of the province of Munster. With a population of 147,707 in 2016, Kerry is one of the most scenic and touristy parts of Ireland, because of its two mountainous peninsulas, Dingle and Iveragh.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Skellig Michael and Killarney.
Skellig Michael
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Skellig Michael or "Great Skellig" is a small uninhabited island 12 km off the coast of County Kerry in southwest Ireland. Its twin crags, rising to 218 m, have the remains of an ancient monastery perched above an often-roiling sea.
Killarney
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Killarney is a town in County Kerry in southwest Ireland. It has a resident population of about 14,000 but in summer they're outnumbered by tourists, because this is one of the most scenic areas of Ireland, firmly on the tourist circuit for over 150 years.
Tralee
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Tralee is the county town of County Kerry in southwest Ireland, with a population of 23,691 in 2016. Its Irish name Trá Lí means "strand / beach on the River Lee".
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Dingle and Listowel.
Dingle
Dingle is the only sizable town on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, some 50 km southwest of Tralee. With a population in 2022 of 1,700, it has a colourful town centre and fishing harbour.
Listowel
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Listowel is a town in County Kerry, 28 km northeast of Tralee. With a population of 4794 in 2022, it's the largest settlement in the north of the county.
Blasket Islands
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The Blasket Islands are an archipelago off the Dingle peninsula of County Kerry. They've had no permanent residents since they were evacuated in 1953, but in summer Great Blasket the largest island has a couple of rangers-cum-caretakers, self-catering cottages, and camping is permitted.
Cloghane
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An Clochán or Cloghane is a village on the north coastline of the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry. It's 40 km west of Tralee and in 2011 it had a population of 297.
Portmagee
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Portmagee is a fishing village on the Iveragh Peninsula of County Kerry, with a population in 2016 of 123. In Irish it's An Caladh, "the ferry", because it was the port for Valentia Island, but a bridge now spans the channel.
Kenmare
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Kenmare is a village in County Kerry in southwest Ireland. It's at the head of Kenmare Bay: north of the bay is Iveragh Peninsula, and its coast road is the popular Ring of Kerry tourist route.
Caherciveen
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Caherciveen is a village on the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry in southwest Ireland. It has a population of 1300, but it's on the popular Ring of Kerry tourist circuit and gets very busy in summer.
Annascaul
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Annascaul or Abha na Scáil is a village on the roadside of the main road up the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry. It's a stopping point on the Dingle Way hiking trail, and Inch Beach 5 km east is a centre for surfing.
Killorglin
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Killorglin is a village in County Kerry in southwest Ireland. It's by Dingle Bay, at the head of the Iveragh Peninsula, traversed by the scenic "Ring of Kerry" route.
County Kerry
- Type: county of Ireland with 155,000 residents
- Description: county in Ireland
- Also known as: “Co Kerry”, “Co. Kerry”, “Kerry”, and “Kerry County”
- Neighbors: County Cork and County Limerick
- Location: Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“County Kerry” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقاطعة كري”
- Arabic: “مقاطعه كري”
- Armenian: “Քերի կոմսություն”
- Asturian: “Condáu de Kerry”
- Azerbaijani: “Kerri”
- Balinese: “County Kerry”
- Basque: “Kerry konderria”
- Basque: “Kerry”
- Basque: “Kerryko konderri”
- Basque: “Kerryko konderria”
- Bengali: “কাউন্টি কেরি”
- Breton: “Ciarraí”
- Breton: “Kerry”
- Breton: “Kontelezh Ciarraí”
- Breton: “Kontelezh Kerry”
- Bulgarian: “Кери”
- Catalan: “comtat de Kerry”
- Catalan: “Comtat de Kerry”
- Cebuano: “Ciarraí”
- Chinese: “Kerry Kūn”
- Chinese: “凯瑞郡”
- Chinese: “凯里郡”
- Chinese: “凱里郡”
- Czech: “Contae Chiarraí”
- Czech: “County Kerry”
- Czech: “Hrabství Kerry”
- Czech: “Kerry”
- Danish: “County Kerry”
- Dutch: “County Kerry”
- Esperanto: “Contae Chiarraí”
- Esperanto: “County Kerry”
- Esperanto: “Graflando Chiarraí”
- Esperanto: “Graflando Kerry”
- Estonian: “Kerry krahvkond”
- Finnish: “Kerry”
- Finnish: “Kerryn kreivikunta”
- French: “comté de Kerry”
- French: “Comté de Kerry”
- French: “Kerry”
- Galician: “Condado de Kerry”
- Georgian: “კერის საგრაფო”
- German: “County Kerry”
- German: “IE-KY”
- German: “Kerry”
- Greek: “Κέρι”
- Greek: “κομητεία Κέρι”
- Gujarati: “કાઉન્ટી કેરી”
- Hebrew: “מחוז קרי”
- Hindi: “काउंटी केरी”
- Hungarian: “Kerry megye”
- Indonesian: “County Kerry”
- Irish: “Ciarraí”
- Irish: “Ciarraíoch”
- Irish: “Contae Chiarraí”
- Italian: “Contea del Kerry”
- Italian: “Contea di Kerry”
- Italian: “County Kerry”
- Italian: “Kerry”
- Japanese: “ケリー県”
- Kannada: “ಕೌಂಟಿ ಕೆರ್ರಿ”
- Korean: “케리주”
- Kurdish: “County Kerry”
- Latin: “Comitatus Kerriensis”
- Latvian: “Kerri grāfiste”
- Lithuanian: “Kerio grafystė”
- Lithuanian: “Keris”
- Macedonian: “Кери”
- Malay: “County Kerry”
- Manx: “Coontae Cherree”
- Marathi: “काउंटी केरी”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kerry Kūn”
- Northern Frisian: “Kerry”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “County Kerry”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “County of Kerry”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kerry”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Contae Chiarraí”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “County Kerry”
- Norwegian: “Kerry”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Cerryscīr”
- Persian: “شهرستان کری”
- Polish: “Kerry”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Kerry”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Kerry”
- Romanian: “Judeţul Kerry”
- Romanian: “Județul Kerry”
- Russian: “Графство Керри”
- Russian: “Графство Кэрри”
- Russian: “Керри”
- Russian: “Кэрри”
- Scots: “Coontie Kerry”
- Scots: “Coonty Kerry”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Contae Chiarraí”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Contae Chiarraighe”
- Serbian: “Keri”
- Serbian: “Кери”
- Serbo-Croatian: “County Kerry”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Grofovija Kerry”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Keri”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kerry”
- Sinhala: “කෙරී ප්රාන්තය”
- Slovak: “Contae Chiarraí”
- Slovak: “County Kerry”
- Slovak: “Kerry”
- Slovenian: “County Kerry”
- Slovenian: “Kerry”
- Slovenian: “Okrožje Kerry”
- Spanish: “Ciarraighe”
- Spanish: “Condado de Kerry”
- Spanish: “Contae Ciarrai”
- Spanish: “Contae Ciarraí”
- Spanish: “County Kerry”
- Spanish: “Kerry”
- Spanish: “The Kingdom”
- Swahili: “Wilaya ya Kerry”
- Swedish: “Blasketöarna”
- Swedish: “County Kerry”
- Swedish: “Kerry”
- Tajik: “Vilojati Keri”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Кери”
- Tamil: “கவுண்டி கெர்ரி”
- Telugu: “కెర్రీ కౌంటీ”
- Thai: “เคาตี เคอร์รี”
- Turkish: “Ciarraí ilçesi”
- Turkish: “Ciarraí”
- Turkish: “Co Chiarraí”
- Turkish: “Co Kerry”
- Turkish: “Co. Chiarraí”
- Turkish: “Co. Kerry”
- Turkish: “Contae Chiarraí”
- Turkish: “County Kerry”
- Turkish: “IE-KY”
- Turkish: “Kerry Co.”
- Turkish: “Kerry County”
- Turkish: “Kerry ilçesi”
- Ukrainian: “графство Керрі”
- Ukrainian: “Керрі (графство)”
- Ukrainian: “Керрі”
- Urdu: “کاؤنٹی کیری”
- Vietnamese: “Hạt Kerry”
- Welsh: “Kerry”
- Welsh: “Swydd Ciarraí”
- Welsh: “Swydd Kerry”
- Western Panjabi: “کیری”
- “County Kerry”
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