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  • Sara WithrowIrelandTraveler
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    • Day 11
    • Monday, July 17, 2023 at 2:24 PM
    • ☁️ 61 °F
    • Altitude: 226 ft
    • IrelandKilmalkedar52°11’5” N  10°20’12” W

    Old church

    July 17, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F

    The ruins of an old church from 600 B.C.E.
    Beautiful! We saw an old sun dial, a Contract Stone (they did marriage agreements by sticking their fingers through the hole and agreeing to bond) written in an old pre-Viking Irish language from the 5th and 9th Century called Ogham (pronounced ohm), and an alphabet stone which taught Latin. These 3 stones are not native to this church. But they werefound on the local villagers property, and simply placed here.
    This was also the site of mass graves from the Famine.
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    Nancy Reavis

    TravelerTouching location. The alphabet stone and, agreement stone and sun dial were super neat.

    7/29/23Reply
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