Ventry walk is steeped in history

VENTRY/ST COLMAN’S WALK, CO KERRY

FROM the Post Office, cross the R559 to a lane leading down to the sea. We reach Ventry Strand, legendary scene of the longest-lasting battle and mightiest victory of the Fianna, via a concrete walkway on our right. To the left is the Cliff of the Women, where legend says, the womenfolk of the Fianna warriors resided during the conflict.

At low tide, the beach is vast. In summer, we will find burnet and cinnabar moths in the dunes, banded snails, dune pansies and purple sea bindweed. In winter, Ringed plover, sanderlings and dunlin run along the tide line. Ventry harbour hosts a regatta, with currach races.