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Ballyferriter (official name in both Irish and English: Baile an Fheirtéaraigh and sometimes also referred to in Irish as An Buailtín) is a village in County Kerry, Ireland. It is located in the west of the Corca Dhuibhne (Dingle) peninsula which is a Gaeltacht and according to the 2002 census, about 75% of the town's population speaks the Irish language on a daily basis. The village is named after the Norman-Irish Feiritéar family who settled in Ard na Caithne in the late medieval period and of whom the seventeenth century poet and executed leader, Piaras Feiritéar, remains the most famous member. The older Irish name for the village An Buailtín "the little dairy place" is still used locally.
The village lies at the base of Croaghmarhin hill near Cuan Ard na Caithne (formerly also called Smerwick harbour) on the Dingle peninsula, on regional road R559 which loops around the west of the peninsula, beginning and ending in Dingle Town. It has three pubs: Tigh Uí Chatháin, Tigh Uí Mhurchú, Tigh an tSaorsaigh, and one hotel, Óstán Cheann Sibéal (formerly Tigh Peig's). It also has a school, church, museum, and a Garda station. The village is alive with Irish students throughout the summer as courses are held in the local national school. UCC also owns a house there that facilitates year-long study for students at a higher level.
Between Baile an Fheirtéaraigh and Cuan Ard na Caithne is Dún an Óir (the Fort of Gold), an Iron Age promontory fort, which was the location of the Siege of Smerwick, an infamous massacre in 1580. A 600-strong Spanish and Italian papal invasion force which had come as part of the Second Desmond Rebellion of James Fitzmaurice Fitzgerald were besieged and massacred by the English crown forces of Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey de Wilton.
Under a placennames order in 2004, the Minister for the Gaeltacht, Éamon Ó Cuiv declared that on maps and signage the Irish name, Baile an Fheirtéaraigh, must be used.
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Ventry (Ceann Trá in Irish) is a village in County Kerry, Ireland. Located on the Dingle Peninsula, 7 kilometres west of Dingle, the village of Ventry was once the main port of the peninsula.[citation needed] Due to its long sandy beach Ventry is now a popular tourist destination.
Six kilometres west of Ventry are the ruins of Dunbeg (An Dún Beag), an Iron Age promontory fort located on the edge of a steep cliff. Close to Dunbeg is Kilvickadownig, home to other archeologial 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 well-known Fenian Cycle myths.
Ventry is home to Páidí Ó Sé, the footballer, who owns a pub across from the parish church. Canon James Goodman, the music collector, was raised in Ventry.
A site of interest in Ventry parish is Rahinnane Castle, which was the residence of the Knight of Kerry. The Knight of Kerry lived there until Cromwellian times. 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 feet), giving the appearance that there may have been a moat, although there never was one. Rahinnane Castle still has its very tiny, narrow, stone stairs, from the first to second floors, which can be (very carefully!) climbed.
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Ballyferriter (official name in both Irish and English: Baile an Fheirtéaraigh and sometimes also referred to in Irish as An Buailtín) is a village in County Kerry, Ireland. It is located in the west of the Corca Dhuibhne (Dingle) peninsula which is a Gaeltacht and according to the 2002 census, about 75% of the town's population speaks the Irish language on a daily basis. The village is named after the Norman-Irish Feiritéar family who settled in Ard na Caithne in the late medieval period and of whom the seventeenth century poet and executed leader, Piaras Feiritéar, remains the most famous member. The older Irish name for the village An Buailtín "the little dairy place" is still used locally.
The village lies at the base of Croaghmarhin hill near Cuan Ard na Caithne (formerly also called Smerwick harbour) on the Dingle peninsula, on regional road R559 which loops around the west of the peninsula, beginning and ending in Dingle Town. It has three pubs: Tigh Uí Chatháin, Tigh Uí Mhurchú, Tigh an tSaorsaigh, and one hotel, Óstán Cheann Sibéal (formerly Tigh Peig's). It also has a school, church, museum, and a Garda station. The village is alive with Irish students throughout the summer as courses are held in the local national school. UCC also owns a house there that facilitates year-long study for students at a higher level.
Between Baile an Fheirtéaraigh and Cuan Ard na Caithne is Dún an Óir (the Fort of Gold), an Iron Age promontory fort, which was the location of the Siege of Smerwick, an infamous massacre in 1580. A 600-strong Spanish and Italian papal invasion force which had come as part of the Second Desmond Rebellion of James Fitzmaurice Fitzgerald were besieged and massacred by the English crown forces of Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey de Wilton.
Under a placennames order in 2004, the Minister for the Gaeltacht, Éamon Ó Cuiv declared that on maps and signage the Irish name, Baile an Fheirtéaraigh, must be used.
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Ventry (Ceann Trá in Irish) is a village in County Kerry, Ireland. Located on the Dingle Peninsula, 7 kilometres west of Dingle, the village of Ventry was once the main port of the peninsula.[citation needed] Due to its long sandy beach Ventry is now a popular tourist destination.
Six kilometres west of Ventry are the ruins of Dunbeg (An Dún Beag), an Iron Age promontory fort located on the edge of a steep cliff. Close to Dunbeg is Kilvickadownig, home to other archeologial 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 well-known Fenian Cycle myths.
Ventry is home to Páidí Ó Sé, the footballer, who owns a pub across from the parish church. Canon James Goodman, the music collector, was raised in Ventry.
A site of interest in Ventry parish is Rahinnane Castle, which was the residence of the Knight of Kerry. The Knight of Kerry lived there until Cromwellian times. 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 feet), giving the appearance that there may have been a moat, although there never was one. Rahinnane Castle still has its very tiny, narrow, stone stairs, from the first to second floors, which can be (very carefully!) climbed.