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Flickr is sometimes rocky! In 2009 via Dachary

But this is more fun! IN 2022 via Jaimee and Brian

"Staigue Fort is situated in the village of Staigue eleven miles from the village of Sneem and about six miles from Derrynane. It is built of peculiar shaped stones and is circular in shape. There are winding flights of stairs along the interior of the walls and several caves which are great items of interest to tourists. Antiquarians explore these caves with lighted candle. There is a caretaker in charge who charges people at the gate.
The history of the fort is as follows. It is supposed to be built by a widow and her son who lived in the village long, long years ago. It was built in one night. The widow drew the stones a distance of ten miles over the mountains in her apron while her son built. When she was bringing the last apron of stones her apron strings broke and the cairn of stones are to be seen to the present day where they fell to the ground. This is supposed to be the reason why Staigue Fort was never finished."

From - www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4742095/4735491/4929896

Another duchas.ie connection ... "At Ballilngarry, about 5 miles from Rathkeale Co. Limerick lived "The Great O'Baggot". He was a School Master and a great classical scholar as well. He was one of the "United Irishmen". Lord Edward Fitzgerald visited him in 1798. During the Emmett Rising he attempted to capture Limerick Castle in 1803. He was arrested and imprisoned and died at Charleville Co. Cork in 1806. He is buried in Kilmacow Churchyard near Knockfierna (which is beside Ballingarry) and 7 miles from Rathkeale. ... ..." From - www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4921973/4914519/4937272

And another - www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4922007/4917647

Horse-apple view (?) - maps.app.goo.gl/hpNFZLxqTFj1TecTA Flickr is sometimes amazing! In August 2023 -

Worth a read - leitrimannals.com/tag/1798-rebellion/

running dog !

At least they were marked, unlike the children’s graveyard in an industrial school or cess pit of a mothers and child home

About 150m South West from Kenmare Stone Circle there is "Killeen Burial Ground (disused)" marked on the 25" map. I wonder if this is the place ?

"... Dotted across the countryside around us, and throughout Ireland, are the loneliest places on earth. These are the cillíní – the children’s graveyards. A cill (kill) is a monk’s cell or church site, cillín (killeen) is the diminutive and cillíní (killeenee) is the plural: small churches. Ironically, the cillíní despite their names were usually non-church sites. They were burial grounds reserved for unbaptised children (those who died before they could be baptised or were perhaps born out of wedlock), pregnant women (because they were carrying unbaptised children), unrepentant murderers, suicides, shipwreck victims and strangers – anyone, in short, who was not ‘saved’ or whose baptismal status was ambiguous or unknown. They were used into the twentieth century. ... ..."
From - roaringwaterjournal.com/2013/10/27/unknown-souls/

The days when limbo wasn't just a dance.

beachcomber australia I hope that is the place. It's good to think of the little graveyard being so close to a stone circle.

beachcomber australia This likely the correct place, on the bank of the River Finnihy (note spelling) as Killeen is derived from Cellini as you said.
“It appears that it has taken many years for Ireland to be no longer ashamed of Cillín, possibly facilitated and assisted by the passing of time since 1994 when the Catholic Church lifted the prohibition on unbaptised being buried in consecrated ground

The Schools Collection of the National Folklore Collection has many references to ‘Cillín’ and ‘Killeen’ which hopefully I will study in the coming weeks. The Irish Examiner noted in 2014 of some Cillíní being brought back and recognised by the community. It is reported that there are 1,444 Cillíní on the island of Ireland – my expectation would have been a significantly greater number”

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