Kerrytown is a small settlement in the Seadown riding of the Levels county. Its population at the census of 1901 was 156. The district is about ten miles from Timaru and Temuka respectively, and about three miles from Pleasant Point. It takes its name from the large number of old settlers who came originally from County Kerry, Ireland. There is no public school in the district, the educational wants of which are supplied by a well-equipped Roman Catholic school. Some years ago a large building was erected on a corner section for the purpose of a hotel, but no license was granted, though the building still (1903) stands.

Kerrytown Post Office, which is within ten miles of Timaru, has been conducted at the residence of Mr. Hugh Brosnehan since 1885. Mails are received and despatched three times weekly. Mr. Brosnehan was born in County Kerry, Ireland, and arrived at Lyttelton in 1870, by the ship “Merope.” He has been a resident of the district since 1882. Mr. Brosnehan was married, in 1876, to a daughter of the late Mr. P. Scannill, of Kerry, and has five sons and seven daughters.

St. Joseph's Roman Catholic School, Kerrytown, was established about 1884. The site contains about three acres of land, and the school building is of wood and iron, and contains two class rooms. There is accommodation for 200 children; there are 110 names on the roll, and the average attendance is ninety. Four Sisters of St. Joseph constitute the teaching staff of the school.

Hoare, Hugh, Farmer, Kerrytown. Mr. Hoare was born in Kerrytown, in 1869, and was brought up to country life. For about five years he kept a hotel in the Oxford district, but in 1901 returned to Kerrytown, where he farms fifty acres of freehold land. During his residence in North Canterbury Mr. Hoare belonged to the Cust Mounted Rifles, and was one of the first members of that corps. He had charge of the catering at the encampment of the 19th of October, 1901. Mr. Hoare was married, in 1897, to a daughter of Mr. Donovan, of Bennett's Junction, and has had one son and one daughter. His son is dead.