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.[3][4][5]
Mám an Óraigh[1] · Cill na gColmán | |
Location within Ireland | |
Monastery information | |
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Established | 6th century AD |
Diocese | Ardfert and Aghadoe |
Architecture | |
Status | ruined |
Style | Celtic |
Site | |
Location | Maumanorig, Ventry, County Kerry |
Coordinates | 52°08′38″N 10°21′31″W / 52.143812°N 10.358648°W |
Public access | yes |
Official name | Maumanorig Early Medieval Ecclesiastical Site[2] |
Reference no. | 221.02 |
Maumanorig is located 1.2 km (¾ 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]
Maumanorig is a circular enclosure within which are a church site, two hut-sites and several gravemarkers.[citation needed]
There is a cross pattee-inscribed ogham stone, 115 cm (3 ft 9 in) tall and 158 metres (5 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."[9][10][11]
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.[citation needed]