The Kerry Blue Terrier or Irish Blue Terrier is an Irish breed of dog of terrier type. It was originally bred to control vermin including rats, rabbits, badgers, ferrets, foxes, otters, hares, deer an
A Kerry Blue Terrier
Philip Doyle with his dog, "Terri", at the Killarney Show, 1916.
County Kerry is a county on the southwest coast of Ireland, within the province of Munster and the Southern Region. It is bordered by two other counties; Limerick to the east, and Cork to the south an
Kerry Blue Terrier
…slate in colour, marked with darker blotches and patches, and often with black about the legs and muzzle. These dogs were supposedly more common in Kerry, but were also seen elsewhere. With the development of dog shows in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the breed became standardised…
The Three Sisters, West Kerry
Near Teeravane, County Kerry
Dingle Peninsula
Gallarus Oratory near Dingle, which dates back to the 6th century.