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County Kerry
(Irish: Contae Chiarrai) is a county in the southwest of Ireland, in the Munster province of the Republic of Ireland, informally referred to as The Kingdom. It has an area of 4,746 km2 (1,832 square miles). The county town is Tralee. The county is bordered by County Limerick (east) and County Cork (South-east). One of Ireland's most famous towns, Killarney, is located in Kerry. The county has two national parks, the Killarney Lakes and Dingle Peninsula. The tip of the Dingle Peninsula is the most westerly point in mainland Ireland. Kerry has the highest mountains in Ireland: Macgillycuddy's Reeks. The county is bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean and on the north by the River Shannon, the longest river in Ireland.

Based on an article on Kerry from Ireland Information Guide