What is recorded here

Kilbrack is a quiet burial ground on a gentle south-facing slope above Dingle Harbour, where unbaptised children were laid to rest until the 19th century. Its incomplete three-stone chamber echoes older cist graves, preserving a boundary between Christian ritual and older local practice. The sea still passes beneath that slope, carrying the names the register never recorded.

Kilbrack/An Chill Bhreac: The burial ground (KE043-211001-) here was used for the burial of unbaptised children until the 19th century (OSNB Dingle, book 2, 8). It is situated on a very gentle S facing slope overlooking Dingle Harbour. In the E part of the enclosure, at the E end of a low stone and earth mound (KE043-211004-), is a stone feature resembling the large cist graves at Coumduff (KE044-019----). It is formed by 3 stones set on edge, .7 to .9m in height, but does not appear to be complete. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 869. 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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