Maumanorig facts for kids
| Mám an Óraigh · Cill na gColmán | |
 Location in Ireland
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| 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 |
| 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.
Location
Maumanorig is located 1.2 km (¾ mile) north of Ventry on a site of 0.184 ha (0.45 acres).
History
The placename is Irish for "hill-top of the yellow stones" or "mountain pass of the Hoares."
It may have been a starting-point for pilgrims to Skellig Michael or Mount Brandon.
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."
It may commemorate Colmán Oilither, grandson of Díarmait mac Fergosa Cerrbéoil, who died c. AD 565–572.
Also there is a small cross-inscribed stone, a holed stone and three bullaun stones.
