Kilvicadownig

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Woolly mammoth in the museum

Kilvicadownig (also Kilvickadownig , Irish Cill Mhic an Domhnaigh - "the Church of the King of the World") is located near the sea , west of the Bay of Ceann Trá on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry in Ireland .

Not far from the small early Christian cemetery, which is characterized by an upright cross-slab decorated with a cross , there is a crumbling chamber grave and a second cross-slab. According to legend, " Donn , the king of the world" is buried here, who wanted to conquer Ireland and who killed Fionn at the Battle of Ventry . The "Celtic and Prehistoric Museum" is located in the village.

literature

  • Maurice Sheehy: The Dingle Peninsula . Travel Guide, 1991

Coordinates: 52 ° 6 ′ 31 ″  N , 10 ° 23 ′ 41.5 ″  W.