What is recorded here

Ogham stone in Cill Maoilchéadair stands beside the graveyard path at Kilmalkedar, its sharp notches cutting through centuries of Atlantic weather. The name Maile, son of Brocann, still emerges from the stone, though time has worn part of the writing away. Above the harbour and below Reenconnell hill, the mark remains a bridge between the living and those the sea has taken.

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. (1) (KE042-026001-) Ogham Stone: Located on the N side of the pathway leading through the graveyard to the church, this stone measures 1.83m in height and .24m in width at base. An hourglass-shaped perforation near the top of the stone measures .12m in depth and .07m in maximum diameter. The inscription reads: ANM M(AI)LE INBIR MACI BROCANN. The AI of MAILE is now represented by only 4 notches but there is sufficient space to accommodate the other two implied by the reading AI (Macalister 1945, 180-1). A second, possibly earlier, inscription on the S side of the stone can be read either as ANM or M(A)Q(I). (Cuppage 1986, no. 855) This stone has been studied as part of the ‘Ogham in 3D’ project undertaken by the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. To access details go to the following website: http://ogham.celt.dias.ie/search.php?ciic=187 Updated by: Paul Walsh Revised date of upload: 2 January 2015

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