Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Kilmalkedar Church ~ Dingle Peninsula



According to the information that I found about Kilmalkedar Church, it is the most important church site on the Dingle Peninsula. The site is traditionally associated with St. Brendan, but was reputedly founded by St. Maolcethair, whose death is recorded in the Martyrology of Donegal under the year 636. There are no remains of the early monastery except possibly for the Ogham stone with the inscription of "Anm Maile Inbir Maci Brocann". 



Sun dial 



It was a serene church and cemetery with headstones so old that the names and dates were no longer visible along with some that were only 30 years old which offered a wider view of our lives as a whole and how they might all be interconnected throughout history.

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