Maumanorig

Maumanorig · Kilcolman

Mám an Óraigh · 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″N 10°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
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 (3⁄4 mile) north of Ventry on a site of 0.184 ha (0.45 acres).

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.^{[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."

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.^{[citation needed]}

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