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My Ventry Christmas Memories

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Christmas is a time for childhood dreams, a time of magic, and a time of giving. For all Christians, it is a celebration of the birth of the infant baby Jesus. My childhood Christmas memories in Ireland take me back to the West Kerry village of Ventry ( Ceann Trá) during the late 1950s and […]

My Childhood Christmas-An Untold Story

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The small village of Ventry ( Ceann Trá in the Irish language) nestles close to Mount Eagle at the top of a long sandy beach and overlooking the harbour of the same name. The village is located on the southern coastline of the Dingle Peninsula which stretches out into the wild Atlantic ocean on the south west […]