Maumanorig

Maumanorig · Kilcolman
Mám an Óraigh[1] · Cill na gColmán
Location within Ireland
Monastery information
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 / 52.143812; -10.358648Coordinates: 52°08′38″N 10°21′31″W / 52.143812°N 10.358648°W / 52.143812; -10.358648
Public access yes
Official name Maumanorig Early Medieval Ecclesiastical Site[2]
Reference no. 221.02

Maumanorig or Kilcolman is a medieval Christian monastery and National Monument located on the Dingle Peninsula, Ireland.[3][4][5]

Location

Maumanorig is located 1.2 km (¾ mile) north of Ventry on a site of 0.184 ha (0.45 acres).[6]

History

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.

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.

References

  1. ↑ "Mám an Óraigh/Maumanorig". Logainm.ie.
  2. ↑ https://www.archaeology.ie/sites/default/files/media/pdf/monuments-in-state-care-kerry.pdf
  3. ↑ Harbison, Peter (1 April 1995). "Pilgrimage in Ireland: The Monuments and the People". Syracuse University Press – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Herity, Michael; Breen, Aidan (17 March 2018). "The Cathach of Colum Cille: an introduction". Royal Irish Academy – 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 – 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. – via Google Books.
  9. ↑ "Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy". Royal Irish Academy. 17 March 1879 – via Google Books.
  10. ↑ http://www.megalithicireland.com/Maumanorig,%20Kerry.html
  11. ↑ "Kilcolman (also maumanorig), County Kerry". www.earlychristianireland.net.
  12. ↑ "Ogham in 3D - Kerry / 193. Maumanorig". ogham.celt.dias.ie.
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