What is recorded here

Gallán is an upright ogham stone flanking a low penitential cairn in County Cork, Ireland. Tradition claims a fourth stone once stood beside the three, suggesting the marker may have watched a larger circle of devotion before time reduced it. Its inscription runs up one edge and down another, naming LITUBIRI MAQI QECIA while the remaining words fade into faint stone. The small cairn and packed base imply people kept returning to remember, pray, or perform hardship beneath a sky that no longer records every name.

One of three ogham stones (CO058-039005-, CO058-039006-) flanking a low cairn which marks a penitential station (CO058-039002-). According to tradition there were once four ogham stones here. Located on the ESE side of the cairn, this is an upright stone with packing stones at the base (H 1.1m; 0.25m x 0.16m). The inscription runs up one edge and down another. Macalister (1945, 129, no. 131) gave the inscription as LITUBIRI MAQI QECIA. O'Kelly (1952, 38, n24) confirms the initial name but records that the rest is faint. (Power et al. 1997, no. 7987) Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 27 February 2016 Images provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/

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