What is recorded here

Gallán is an ogham stone standing in a sloping pasture in County Cork, Ireland. It marks the north-west end of a possible burial inside an old ecclesiastical enclosure. The cut letters name LUGUDUC MAQI MAQI-OC, preserving a personal identity across centuries.

In sloping pasture, on N side of valley, within the site of a burial ground (CO061-017004-) marked on 1842 OS 6-inch map, which is within an ecclesiastical enclosure (CO061-188----). This upright stone (H 1.35m; 0.9m x 0.4m) marks the NW end of a possible burial (CO061-017001-). A second uninscribed stone marks the NE corner. The stump of a third stone at the SW corner was recorded by Brash (1879, 164) but does not survive. Macalister (1945, 109, no. 108) gave the inscription as LUGUDUC MAQI MAQI-OC[… (Power et al. 1997, no. 7967) Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 9 March 2016

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