Maumanorig

Maumanorig · Kilcolman

Mám an Óraigh [1] · Cill na gColmán
The enclosure in 2025
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″N10°21′31″W / 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 ]}

The west face of the ogham stone within the complex

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.