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County: Kerry
Province: Munster
Capital: Tralee
Other Cities: Ballylongford, Blennerville, Cahirciveen,
Castlegregory, Castleisland, Dingle, Kenmare, Killarney, Listowel,
Milltown, Tarbert, Valencia
Land Area: 1,148,720 acres
Cultivated: 581,189 acres
Mountains & Bog: 552,862 acres
Under Water: 14,669 acres
Bounded by: Counties Cork, Clare (River Shannon), and
Limerick
Baronies: Clanmaurice, Corkaguiney, Dunkerron, Glanerough,
Iraghticonnor, Iveragh, Magunihy, Trughanacmy
All of Ireland is smaller than the State of Maine (32.593 v. 33,040 sq. miles) County Kerry alone is smaller than the state of Delaware (1,815 v. 2,045) If 1,815 square miles were a perfect square, it would be only about 40 miles by 45 miles. Many of the Baronies are less than 100 square miles (10 mi. by 10 mi.) The townlands are almost always under a square mile in size, often only a few (English) acres. (Thanks Ray Marshall!)
1821 216,185 1831 263,126 1841 293,880 1851 238,254 1861 201,800 1871 196,586 1881 187,000 1891 179,136 1901 165,726 1911 159,691 |
1926 149,171 1936 139,834 1946 133,893 1951 126,644 1961 116,458 1971 112,772 1981 122,770 1986 123,992 1991 121,894 |
Kenmare | 1,366 |
Ballybunion | 1,346 |
Dingle | 1,272 |
Killorglin | 1,229 |
Caherciveen | 1,213 |
Tarbert | 679 |
Ardfert | 677 |
Ballyduff | 670 |
Ballyheigue | 658 |
Ballylongford | 506 |
Rathmore | 505 |
Waterville/Spunkane | 463 |
Fenit | 403 |
The Spa | 398 |
Newtownsandes | 365 |
Milltown | 341 |
Sneem | 292 |
Lixnaw | 260 |
Gneeveguilla | 239 |
Causeway | 233 |
Glenbeigh | 230 |
Annascaul | 215 |
Knightstown (Valentia Island) |
204 |
Abbeydorney | 179 |
Kilgarvan | 171 |
Castlegregory | 159 |
Cromane | 157 |
Killarney Urban area: | 7,253 |
Listowel town | 3,347 |
Tralee town | 17,206 |
(Thanks to Kerry Kate for some of the stats; see: KerryRoutes/Lost Trails!)