KERRY, a county in Ireland, situated on the south-west coast, between 51^{\circ} 30' and 52^{\circ} 24' north latitude. Its boundaries are the river Shannon on the north, the counties of Cork and Limerick on the east, and the Atlantic on the south and west. From north to south it extends about 60 English miles; from east to west 54; and its area, according to Smith's history of the county, is 1,030,193 English acres, or, according to Wakefield, 1763 square miles, or 1,128,320 acres. It is in the province of Munster, and archbishopric of Cashel. The sees of Ardfeert and Aghadee, between which it was formerly divided, were united to that of Limerick in 1663. The present divisions are eight baronies, and eighty-four parishes. Sea-Coast. The sea-coast of Kerry, from the river Kenmare on the south, to the estuary of the Shannon on the north, extends about 30 leagues. At both these places there is a sufficient depth of water, and good anchorage. The other bays are, Dingle, or Castlemain, and Tralee, with a number of smaller landing places, none of which are much frequented. Kenmare, Dingle, and Tralee, run so far up into the land as to form two peninsulas, which, projecting into the Atlantic, are terminated by several bold headlands, of which Dunonae, on the north of Dingle Bay, is perhaps the most westerly land in Europe. Dursey, Scariff, the Skeligs, Valentia, the Blasques, and the Magharees, are islands on the coast. Of these, Valentia and the Magharee islands are noted for their fertility, producing the best wheat and other kinds of corn in the district. Kerry. More than three-fifths of Kerry is mountainous Surface, and waste; and, at the time of Young's Tour, in 1779, did not yield to its proprietors more than 3d. an acre. The southern quarter, from Kenmare to Dingle Bay, with the exception of some narrow tracts, on the banks of the former river, is almost entirely composed of high grounds, among which Macgillycuddy's Reeks rise to the height of 3000 feet, and Mangerton to about 2700. These mountains are chiefly occupied with young cattle and goats; sheep, apparently the most profitable animal in such situations, are neither numerous nor of a valuable kind; and the little cultivation to be found here is so generally performed with the spade, that in some entire parishes, as Mr Young assures us, there was not a single plough. To the north of Dingle Bay, about Tralee and Castle Island, the country becomes more productive, and much of the land is employed in keeping dairies, the produce of which, chiefly butter, is sent to Cork and Limerick; yet here, as in the rest of the district, marshes and bogs occupy a large proportion of the surface. The prevailing soil in the low grounds is clay, of Soils. different qualities; some of it seems to be a species of pipe clay, and other sorts might be converted into bricks and earthenware. Marl and ochre have been found in several places. Limestone, sandstone, and marble of different colours, but all variegated, are very common. Slates, of a good quality, are found on the side of a mountain near Killarney; and in the same quarter are copper mines, which were worked with considerable success in 1808, but discontinued in 1811. Iron ore, though found in great plenty in the southern baronies, is of little value, owing to the want of wood and coal. Lead has been discovered in several parts, but does not appear to be wrought. The Lapis Hibernicus, or Irish slate, is found near Castle Island; crystals, called Kerry Stones, many of them so hard as to cut glass, are got among the cliffs and rocks of the coast; and very fine amethysts near Kerry-head, on the south side of the entrance to the Shannon. The principal streams are, the Blackwater, which, Waters. for some distance, forms the boundary with Cork; the Feal, which rises on the borders of Limerick, and unites with the Gale and the Brick to form the Cashin, which is rendered navigable for small vessels by the tide; the Mang, which receives several streams in its progress, from the mountains on the confines of Cork, where it has its source, towards the sea, is navigable to the bridge at Castlemain, a little above the bay of that name; the Lea is a small stream that falls into Tralee Bay; the Flesk enters the Lake of Killarney, of which the Laune is the only outlet. In the mountain districts, there is a number of brooks, which swell to considerable torrents after heavy rains; but the only stream of any note in this quarter is Kenmare, which gives its name to an arm of the sea near the southern boundary. Most of these and the other rivulets of Kerry abound with trout, and several of them with salmon. Besides the celebrated Lakes of Killarney, for which see KILLARNEY, in the Kerry. Encyclopædia. Kerry contains several considerable pieces of fresh water. Lough-Quinlau, on its southern boundary, is remarkable for its floating islands. Mineral waters have been found near the town of Killarney, in the barony of Ineragh on the coast, in the northern barony of Iraghticonnor, near Dingle, at Castlemain, and at Tralee, the last of which, according to Smith, has been found of great benefit in several disorders. Young, Beaufort, Newenham, and Wakefield, quoted under the former Irish counties. (A.) KerryKildare. Fish. Kenmare and the Bay of Dingle are frequented by a great variety of fish, and oysters and other shell-fish abound in their creeks and harbours, and at the mouth of the Shannon. Herrings visit the coast in August and September. The sea-calf, vitalus marinus, the sepia or cuttle-fish, the urtica marina or sea-nettle, are found on the coast; the first in great numbers on the shores of the Kenmare, where they are very injurious to the salmon-fishery.