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Ventry

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Ventry (meaning "White Strand"), an anglicization of Fionntrá, is a Gaeltacht village in County Kerry, Ireland. [1]

26 relations: BBC Sport, Beehive house, Counties of Ireland, County Kerry, Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, Dingle, Dingle Peninsula, Dunbeg Fort, Fenian Cycle, Gaelic football, Gaeltacht, Irish grid reference system, James Goodman (musicologist), Knight of Kerry, List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland, Moat, Munster, Oinousses, Páidí Ó Sé, Promontory fort, Provinces of Ireland, Rahinnane Castle, Republic of Ireland, Ringfort, Tourism, U-boat.

BBC Sport

BBC Sport is a department of the BBC North division providing national sports coverage for BBC Television, radio and online.

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Beehive house

A beehive house is a building made from a circle of stones topped with a domed roof.

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Counties of Ireland

The counties of Ireland (contaetha na hÉireann; Ulster-Scots: coonties o Airlann) are sub-national divisions that have been, and in some cases continue to be, used to geographically demarcate areas of local government.

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County Kerry

County Kerry (Contae Chiarraí) is a county in Ireland.

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Cromwellian conquest of Ireland

The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland or Cromwellian war in Ireland (1649–53) refers to the conquest of Ireland by the forces of the English Parliament, led by Oliver Cromwell, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

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Dingle

Dingle (or Daingean Uí Chúis, meaning "fort of Ó Cúis") is a town in County Kerry, Ireland.

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Dingle Peninsula

The Dingle Peninsula (Corca Dhuibhne; anglicised as Corkaguiny, the name of the corresponding barony) is the northernmost of the major peninsulas in County Kerry.

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Dunbeg Fort

Dunbeg Fort (An Dún Beag) is a promontory fort built in the Iron Age near the modern village of Ventry in County Kerry, Ireland.

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Fenian Cycle

The Fenian Cycle or the Fiannaíocht (an Fhiannaíocht), also referred to as the Ossianic Cycle after its narrator Oisín, is a body of prose and verse centring on the exploits of the mythical hero Fionn mac Cumhaill (Old, Middle, Modern Irish: Find, Finn, Fionn) and his warriors the Fianna.

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Gaelic football

Gaelic football (Irish: Peil Ghaelach; short name Peil or Caid), commonly referred to as football or Gaelic, is an Irish team sport.

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Gaeltacht

Gaeltacht (plural Gaeltachtaí) is an Irish-language word for any primarily Irish-speaking region.

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Irish grid reference system

The Irish grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references used for paper mapping in Ireland (both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland).

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James Goodman (musicologist)

Canon James Goodman (1828–1896) was a Church of Ireland clergyman, a piper and a collector of Irish music and songs.

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Knight of Kerry

Knight of Kerry, also called The Green Knight is one of three Anglo-Irish hereditary knighthoods, all of which existed in Ireland since feudal times.

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List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland

This is a link page for cities, towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland, including townships or urban centres in Dublin and other major urban areas.

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Moat

A moat is a deep, broad ditch, either dry or filled with water, that is dug and surrounds a castle, fortification, building or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence.

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Munster

Munster (an Mhumhain / Cúige Mumhan,.

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Oinousses

Oinousses (Οινούσσες, alternative forms: Aignousa (Αιγνούσα) or Egnousa (Εγνούσα)) is a barren cluster of 1 larger and 8 smaller islands some off the north-east coast of the Greek island of Chios and west of Turkey.

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Páidí Ó Sé

Páidí Ó Sé (16 May 1955 – 15 December 2012) was an Irish Gaelic football manager and player, whose league and championship career with the Kerry senior team spanned fifteen seasons from 1974 to 1988.

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Promontory fort

A promontory fort is a defensive structure located above a steep cliff, often only connected to the mainland by a small neck of land, thus utilizing the topography to reduce the ramparts needed.

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Provinces of Ireland

Since the early 17th-century there have been four Provinces of Ireland: Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster.

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Rahinnane Castle

Rahinnane Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Kerry, Ireland.

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Republic of Ireland

Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a sovereign state in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland.

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Ringfort

Ringforts, ring forts or ring fortresses are circular fortified settlements that were mostly built during the Bronze age up to about the year 1000.

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Tourism

Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours.

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U-boat

U-boat is an anglicised version of the German word U-Boot, a shortening of Unterseeboot, literally "undersea boat".

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventry

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