What is recorded here

Kiltomy Church in County Kerry keeps two stones marked with skull and crossbones, bearing the words VELA BRIVI and NE ME NAMORI. Local story claims they formed an altar for a buried Fitzmaurice lady, turning a ordinary grave into a warning or invitation depending on the reader. The ruined church still stands beside that contradiction, waiting for someone to decide whether the words prohibit touch or demand it.

Kiltomy Church (Cill Tóime, the church of Tóime) (in ruins), graveyard (KE015-056003-). Within the graveyard are two stones with a skull and cross bones design containing an inscription VELA BRIVI and NE ME NAMORI; these are reputedly part of an altar erected for a Fitzmaurice lady who is buried there' (Kerry Field Club 1945, Vol I, 698). The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 948. 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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