Coontie Kerry

Coonty Kerry Contae Chiarraí
Coat airms
Motto(s):  Comhar, Cabhair, Cairdeas  (Erse) "Co-operation, Help, Friendship"
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°10′N 9°45′W
Kintra	Ireland
Province	Munster
Coonty toun	Tralee
Govrenment
• Teep	Coonty Cooncil
• Dáil Éireann	Kerry North–West Limerick Kerry South
• European Parliament	Sooth
Area
• Total	4746 km2 (1,832 sq mi)
Area rank	(5t)
Population  (2011)	145,048
• Rank	(14t)
Code	KY
Website	www.kerrycoco.ie

Coonty Kerry (Erse: Contae Chiarraí) is ane o the twenty-sax counties o the Republic o Ireland, an ane o the thirty-twa coonties o Ireland, situated within the province o Munster. Kerry is the 5t lairgest o Ireland’s 32 coonties in aurie, an 14t lairgest in terms o population. It is bordered bi Coonty Limerick tae the east an Coonty Cork tae the sooth-east. The coonty toun is Tralee. Ane o Ireland's maist famous touns, Killarney, is an aa locatit in the coonty. The Lakes o Killarney, an aurie o ootstanding naitural beauty, ar locatit in Killarney Naitional Park. The tip o the Dingle Peninsula is the maist wasterly pynt o Ireland.

Etymology

Kerry is an anglicisation o Ciarraí, itself derived frae Ciarraighe, or "fowk o Ciar", the name o the pre-Gaelic tribe who lived in pairt o the present coonty. The legendary foonder o the tribe wis Ciar, son o Fergus mac Róich. In Auld Erse "Ciar" meant black or daurk broun, an the wird continues in uise in modren Erse as an adjective describing a daurk complexion. The suffix raighe, meanin fowk/tribe, is foond in various -ry place names in Ireland, such as Osry – Osraighe Deer-Fowk/Tribe.