Dunloe Ogham Stones

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The Dunloe Ogham Stones

Dunloe Ogham Stones are a collection of ogham stones forming a 'National Monument' in County Kerry.

The stones are found half a mile south of Beaufort, to the south of the River Laune.[1]

History

The stones were carved in the 5th and 6th centuries AD and served as burial markers. Seven were discovered in 1838 forming the ceiling of a souterrain near Dunloe Castle and were moved to their current site by 1945.[2][3][4][5] Another stone comes from the old church of Kilbonane.[6][7]

Description

The Kilbonane stone stands in the centre and the others are arranged around it.[8]

  • CIIC 197: DEGO{S} MAQI MOCOI TOICAKI ("of Daig son of the descendant of Toicacas"; believed to refer to the Tóecraige tribe)[9]
  • CIIC 198: MAQI-RITEAS MAQI MAQI-DDUMILEAS/ MUCOI TOICACI ("of Mac-Rithe son of Mac-Duimle descendant of Toicacas"; believed to refer to the Tóecraige tribe)
  • CIIC 199: CUNACENA ("of Conchenn"; the name means "dog-head")
  • CIIC 200: MAQI-TTAL MAQI VORGOS MA/QI MU/COI TOICAC ("of Mac-Táil son of Fuirg descendant of Toicacas"; believed to refer to the Tóecraige tribe)
Dunloe Stone CIIC 241
  • CIIC 201: ... ṂC̣ ... G̣Ẹ?̣ ... / Ṃ[A(?)]Q̣ ... Ḍ/ ... Ẹ?̣ ... (badly faded)
  • CIIC 202: NIỌTTVRẸCC MAQỊ/ ... G̣NỊ ("of Nad-Froích son of ?-án"; Nad-Froích means "heather's champion")
  • CIIC 203: MAQI-DECEDA MAQ̣[I] ("of Mac-Deichet son of ..."; believed to refer to the Tóecraige tribe)
  • CIIC 241: B[AID(?)]AGNỊ ṂAQ̣I ADDỊLONA; NAGỤN[I(?)] M[U(?)]C̣[O(?)] B[AI(?)]D[A]N[I(?)]; NIR[???]MṆ[I]DAGNIESSICONIDDALA/ AMIT BAIDAGNI[10]

References

  1. ↑ O'Sullivan, Ann; Sheehan, John (26 August 1996). The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry. Cork University Press. ISBN 9780902561847. https://books.google.com/books?id=mwGFAAAAIAAJ&q=COOLMAGORT. 
  2. ↑ "Coolmagort Ogham Stones". Megalithic Monuments of Ireland. 2010. http://www.megalithicmonumentsofireland.com/COUNTIES/KERRY/Coolmagort_OghamStones.html. 
  3. ↑ "Dunloe Ogham Stones". https://www.aransweatersdirect.com/blogs/blog/122459393-dunloe-ogham-stones%7D. 
  4. ↑ "Dunloe Ogham Stones - Killarney". https://killarney.ie/listing/dunloe-ogham-stones/. 
  5. ↑ King, Jeremiah (26 August 1986). County Kerry past and present: a handbook to the local and family history of the county. Mercier Press. ISBN 9780853427988. https://books.google.com/books?id=N5JnAAAAMAAJ&q=COOLMAGORT. 
  6. ↑ "Dunkoe Ogham Stones". http://www.megalithicireland.com/Dunloe%20Ogham%20Stones.html. 
  7. ↑ Barrington, T. J. (26 August 1999). Discovering Kerry: Its History, Heritage & Topography. Collins Press. ISBN 9781898256717. https://books.google.com/books?id=ofeEAAAAIAAJ&q=COOLMAGORT. 
  8. ↑ "Silent Earth: Dunloe Ogham Stones". http://www.silentearth.org/dunloe-ogham-stones/. 
  9. ↑ Swift, Catherine (26 August 1997). Ogam Stones and the Earliest Irish Christians. Department of Old and Middle Irish, St. Patrick's College. ISBN 9780901519986. https://books.google.com/books?id=ZGRiAAAAMAAJ&q=COOLMAGORT. 
  10. ↑ "Ogham in 3D - Coolmagort / 241. Kilbonane". https://ogham.celt.dias.ie/stone.php?lang=en&site=Coolmagort&stoneinfo=inscription&stone=241._Kilbonane. 
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