stone with carved letters and rubbing taken from stone
sanding down the finished carving
yesterday we got to experience actually carving these letters ourselves using various different stone types, tools and methods, which helps us to better understand the development and choice of particular letter forms. The research is funded by @researchireland.ie and based @maynoothuniversity.ie
using a chisel and mallet to carve letters into stone
workbench with stone carved with letters in Insular Irish script
sun shining through window onto work bench with tools, carved stone and rubbing of the carving
Spent a very enjoyable, informative and productive day yesterday experimenting with letter-carving under the superb guidance of stone sculptor and letter-carver Aileen Anne Brannigan. On the EMISoS project, we are analysing the palaeography of early medieval Irish inscriptions on stone monuments but
Digital Encoding of Epigraphic Manuscripts and Surrogates (online discussion led by Gabriel Bodard and @carolinebarron.bsky.social), Friday 20th February 2026 at 14:00–15:30 GMT
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Many thanks to everyone in Oslo for a fantastic seminar and a great opportunity to meet others working on similar epigraphic material, to discuss challenges, share methods and plan collaborations @kristelzilmer.bsky.social @researchireland.ie @maynoothuniversity.ie
Ogham stone inscribed with 'Ollscoil Mhá Nuad' in ogham script (foreground) with traditional currach (background) in Garraí na Gaeilge in the Arts Building, Maynooth University
Tá forbairt á déanamh againn ar Gharraí na Gaeilge chun cultúr Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh, idir sean agus nua, a chur in iúl.
Curach a léiríonn cultúr beo na Gaeltachta agus na Nua-Ghaeilge agus cloch oghaim a léiríonn traidisún ársa na Sean-Ghaeilge.
Féach anseo: buff.ly/UdU2kRa
![Nora White, Compert Mongáin and Three Other Early Mongán tales: A Critical Edition with Introduction, Translation, Textual Notes, Bibliography and Vocabulary [= Maynooth Medieval Irish Texts 5], Maynooth: Department of Old and Middle Irish 2006.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mil47usygijs2xwdehaopb2j/bafkreidwj3zhuuvf4mykhu7rswvjdiy5lazhslrad7rmhiwjks2oovfd4y)
Nora White, Compert Mongáin and Three Other Early Mongán tales: A Critical Edition with Introduction, Translation, Textual Notes, Bibliography and Vocabulary [= Maynooth Medieval Irish Texts 5], Maynooth: Department of Old and Middle Irish 2006.
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Latinate Inscriptions
Following her 2006 PhD in Maynooth (an edition of the tales about Mongán mac Fíachnai), Dr Nora White became one of the leading scholar in Ireland for ogam inscriptions. She was the main person behind the development of the Ogham in 3D website (ogham.celt.dias.ie/)...
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OG(H)AM – Harnessing Digital Technologies to Transform Understanding of Ogham Writing, from the 4ᵗʰ Century to the 21ˢᵗ project website
the new Ogham in 3D website (2025)
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OG(H)AM
The next major international project, short title OG(H)AM, resulted directly from the Digital Gaelic project, again jointly funded by @ukri.org and the IRC (@researchireland.ie). Starting from a collaboration between Dr Nora White (Maynooth) and Prof Katherine Forsyth (Glasgow),…
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Looking forward to teaching an #EpiDoc workshop with @ndefaoite.bsky.social @trishaoconnor88.bsky.social & @dralexa.bsky.social all this week. A wonderful array of expertise for a multidisciplinary workshop!
@ndefaoite.bsky.social on encoding ogham inscriptions across Ireland and Britain for the #OG_H_AM project by @maynoothuniversity.ie and @glasgow.ac.uk for the Editing Inscriptions with #EpiDoc seminar.
And this afternoon, a seminar of the Textual Editing Lab with @ndefaoite.bsky.social and @dralexa.bsky.social talking about their #EpiDoc projects on Oh[g]am/Irish epigraphy and Roman emperor worship respectively. If you can be here, you really should! www.eventbrite.com/e/editing-in...
Lots of #TEIFriday planning going on today. Some highlights:
We're going to hold an #EpiDoc training workshop in Glasgow this December! Details and signup to follow very soon. A great group of people involved @ndefaoite.bsky.social @trishaoconnor88.bsky.social @dralexa.bsky.social 💯
Bilingual information regarding the *Widame conference, 7-8 November in Maynooth University. Register by October 10th.
*Widame (Proto-Celtic “we found out”), a conference for postgraduate scholars in Celtic Studies, will take place November 7th & 8th 2025 in 1.33 IONTAS in @maynoothuniversity.ie.
Conference schedule and registration is available here: buff.ly/b3GjydF
Register by the 10th of October 2025.
#TEIFriday
Today's TEI-related musing brought by EpiDoc Guidelines local practice documentation and concordance (via the ogham.glasgow.ac.uk project).
What if a letter is incomplete and could therefore be read as any of several potential letters?
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Yesterday was the big day:
The team of the Glasgow-Maynooth OG(H)AM project celebrated the end of four years of intensive work (2021-5) with the launch - in the venerable rooms of the Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie - of the new, revised and hugely updated 𝕆𝕘𝕙𝕒𝕞 𝕚𝕟 𝟛𝔻 database and website.
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yes, we will look into that
I think it's only available currently through the Heritage Office at Mayo County Council but may be available elsewhere (mainly local bookshops) after the launch
My book Landscapes of Kingship in Early Medieval Ireland is finally out, and it’s a beaut. In bookshops tomorrow but you can order online here - only €45! First interdisciplinary study of early Irish kingship, focusing on landscape/spatial dimensions of rule: www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/l...
If you can't make it on Wednesday there is also this related exhibition of artwork on the ogham stones by the talented @johnflynnart.bsky.social! www.heritageweek.ie/event-listin...
Delighted to be taking part in #HeritageWeek2025 this year with the launch of our publication 'Ogham Stones of County Mayo' by Mayo County Council Heritage Office on Wednesday evening!
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If an evening event doesn't suit, there is also this related exhibition of artwork around the ogham stones by the talented @johnflynnart.bsky.social! www.heritageweek.ie/event-listin...
This is shockingly sad news. Among the countless incredible achievements and qualities of Andrew West 魏安 was also his foundational and inspirational contribution to the digitisation of ogam.
Scríbthar a ainm n-ogaim!
screenshot showing a map of ogham locations (more to add) with search filters and an index of ogham inscriptions below
Happy International Day of Ogham! Although the OG(H)AM project has sadly now finished, work on ogham continues. Here is a sneak preview of our digital corpus, still under development, but due to be launched in September! #InternationalDayOfOgham
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A pillar of stone atop a moss covered mound, the stone is deeply grooved with ogham script.
Located next to a small holy well, not far from Kilmovee in County Mayo, this ogham stone may be one of the earliest recorded in Ireland based on its inscription.
When translated, it reads:
ALATTOS MAQI BR[--.
(see the excellent Oghamin3D ogham.celt.dias.ie/stone.php?la...)
#Ireland #Archaeology
We are using EpiDoc xml encoding and eXistdb to publish online. We will also make all of our data available as soon as it is ready
Friends & colleagues, the amazing OG(H)AM project, a collaboration between Dept. of Celtic & Gaelic @uofglasgow.bsky.social & Dept. of Early Irish @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie @muahi.bsky.social is slowly coming to an end.
With a smile & a tear, I present the final instalment...
Thank you so much to @padraicmoran.bsky.social for this thought-provoking keynote lecture at our recent Digital Epigraphy workshop @maynoothuniversity.ie (funded by @researchireland.ie) and now also a blog post so that many more can benefit from Pádraic's valuable insights into this important topic👏
3D print of a standing Ogham Stone, slightly smaller than life-size, in light grey filament, standing on a seminar room desk.
#EpigraphyTuesday
The Donaghmore Ogham Stone, 3D printed replica in the early Irish department at Maynooth University. (#EpiDoc workshop)