What is recorded here
Death in Baile Mór Thiar belonged to the soil, not memory. People stopped pretending the field was empty when the dead stopped answering back. What was buried there stopped belonging to the living, and the village learned to leave it alone.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Hut site in Baile Mór ThiarHut site · 79 yd
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in An Clochán (tc Na Gleannta)Fairy fort / earthen ringfort · 433 yd
Site of Ballingolin CastleArchaeological place · 1.4 mi
Coláiste Ídecountry house · 1.4 mi
Reilig Ráithín Uí Bhuaigh [Reheenyhooig Graveyard]mausoleum · 1.5 mi
Trá Ciarán BeachBeach / strand · 1.5 mi
Binn BreacMountain / peak · 2.1 mi
Dingle Marina Dive CentreHeritage attraction · 2.6 mi
Memorial to all who lost their lives in our seas.Memorial · 2.7 mi
Charles HaugheyMemorial · 2.7 mi