Traces of Ogham can still be found all across Ireland. The ancient script of Ogham, sometimes known now as the 'Celtic Tree Alphabet,' originally contained 20 letters grouped into four groups of five.
Colleen Berry Conway is the owner of Ogham Art alongside her husband Chris. She takes us through the history of the ancient Irish alphabet. This article is proudly presented alongside the Irish ...
A gardener in the U.K. found a rock with 1,600-year-old ogham inscription, an early alphabet for the Irish language. Now, it’s on display. Screengrab from the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum's Facebook A ...
In the spring of 2020, Graham Senior was pulling weeds in his garden in Coventry, England, when he unearthed a rock with some unusual markings. He didn’t know exactly what he’d stumbled upon, but he ...
Irish and Scottish academics are using digital and 3D technologies to protect ancient Celtic Ogham writings. The 1,500-year-old alphabet appears on monuments and objects dating back to the fourth ...
Ireland is well known for its rich literary tradition stretching back to the early medieval period. Dating from roughly the seventh century (although mainly surviving in later manuscript copies), our ...
Monie yeirs afore writin wus brocht in, oor histrie, wise sayins an heirskip wus hannit doon frae faither tae sin by wurd o mooth. These stories whiles changed ower time (a bit lake Chinese Whuspers) ...
The longest word in modern Irish, I’m told – or at least the longest you might meet in the wild, as opposed to one created in laboratory conditions – is grianghrafadóireachta, an adjective meaning “of ...