Six kilometres west of Ventry are the ruins of 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.

[3] Ventry was home to Páidí Ó Sé, the well-known Kerry footballer, who owned a pub across from the parish church until his death in 2012.

[citation needed] Sport shooter Dennis Fenton was also born in the village The bay or harbour is a suitable anchorage for sailing and fishing boats.

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.