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Ogham stone in Ardocheasty, County Waterford (WA040-008006-)

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This ogham stone was found built into a low wall in the cathedral by John Windele (FitzGerald 1854-5, 230-1), and is now in the National Museum of Ireland (DU018-248----). The inscription reads ...]NACI MAQI [... (Macalister 1945, vol. 1, 260). Another stone was found built into the E wall of St Declan’s Oratory and…

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This ogham stone was found built into a low wall in the cathedral by John Windele (FitzGerald 1854-5, 230-1), and is now in the National Museum of Ireland (DU018-248----). The inscription reads ...]NACI MAQI [... (Macalister 1945, vol. 1, 260). Another stone was found built into the E wall of St Declan’s Oratory and is now displayed in the chancel of the cathedral (WA040-008005-). A third stone (WA040-008007-) was found beside a grave and is now also on display in the cathedral. (Moore 1999, 1481) 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=264 Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 11 August 2016

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA040-008006

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  • CelticMist, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.tripadvisor.com
  • Slamforeman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Paul Leonard, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • St Declan's Ardmore GAA official website; individual aerial photographer not stated, www.ardmoregaa.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, ccbklyn.org
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