Ogham stone

The National Monuments Service's description

Six ogham stones, reused as roof lintels, were found in a souterrain (KE057-023001-) in a rath (KE057-023----) in this townland (Barry 1891, 516). Macalister (1945, 239) noted that four of the stones were taken from the souterrain and used in the building of a cottage in the village of Laharan. Subsequently three of the four stones were removed to Lord Dunraven's mansion at Adare (ibid.) where they still are (see LI021-034003-, LI021-034004-, LI021-034005-). The fourth was left behind, and 'is now lost to sight' (ibid., 240). This stone, now at Adare Manor (LI021-034003-), was described by Brash (1879, 222) as an irregular pillar of pale red sandstone 'standing 4ft. 11in. [1.25m]) above ground, 9in. square [0.23m]) at bottom, and 8in [0.2m] by 4in [0.1m]) at top' and 'having two angles on the same face inscribed'. Macalister (1945, 240, no. 243) also described this stone and read its inscription as
MAQI-RITTE MAQI COLABOT MAQI MOCO QERAI.

Compiled by: Nora White

Date of upload: 3 February 2017

References

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

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