What is recorded here

Killiney holds a smooth sandstone cross nearly three metres tall, its hollowed angles catching light while surrounding graves mark an older Christian foundation. The stone may have stood at Cill Aighne, guiding prayer or remembering a life now lost to time. It still rises above the village, steady and unbroken, inviting wonder about the hands that shaped it and the people who gathered beneath it.

Killiney church and Graveyard/Cill Éinne (Cill Aighne/the church of Aighne): This site lies in the village of Killiney at the base of the Magharees peninsula. The present large rectangular graveyard may enclose the site of an Early Christian foundation (KE036-003003-). Stone Cross (KE036-003004-): A large sandstone cross, with hollowed angles, dressed to a smooth finish on all sides. It stands 2.86m high and is a maximum of 0.49m wide and an average of 0.18m thick. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 854. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 9 August 2013

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