Old stones. Early Medieval. Celtic. Picts. Gàidhlig. Glasgow. Academia. Art. A' bruadar mu dannsa.
Glasgow, Scotland
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.@morantango of @UofGArts talks about being a guest on @BBCInOurTime - ‘nerve wracking but fun’
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NEW book: Ì Chaluim Chille: Interdisciplinary Studies on Iona and Columba on the 1500th anniversary of the birth the saint. Fully open access, available here: clog.glasgow.ac.uk/ojs/index…
@CelticGaelic @UofGCSCS @UofGArtsHums #Iona #StColumba
Ogham Stone ,it is about 2 meters tall, is located Kildreenagh Burial Ground/ Cill Draighneach/ in #ValentiaIsland, Cool East, Co. Kerry ,💯🪨🌞🍀🤘,my📷
#StandingStoneSunday
#Ireland
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The gifts keep on coming from the OG(H)AM project: Here is Patricia O Connor
@trishaoconnor88's OG(H)AM blog of the month December with the first 6 of the 12 coding days of Christmas: ogham.glasgow.ac.uk/index.ph…
Happy Christmas everyone from the OG(H)AM and OPal+ team!
Ready for NEXT year's stocking 😉
He also works on large-scale school projects through the Irish Percent for Art scheme.
We are grateful to him for letting us share some teasers of the test spreads for the book & we are looking forward to working with him in the coming year.
🖼️: © Chris Judge
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DH&DS
ALT (c) Chris Judge
ALT (c) Chris Judge, Deborah Hayden, David Stifter
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21ˢᵗ c.
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy
On 5 Nov 2024, the OG(H)AM & OPal+ team hosted a launch event at @Library_RIA to celebrate the completion of a spectacular new artwork by the scribal & graffiti artist & parchment-maker Thomas Keyes @scribalstyles. This original…
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ALT © Siobhán Taylor artwork © Thomas Keyes in RIA
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20ᵗʰ–21ˢᵗ c.
Patrick Ireland, One Here Now (Cobh, Co. Cork)
Patrick Ireland (1972–2008) was one of the adopted personae of the artist, art critic and television host Brian O’Doherty (1928–2022). Born in Ireland, he moved to New York in 1957. Major retrospectives…
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ALT (c) Brian O'Doherty Sirius Arts Centre Cobh
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20ᵗʰ c.
I-KID-008 (CIIC 26; Dómhnach Mór/Donaghmore, Co. Kildare)
We could fill a whole month with 20ᵗʰ-century ogam, but we’ll leave that for another life. Instead we are cheating with a 6ᵗʰ-century stone, discovered in 1902 and now kept in the Swords depot…
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ALT Donaghmore ogam stone (c) National Museum of Ireland
ALT National Museum of Ireland depot Swords
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19ᵗʰ c.
National Library of Scotland MS 50.3.11
We are pleased to announce that our preliminary study of the ‘Minchin Manuscript’, the pinnacle of 19ᵗʰ-century manuscript ogam, will be published #OpenAccess online in vol. 125C of the Proceedings of the Royal…
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ALT MS 50.3.11 "The Minchin MS" (c) National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
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19ᵗʰ c.
Dublin, RIA MS 23 M 35 (655)
The late 18ᵗʰ and early 19ᵗʰ centuries saw the beginning of the modern systematic study of ogam stones. One of the foremost antiquarians of the period was John Windele (Cork 1801–65) who was involved in the identification and…
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ALT (c) Royal Irish Academy MS 23 M 35 (665) (c) dhaydenceltic
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19ᵗʰ c.
Dublin, RIA MS 23 K 3 (68)
This @RIADawson manuscript contains mostly poetry and some Fenian literature. It was written ca. 1824 by Seaghan Ua Hethir (John Hehir) in Doonogan, Co. Clare and Cashel, Co. Tipperary. On p. 95, he copied 4 lines from the poem…
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ALT (c) Royal Irish Academy 23 K 3 (c) @dhaydenceltic
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I'm really honoured to be awarded this prize, especially given all the other excellent debut papers this year!
My thanks again to the judges, and the organisers of @TAG45BU for such a wonderful event, I'll be looking forwards to York! 😊
The moment has come .... [drum roll please!] ... The winner of the Don Henson Prize for best debut paper is ... Heather Ford @UofGArchaeo, for her paper "Monuments and the Past-Present-Future Nexus". Heather wins free registration at next year's TAG & £200 towards accommm/travel
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Well done Heather!! We also must mention your other home, @CelticGaelic under the supervision of @morantango
The moment has come .... [drum roll please!] ... The winner of the Don Henson Prize for best debut paper is ... Heather Ford @UofGArchaeo, for her paper "Monuments and the Past-Present-Future Nexus". Heather wins free registration at next year's TAG & £200 towards accommm/travel
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21ˢᵗ c.
Ogam Advent Calendar extra:
This evening will see the première of the piece for 2 choirs Rétglu etir rind "A star among constellations" a.k.a. Is álaind a llaë indíu "Today is a beautiful day", lyrics by @chronhib, music by Ryan Molloy (@ryanmolloymusic…
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16ᵗʰ c.
Dublin, TCD MS 1337 (H 3. 18)
This 16ᵗʰ-century manuscript contains a beautiful copy of the tract Lebor Ogaim ‘The Book of Ogam’, the earliest witness of which is found in the 14ᵗʰ-century compendium known as the ‘Book of Ballymote’ (RIA MS 23 P 12;…
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ALT TCD MS 1337 (H.3.18) (c) Trinity College Dublin, Irish Script on Screen
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14ᵗʰ c.
I-COR-099 (Caisleán Chúirt an Bharraigh/Barryscourt Castle, Co. Cork)
Ogam 1: ᚔ ᚇᚅᚐ ᚋᚂᚐᚓ ᚌᚋᚔᚏᚓ
I DNA MLAE TA GMIRE
‘?’
Ogam 2: ]ᚓᚅ[ ]ᚔᚇᚔ[
[AM]EN [F]IDI[LES] ?
‘amen ye faithful’
As we shall see in the coming days, knowledge of ogam…
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ALT Barryscourt Castle oghams © Photographic Archive, National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland; Con Brogan
Shanter from Sean 'old' + tor 'tower' 🤯
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The Book of Ballymote - oh, be still my heart! #og_h_am
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14ᵗʰ c.
RIA MS 23 P 12 ‘The Book of Ballymote’
The great 14ᵗʰ-century compendium of Irish learning known as the ‘Book of Ballymote’ (@Library_RIA MS 23 P 12) is of special importance for the transmission of ideas about ogam in the late-medieval and modern periods.
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ALT RIA MS 23 P 12 (c) Royal Irish Academy & Irish Script on Screen
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12ᵗʰ c.
I-CLA-004 (CIIC 54; Cill Dalua/Killaloe, Co. Clare)
[ᚦ]ᚢᚱᚵᚱᛁᛗ ᚱᛁᛋᛏᛁ ᛭ | [ᚲ]ᚱᚢᛋ ᚦᛁᚾᚨ
[Þ]URGRIM RISTI [K]RUS ÞINA
‘Þórgrimr carved this cross’
᚛ᚁᚕᚅᚇᚐᚉᚆᚈ | ᚃᚑᚏᚕᚅᚐᚍ[
BEᴬNDACHT | FỌR EᴬNA[Gʷ?]
‘a blessing on…’
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ALT Killaloe runic-ogham stone (c) Irish Archaeology.ie
Fantastic news! Many congratulations Erin. @CelticGaelic
Zeuss-Prizes of the @SocCeltEuropaea 2024 go to:
Dr Christian Schweizer @CGSchweizer
for his thesis ‘Dicuil’s De Cursu Solis Lunaeque [...]
and Dr Erin McNulty
for her article ‘[...] Language Revitalization and the Manx Verbal System’ (JCL 24, 2023).
Congratulations! 🏆🥂🎉
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11ᵗʰ c.
M-IOM-005 (Kirkmichael, Isle of Man)
Ogam 1: ᚁᚂᚃᚄᚅᚆᚇᚈᚉᚊᚋᚌᚍᚎᚏᚐᚑᚒᚓᚔ
BLVSNHDTCQMGGᵂSᵀRAOUEI
Ogam 2: ᚋᚒᚒᚉᚑᚋᚐᚂᚂᚐᚃᚔᚒᚐᚋᚒᚂᚂᚌᚒᚉ
MUUCOMALL AVI UA MULLGUC
‘Mucomael grandson of O’Maelguc’
A small number of ogam stones are…
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ALT Kirkmichael runic/ogam stone (c) Kermode 1907