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Maumanorig

Maumanorig or Kilcolman is the site of the remains of a medieval Christian monastery and National Monument located on the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland.

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Maumanorig · Kilcolman
Mám an Óraigh1 · Cill na gColmán
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Location within Ireland
Monastery information
Established6th century AD
DioceseArdfert and Aghadoe
Architecture
Statusruined
StyleCeltic
Site
LocationMaumanorig, Ventry, County Kerry
Coordinates52°08′38″N 10°21′31″W / 52.143812°N 10.358648°W / 52.143812; -10.358648
Public accessyes

Maumanorig or Kilcolman is the site of the remains of a medieval Christian monastery and National Monument located on the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland.345

Location

Maumanorig is located 1.2 km (3⁄4 mile) north of Ventry on a site of 0.184 ha (0.45 acres).6

The placename is Irish for "hill-top of the yellow stones" or "mountain pass of the Hoares."7 It may have been a starting-point for pilgrims to Skellig Michael or Mount Brandon.8

Description

Maumanorig is a circular enclosure within which are a church site, two hut-sites and several gravemarkers.

The west face of the ogham stone within the complex source ↗

There is a cross pattee-inscribed ogham stone, 115 cm (3 ft 9 in) tall and 158 metres (518 feet) long. The west face bears the Ogham inscription and two crosses. The Ogham (CIIC 193) reads ᚛ᚐᚅᚋ ᚉᚑᚂᚋᚐᚅ ᚐᚔᚂᚔᚈᚆᚔᚏ᚜ ANM COL(OLṬḤ)ṂẠṆ ẠḶỊṬḤIR meaning "[written in] the name of Colmán, the pilgrim."91011

It may commemorate Colmán Oilither, grandson of Díarmait mac Fergosa Cerrbéoil, who died c. AD 565–572.12

Also there is a small cross-inscribed stone, a holed stone and three bullaun stones.

References

References

  1. "Mám an Óraigh/Maumanorig". Logainm.ie.
  2. "Monuments in State Care" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  3. Harbison, Peter (1 April 1995). Pilgrimage in Ireland: The Monuments and the People. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 9780815603122 – via Google Books.
  4. Herity, Michael; Breen, Aidan (17 March 2018). The Cathach of Colum Cille: an introduction. Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 9781874045922 – via Google Books.
  5. Bonner, Gerald; Rollason, David W.; Stancliffe, Clare (17 March 2018). St. Cuthbert, His Cult and His Community to AD 1200. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 9780851156101 – via Google Books.
  6. Academy, Royal Irish (17 March 2018). "Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, linguistics and literature. Section C." Hodges, Figgis – via Google Books.
  7. "The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland". Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. 17 March 1898 – via Google Books.
  8. Pemberton, Cintra (1 October 1999). Soulfaring: Celtic Pilgrimage Then and Now. Church Publishing, Inc. ISBN 9780819217806 – via Google Books.
  9. "Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy". Royal Irish Academy. 17 March 1879 – via Google Books.
  10. "Maumanorig/Kilcolman Early Christian Site,, Kerry". Megalithicireland.com. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  11. "Kilcolman (also maumanorig), County Kerry". www.earlychristianireland.net.
  12. "Ogham in 3D - Kerry / 193. Maumanorig". ogham.celt.dias.ie.