Ogham stone

The National Monuments Service's description

One of two ogham stones from Tinnahally, Co. Kerry (see also KE057-105001- present location OF018-195----). Macalister (1945, 249) records that the 'two stones were raised from the souterrain of a fort, the name of which is given as "Lisnareabh," on lands in the occupation of a man called Foley, innkeeper of Killorglin, who showed them to Windele. Windele acquired them and removed them to Cork; they are now in the Royal Irish Academy's collection.' There is a ringfort (KE057-006----) in the townland of Tinnahally named 'Lisnareabagh' on the OS 6-inch map and it contains a souterrain (KE057-006001-). It seems probable that the stones came from here. This stone is now in the National Museum of Ireland (DU018-401----). The stone measures 1.77m x 0.55m x 0.43m (5 feet 10 inches x 1 foot 10 inches x 1 foot 5 inches). The inscription reads: ANM TEGANN MAC DEGLANN (Macalister 1945, 251, no. 256; McManus 1991, 65).

This stone has been studied as part of the ‘Ogham in 3D’ project undertaken by the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. To access details go to the following website: https://ogham.celt.dias.ie/search.php?ciic=256

Compiled by: Nora White

Date of upload: 8 August 2016

References

McManus, D. 1991 A guide to ogam. Maynooth: Monographs 4. Maynooth. An Sagart.

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