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	52.143812°N 10.358648°W / 52.143812; -10.358648
Public access	yes
National monument of Ireland
Official name	Maumanorig Early Medieval Ecclesiastical Site[2]
Reference no.	221.02

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]

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.^[citation needed]

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."[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]

References

1. "Mám an Óraigh/Maumanorig". Logainm.ie.
2. "Monuments in State Care" (PDF). 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.