kilmalkedar

Updated: May 28, 2025

Examples of such holed stones are to be found in some of the old churches of Ireland, such as Castledermot, County Kildare; Kilmalkedar, County Kerry; Kilbarry, near Tarmon Barry, on the Shannon. In Madras, diseased children are passed under the lintels of doorways; and in rural parts of England they used to be passed through a cleft ash tree.

Hugh Macmillan - Roman Mosaics: Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood