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.^[3][4][5]

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

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]}