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O'Dubdagan Inscribed Stone

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Set into the wall of Clonca church (DG012-002001-), National Monument (no. 25). Built into the external wall face at the N end of the W wall is a small stone (L 0.32; H 0.15m) bearing a mallet and chisel device above a now fragmentary inscription which reads: '(. . . . . .) An O'Dubdagan do Ri (gne. . . . . . cl) og so do Domnall o (R. . . . . .)’ [Translation: …O'Dubdagan who made. . . this stone for Domnall O R]. (Macalister 1949, 115-6, No. 948). A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacy with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). Attached images: DG012-002003_01.JPG DG012-002003_02.JPG Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Set into the wall of Clonca church (DG012-002001-), National Monument (no. 25). Built into the external wall face at the N end of the W wall is a small stone (L 0.32; H 0.15m) bearing a mallet and chisel device above a now fragmentary inscription which reads: '(. . . . . .) An O'Dubdagan do Ri (gne. . . . . . cl) og so do Domnall o (R. . . . . .)’ [Translation: …O'Dubdagan who made. . . this stone for Domnall O…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DG012-002003

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  • Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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