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Kerry

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Kerry, county (1991 pop. 121,894), 1,815 sq mi (4,701 sq km), SW Republic of Ireland. The county town is Tralee Tralee (trəlē`, trā–), town (1991 pop. 17,862), seat of Co. Kerry, SW Republic of Ireland, on the Lee River.
..... Click the link for more information. . Kerry consists of a series of mountainous peninsulas that extend into the Atlantic. The shoreline is deeply indented by Dingle Bay, Tralee Bay, and the Kenmare River. Carrantuohill (3,414 ft/1,041 m), in the mountains known as Macgillycuddy's Reeks, is the highest point in Ireland. The streams are short and precipitous, and many bogs exist. The Lakes of Killarney Killarney, town (1991 pop. 7,274), Co. Kerry, SW Republic of Ireland. The town, which has mineral-water bottling, footwear, lace, hosiery, woolens, and ornamental ironwork industries, is also a tourist center for the three Lakes of Killarney.
..... Click the link for more information.  are a popular tourist attraction. Farming (oats and potatoes), fishing, sheep and cattle raising, and dairying are the chief occupations. Peat is sold commercially. Footwear is made in Tralee and Killarney. Many well-preserved dolmens, stone forts, round towers, castles, and abbeys still stand. Irish Gaelic is spoken by inhabitants of the Dingle peninsula and the Blasket Islands.
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That an' his pig's cheek in saying that other regiments would come along," said a Kerry man.
The Mutiny of the Mavericks by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
The crew was mostly Cork an' Kerry men, barrin' one Marylander that wanted to go back, but they called him a mutineer, an' they ran the ould Manila into Skibbereen, an' they had an illigant time visitin' around with frinds on the ould sod fer a week.
Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
"Werry good--werry good, indeed," said the man of the sea, "and ken ye kerry coals?
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context
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