flag

Ireland

The Emerald Isle

flag

Kilmalkedar Monastery was founded in the seventh century and located on the Dingle Peninsula in Country Kerry and spread out over ten acres and include structures from the early Christian Era in Ireland as well as some pagan elements and is said to have been founded by Saint Maolcethair, son of the King of Ulster, who died at this site in 636.


The Norman Church on the site was built in a Romanesque style during the 12th Century and expanded with the addition of the chancel later.


59kilmalkedarchurch

The sundial pictured below left, as well as other pre-Christian relics, remain at the site of Kilmalkedar Church. The alphabet stone(below right), now erected inside the church next to the chancel arch, stands 1.2 meters high but was originally much taller as the top has been broken. The south face is inscribed with a Latin cross and the west face inscribed with the Latin alphabet.


66kilmalkedarchurch 64kilmalkedarchurch

Links

Main Index Page
Ireland Home Page
Kilkenny & the Rock of Cashel
Ballybunion
Dingle Peninsula
Gallarus Oratory & Beehive Huts
More Dingle Peninsula
Kyrie Elieson Abbey & Tralee
Ferry ride & Killrush Monument
Aran Islands & Cliffs of Moher
Dùn Aonghasa, Aran Islands
St. Tóla's Church
Castles in Clare
Abbeylara
Abbeylara, another page
St. Mary's Abbey of the Shruel
The Hill of Tara
Dublin City
St. Stephen's Park, Dublin
Dublin
Thank you for visiting my web site.