Kilmalkedar is a 7th-century Irish monastery on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry. In ruins, the site comprises a church, a stone bearing the oghamic script, an oratory, a sundial, engraved crosses and two houses…
Kilmalkedar is a monastery that was founded in the early 7th century by Saint Maolcethair, a son of the then King of Ulster.
The location is strategic, as it lies on the Brandon Mountain pilgrimage route, dedicated to Saint Brendan.
Thanks to its location, the monastery quickly gained in popularity, and grew until the 15th century, when it was finally abandoned…
Nowadays, the site is little known to tourists, but is much appreciated by visitors when they discover it…
The Kilmalkedar monastery is made up of buildings and sculptures from several periods, which you can visit in their entirety…
Starting with the ogham stone: this vertical stone, dating from the 2nd century BC, features a succession of oblique incisions, identified as ogham writing, a very ancient form of writing, observed in Ireland, but also in the rest of the West… Don’t hesitate to take a look: it’s as curious as it is beautiful!
Next came the construction of a Romanesque church dating from the 12th century. The roof is now missing, but the other walls are still standing, giving us a good idea of its original appearance…
Last but not least, don’t miss the stone crosses in front of the church: they are inscribed and look like tombstones… A little further on, there’s also a pretty little cemetery, much more recent, with some tombs dating back to the 15th century…
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