Churchclara Ogham Stone sticking out from the church wall, County Kildare, Ireland (Macalister, 1945).
(December 19, 2024) This stone was preserved by being built into the outer face of the east wall of the ruined church beneath a window. It is sandstone having the dimensions of 5' 2" x 0' 8".
No English Translation Provided.
(December 17, 2024) This text is on a silver brooch. It was found in 1806 by a peasant digging in the ground on the hill of Ballyspellan . Now in the R.I.A. Collection. A silver brooch having an open circular ring. It has been dated based on its artistic style to around the 800's CE. On the reverse sides of the triangular expansions, which terminate the ring of the brooch,
Comment: This text reminds the readers that motion/emotion powers must be kept separate from the life powers to avoid problems with the natural order.
These are assumed to be names by some but names are never a translation because they can cluster any arbitrary set of letters.
(December 22, 2024) This stone was discovered in the foundation of the chancel of the old church of Gowran , when it was rebuilt to serve as the parish church. It lay prostrate for a long time in the ruined nave. G. V. du Noyer noticed the inscription in 1849. (PRIA 7 : 252 ) but is now set up against the altar-rails of the rebuilt chancel . Dimensions: 4' 11" x 1' 3" x 0' 11".
The image is the Akkadian letter Ayin centered with the Druid T-cross. The letter ayin by itelf is a drawing of the dark new moon Su who is the source of all motion/emotion powers. The T-cross is the Akkadian word for "astrology-magic." A Christian cross is not symmetric but has a long lower pole.
(December 22, 2024) Formerly a corner-stone in a now ruined structure called Legan Castle. When Macalister check it in 1942 it was laying prostrate at its door and liable to injury through the heaping of farm appliances upon it from time to time. The inscription was first noticed in 1891 by Mr. John Moore, of Columbkill in the county, who had previously discovered the Churchclara inscription. It dimensions are: 6′ 8″ × 1′ 8″ × 1′ 41″.
The Cross is a latter addition attempting to Christianize the stone as it has no relation to the text.
(December 22, 2024) This is the second of 2 ogham stones in the graveyard of Lamoge some 6 miles from Carrick-on-Suir. It was discovered by Mr. Shelley of Callan in 1891 near the center of the graveyard. Its dimensions are: 4' 6" x 2' 2" x 1' o".
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(December 22, 2024) This is the second of 2 ogham stones in the graveyard of Lamoge some 6 miles from Carrick-on-Suir. It was discovered by Mr. Shelley of Callan in 1891 nearby stone 1 but lying on the ground. Dimensions: 4′ 6″ × 1′ 3″ × 0′ 11″.
(December 22, 2024) This stone was known as early as 1841. Some time after that date, however, it fell inscription side downward, as a result of the operations of treasure-seekers. Hitchcock visited the monument in 1849 and employed 20 men to turn it over and place it back upright.