Editing Ventry (section)

==History==
{{see also|Dunbeg Fort}}
Six kilometres west of Ventry are the ruins of [[Dunbeg Fort|Dunbeg]] (''An Dún Beag''), an Iron Age [[promontory fort]] on the edge of a steep cliff. Near Dunbeg is Kilvickadownig, home to other archeological ruins, including examples of the [[beehive house]] and the grave of Caol or Cháil Mic Crimthainn, the last to die in the Battle of Ventry from the [[Fenian Cycle]] of [[Irish mythology]].

Also within Ventry parish is [[Rahinnane Castle]], which was the residence of the [[Knight of Kerry]]. The Knight of Kerry lived there until [[Cromwellian conquest of Ireland]]. The castle was built on the site of an old [[ringfort]]. The ringfort was built up and a second added with walls of six metres (20&nbsp;feet), giving the appearance that there may have been a [[moat]], although there never was one. Rahinnane Castle retains some of its original features, including a set of narrow stone stairs which connect the first and second floors.{{fact|date=June 2023}}