Kerry Star

The Kerry Star Masthead ; “Help yourselves and God will help you” Wednesday, May 15, 1861 Extract from volume 1 edition 1 “In presenting you with this, the first number of THE KERRY STAR, it is to ourselves, personally, a most gratifying duty to thank you all for the generous support and friendly encouragement so cordially given to us in our new career.”……

“by the establishment of a newspaper, which, while dealing justly, honourably, and temperately with men of all creeds and shades of politics, should, however, as its most marked characteristic, extend a ready sympathy and an earnest support to every Catholic movement and every project that may tend to elevate our dear old land a month nations of the earth.”

   Edition Count       Page Count          Years           
                  1861-1863
         193          774 *Out of print