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Death is a thief, but it robs gradually. It takes warmth from skin, light from rooms, certainty from hands. What remains is not nothing. It is shape without life, memory without witness, love without a body to receive it.

National Monument No. 65. The Early Christian and Medieval ecclesiastical complex at Kilmalkedar (KE042-026----) lies at the foot of the W slopes of Reenconnell hill, overlooking Smerwick Harbour. The Reenconnell ridge peaks at 907 feet/276m to NE of the site and the area around Kilmalkedar is sheltered on its N and S sides by spurs of this hill. (18) A probable holy-water stoup was removed from the church in the mid-19th century and its present whereabouts is not known. It was septagonal in outline, measuring .22m in overall height, and the basin measured .1m in depth and c. 0.08m in diameter (O'Donoghue 1891, 608). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 855. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 8 August 2013

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