| St. Manchan's Oratory | |||||||||
| Other Name: | An Teampall Geal, Templemanagan | ||||||||
| Native Name: | Teampall Mhanachain | ||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | ga | ||||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Ireland | ||||||||
| Relief: | yes | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 52.1545°N -10.3313°W | ||||||||
| Country: | Ireland | ||||||||
| Denomination: | Catholic (pre-Reformation) | ||||||||
| Dedication: | Manchan | ||||||||
| Functional Status: | ruined | ||||||||
| Style: | Celtic Christian | ||||||||
| Years Built: | c. 7th–9th century AD | ||||||||
| Length: | 5.5m (18feet) | ||||||||
| Width: | 5m (16feet) | ||||||||
| Height: | 2.75m (09.02feet) | ||||||||
| Floor Count: | 1 | ||||||||
| Floor Area: | 28m2 | ||||||||
| Materials: | dry stone | ||||||||
| Diocese: | Ardfert and Aghadoe | ||||||||
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St. Manchan's Oratory, also called An Teampall Geal ("the bright church") is a medieval oratory and National Monument in County Kerry, Ireland.[2] [3] [4] [5]
St. Manchan's Oratory is located in Ballymorereagh (An Baile Riabhach), on the southeast slopes of Lateeve (Leataoibh) hill, 4.5km (02.8miles) west-northwest of Dingle.[6] [7]
A boat-shaped oratory similar to that at Gallarus. It stands 2.75m (09.02feet) high and has a finial.[8] A souterrain (called Poll na Sagart, the priest's hole, based on the common legends that Catholic priests hid in them in the Penal era) and ancient burial ground with cross-inscribed slabs lie nearby.[9] A holy well, Tobermanaghan, lies to the south.
The ogham stone (CIIC 170) stands 1.68m (05.51feet) and reads QENỊLOCI MAQI MAQI-AINIA MUC̣[OI] ("of Cellach, son of the son of Ania, of the tribe of ...").[10] [11] Sabine Ziegler placed it in the 5th–7th centuries AD.[12]