Interior, Church of Kilmalkedar, County Kerry
Early Cross at Church of Kilmalkedar, County Kerry
3rd Century Ogham Stone at Church of Kilmalkedar, County Kerry. Evidence that the church was built on a pre-Christian holy site, this ogham burial stone predates the church by 900 years. Ogham is a pre-Christian notch-based script. The hole was used to seal contracts. Joining thumbs through the hole and standing on the bones of ancestors, people sealed their vows.
