What is recorded here

Kilbaha Middle in County Kerry was a children's burial ground where young bodies rested beneath open sky. Men with machines erased the marker and soil in 1963, dragging childhood into oblivion and leaving no trace behind. Forgetting is a knife; love is the hand that holds it.

According to local tradition a killeen occupied this area. However, it was completely levelled in 1963 and no surface trace survives today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 868. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013

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