or Kerne, a term in the ancient Irish militia, signifying a foot soldier. Camden tells us that the armies of Ireland consisted of cavalry, called galloglasses; and infantry, lightly armed, called kernes. The kernes were armed with swords and darts; and to the latter were fitted cords, by which they could recover them after they had been launched out.

Kerrey, a large parish in the county of Montgomery, and hundred of that name, in North Wales, 179 miles from London. It is finely situated on a gentle eminence in a beautiful valley, and the country around it is highly fertile. A large proportion of the population is employed in making fine Welsh flannels. It has a fine old Gothic church, of most venerable appearance. The population amounted in 1801 to 1758, in 1811 to 1855, in 1821 to 2038, and in 1831 to 2199.