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Kerry or Kerri may refer to:

  • Kerry (name), a given name and surname of Gaelic origin (including a list of people with the name)
Kerry (UK Parliament constituency)

A former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament. In 1885, it was split into four constituencies. From the time of Irish independence, the area was no longer represented in the UK Parliament, as it was no longer part of the United Kingdom.

Kerry (name)

Kerry (KER-ee) (alternatively "Kerri") is both a masculine and feminine English language given name of Gaelic (Irish) origin.

In its original form Ciarraighe (Ciarraí), it denoted the people of Ciar (ciar-raighe), Ciar being the son of Fergus mac Róich, who gave his name to County Kerry. Ciarraighe was thus the name of the pre-Gaelic tribe who lived in the area of what is now County Kerry. However branches of the Ciarraighe were all over Ireland:

  • Ciarraige Luachra - in what is now north County Kerry and Sliabh Luachra, both named after them.
  • Ciarraige Cuirche - due south of what is now Cork City, in Munster.
  • Ciarraige Áei - on the plains of central County Roscommon, in Connacht.
  • Ciarraighe Locha na nÁirne - in eastern County Mayo in Connacht.
  • Ciarraige Airtech - on Magh nAirtig (plain of Airtig, northwest County Roscommon, parish of Tibohine.
  • Ciarraige Broengair - location uncertain. The Múscraige Breogain were found south-west of Cashel, Munster.
  • Ciarraige Choinnend - location uncertain.
  • Ciarraige Trimaige - location uncertain.
  • Ciarraige Aidhne - in Aidhne, now south County Galway, Connacht.

Kerry is also a common surname and as such is of Welsh origin, though sometimes spelled Ceri. However, Ceri (pronounced Kerry) is more commonly in Wales a first name, either masculine or feminine.

Kerry (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Kerry was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800. Following the Act of Union 1800 the county retained two seats.

Kerry (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Kerry is a parliamentary constituency that has been represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, since the 2016 general election. The constituency elects 5 deputies ( Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV). Another constituency of the same name existed between 1923 and 1937.

Usage examples of "kerry".

For reasons entirely unclear to Kerry, Thomas contrived every despicable, backbreaking chore he could throw at him, from maneuvering an ancient plow behind two old oxen, to duping him into climbing to the top of Din Fallon in search of a haggis nest.

Kerry felt herself sinking with the weight of the voluminous bombazine skirts that marked her a widow.

American and Catalonian accents effortlessly, the way that a skilled actor does Kerry one minute and New Jersey the next.

Arthur realized they were bringing the flatboat to a halt alongside Kerry.

This time Kerry took the acorn, and they continued the improvisation, developing it into a story with a squirrel for a villain, until the custodian switched off the houselights from backstage and they both shouted in indignation.

Kerry Sanders had been stopped for jaywalking on a Los Angeles street in July 1993--while Robert Sanders was still in his New York prison.

Kerry took the imaginary petal carefully by one end and waved it back and forth at just about the right distance from her face.

Bob Shrum, the legendarily well-compensated roly-poly media consultant whose defection from Edwards to Kerry in February was treated in the Washington political community with the cosmic significance of Bill Gates leaving Microsoft.

In the realm of public combat, Kerry was essentially focusing on the issue of what message must be sent to the nonvoting global audience--including al Qaeda and its possible adherents--and agreeing with Bush that that message must be one of toughness, a tough leader leading a tough nation.

Suppose it was the pulps, not Kerry, that I had gotten off on Friday night and Saturday morning and yesterday- afternoon?

Comprising the whole of the counties of Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo, Roscommon, Mayo, Galway, Kerry, and parts of the counties of Clare and Cork.

December Lord-Lieutenant French placed counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, and Tipperary under martial law.

Charbon loved wine and good food, and Kerry had come to be his special friend, helping with the grapes and truffles and spices he grew in the gardens from his own store of Earthside seeds and cells.

Kerry Wopner was carrying a paper plate groaning under the weight of twin lobsters, potato salad, and corn on the cob.

It was no hardship for me, just a social nuisance, as Kerry Sanders was by no means alone in concluding that nondrinkers were ex-alcoholics.