| 2H6 III.i.310 | [Cardinal to York] Th'uncivil kerns of Ireland are in arms |
| 2H6 III.i.361 | [York alone] In Ireland have I seen this stubborn Cade / Oppose himself against a troop of kerns |
| 2H6 III.i.367 | [York alone, of Cade] like a shag-haired crafty kern |
| 2H6 IV.ix.26 | [Messenger to King] a mighty power / Of gallowglasses and stout kerns / Is marching hitherward in proud array |
| H5 III.vii.51 | [Dauphin to Constable, of his mistress] you rode like a kern of Ireland |
| Mac I.ii.13 | [Captain to King] The merciless Macdonwald ... from the Western Isles / Of kerns and galloglasses is supplied |
| Mac I.ii.30 | [Captain to King, of the battle] justice ... / Compelled these skipping kerns to trust their heels |
| Mac V.vi.27 | [Macduff alone] I cannot strike at kerns, whose arms / Are hired to bear their staves |
| R2 II.i.156 | [King Richard to York, of the Irish] We must supplant those rough rug-headed kerns |