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Features: Irish Counties & Surnames - County Kerry

Dingle Lighthouse by Superbass
Dingle Lighthouse, County Kerry, © 2019, Superbass
COUNTY KERRY

Irish Name: Ciarraí
Nickname: The Kingdom
Motto: Comhar, Cabhair, Cairdeas (Cooperation, Help, Friendship)
County Town: Tralee
Province: Munster
Region: South-West

Tartan: The County Kerry tartan is a traditional plaid pattern in green and brown with navy blue and butter yellow accents. It was designed by Polly Kitteridge for the house of Edgar in 1997. (Reproduction rights restricted to House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.)

  • County Kerry Tartan

County Kerry Common Surnames

(Ireland Census):
Brosnan, Clifford, Connor, Cronin, Daly, Fitzgerald, Foley, Griffin, Leary, Lynch, MacCarthy, Mahoney, Moriarty, Murphy, O'Connell, Shea, Sullivan, Walsh

(Irish Emigrants):
Fitzgerald, Griffin, McCarthy, Moriarty, Murphy, O'Connell, O'Connor, O'Sullivan, Shea, Stack, Sullivan

Next page: County Kildare

References: The counties of Ireland and their nicknames, 2019, Aidan Lonergan, The Irish Post; Surname Connections to the Irish Counties, RootsWeb, 2007; Irish Surnames and Their Counties, A Letter From Ireland, 2016; Counties of Ireland, Wikipedia, The Scottish Register of Tartans.
Photo credits: (Header) County Kerry tartan pattern © 1997, House of Edgar, Perth Scotland; used with express permission from House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.; (Featured) Dingle Lighthouse, 2019, Superbass, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 4.0, (Related Resources) Island of Ireland location map, © 2010, NordNordWest, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 3.0. Edited by Susan Wallace.
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