Ogham stone

The National Monuments Service's description

An upright stone (H 1.5m; 0.3m x 0.2m) standing at the head of a grave 20m SE of the ruined parish church in Aghabulloge graveyard (CO061-08002-). An ovalquartzite boulder (0.2m x 0.15m) is cemented to the top. Macalister (1945, 103-5,no. 104) described the inscription as 'on N.E. angle, much rubbed in the middle though in good condition at the ends'. He gives the inscription as ANM CORRE MAQVI UDD [...] METT. According to Brash (1879, 130) 'this stone was formerly held in great veneration, and was called St.Olan's stone; it had a moveable cap of a semi-globular shape, known as the Coppeen Olan'. According to Hartnett (PJH) it was 'alleged to be an unfailing talisman in child-birth cases and was much sought after in other cases of female illness'. He also noted 'that rounds were paid at this stone, in conjunction with St. Olan's stone (CO061-080006-) and St. Olan's well, on the feast day of St. Olan Sept. 5th'. (Power et al. 1997, no. 7959)

Compiled by: Nora White

Date of upload: 8 March 2016

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References

Macalister, R.A.S. 1945 Corpus inscriptionum insularum celticarum. Dublin. Stationery Office.

Power, D., Byrne, E., Egan, U., Lane, S. and Sleeman, M. 1997 Archaeological inventory of county Cork, vol. 3: Mid Cork. Dublin. Stationery Office.

Brash, R.R. 1879 The ogam inscribed monuments of the gaedhil in the British Islands. London. George Bell and Sons.