Editing Ventry

{{short description|Seaside village in County Kerry, Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Use Irish English|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                   = Ventry / Ceann Trá
|other_name             = Fionntrá
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|image_skyline          = Dingle-Ventry-Center-2012.JPG
|image_caption          = The village centre
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|pushpin_label_position = right
|pushpin_map_caption    = Location in Ireland
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|subdivision_name       = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Munster]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Counties of Ireland|County]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[County Kerry]]
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|unit_pref              = Metric
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|population_as_of       = 2011
|population_footnotes   = 
|population             = 423
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|population_density_km2 = auto
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|footnotes              = Ceann Trá is the only official name.
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'''Ventry''' ({{Irish derived place name|Fionntrá|white beach}}),<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/en/1393750 | title = Ventry/Fionntrá| publisher = [[Placenames Database of Ireland]] | website = logainm.ie }}</ref> officially '''''Ceann Trá''''',<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/en/22808 | title = Ventry/Ceann Trá | publisher = [[Placenames Database of Ireland]] | website = logainm.ie }}</ref> is a [[Gaeltacht]] village in [[County Kerry]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], on the [[Dingle Peninsula]], 7 kilometres west of [[Dingle]]. Due to its long sandy beach, Ventry is a [[tourism|tourist]] destination.

==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}}

==Transport==
The village is connected to Dingle via the [[R559 road (Ireland)|R559 road]] which runs from Dingle through various villages on [[Slea Head]].

As at 2024 there are daily bus services to Dingle.<ref>{{cite web |title=Timetables |url=https://www.locallinkkerry.ie/timetables/ |website=TFI Local Link Kerry |access-date=24 March 2024}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* Sport shooter [[Dennis Fenton]] was born in the village
* [[James Goodman (musicologist)|Canon James Goodman]], the music collector and Professor of Irish at Trinity College, Dublin, was raised in Ventry.{{fact|date=May 2021}}
* Ventry was home to [[Páidí Ó Sé]], the well-known Kerry [[Gaelic football|footballer]], who owned a pub across from the parish church until his death in 2012.<ref name=BBC2012-12-15>{{cite news | title = Kerry legend Paidi O Se dies suddenly at the age of 57 | publisher = [[BBC Sport]] | date = 2012-12-15 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/northern-ireland/20741199 | access-date = 2012-12-16}}</ref>

==Ventry Bay==
The bay or harbour is a suitable anchorage for sailing and fishing boats. On 4 October 1939, {{GS|U-35|1936|6}} entered Ventry Bay and landed 28 Greek sailors of the ''MV Diamantis''. Their ship had been torpedoed by a [[U-boat]]. The event was commemorated with a plaque in October 2009. Guests at the plaque unveiling included the then German Ambassador to Ireland, the mayor of the [[Oinousses]] Islands in the Aegean, as well as members of London's Greek shipping community.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.kerryman.ie/local-notes/west-kerry-local-recalls-u35-landing-perished-sailors-in-ventry-1919692.html?start=2 | title = West Kerry: Local recalls U-35 landing 'perished' sailors in Ventry | date = 21 October 2009| work = The Kerryman | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120217194149/http://www.kerryman.ie/local-notes/west-kerry-local-recalls-u35-landing-perished-sailors-in-ventry-1919692.html?start=2 | archivedate = 17 February 2012 }}</ref> 

<gallery widths="180" heights="160">
File:Ventry Harbour from Mount Eagle - geograph.org.uk - 2010909.jpg|Ventry Harbour seen from [[Mount Eagle (Ireland)|Mount Eagle]]
File:Ventry Graveyard a.jpg|Ventury graveyard
File:Ventry1.jpg|Ventry Beach
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland|List of towns and villages in Ireland]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://dingle-peninsula.ie/explore/townlands-and-villages-dingle-peninsula/10-explore-the-dingle-peninsula/towns-and-villages-on-the-dingle-peninsula/16-ventry-ceann-tra.html Dingle Peninsula Tourism: Ventry]
*[https://www.u-35.com/diamantis/Ventry.htm Greek freighter DIAMANTIS, sunk on 3 October 1939 by German U-Boat U-35]
*[http://ventryweather.com Live weather station: Ventry]

{{County Kerry}}
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[[Category:Towns and villages in County Kerry]]
[[Category:Bays of County Kerry]]
[[Category:Beaches of County Kerry]]
[[Category:Gaeltacht towns and villages]]
[[Category:Gaeltacht places in County Kerry]]