Kilmakedar is a medieval alphabet used primarily to write the Old Irish language. Founded in the seventh century, Kilmakedar is located on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry and is spread over ten acres. The site contains a church, ogham stone, oratory, sundial, several cross-inscribed slabs, and two houses. It includes structures built in the Early Christian era through those built in the fifteenth century. Although
Dingle peninsula. Kilmalkedar monastery, an ogham stone. Ogham is an Early Medieval alphabet used primarily to write the Old Irish language. Founded in the seventh century, Kilmakedar is located on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry and is spread out over ten acres. The site contains a church, ogham stone, oratory, sundial, several cross-inscribed slabs, and two houses. It includes structures built in the Early Christian era through ones built in the fifteenth century. Although primarily a Christian site, it includes some pagan elements. Supposedly, it was founded by Saint Maolcethair, son of the King of Ulster, who died at this site in 636. He chose it because of its proximity to Mount Brandon, a pre-Christian religious symbol, and the pilgrim’s track which leads to Mount Brandon passes through Kilmalkedar.