What is recorded here

Six ogham stones served as roof lintels inside a man-made underground passage in a rath at Rockfield Middle before people moved them into a Laharan cottage. Three later travelled to Adare Manor, but the fourth vanished from sight, leaving behind a gap where memory should have held. One surviving stone at Adare Manor still carries the name Corbaghni, son of Biuoti, proving that even displaced rock can keep a life alive.

Six ogham stones, reused as roof lintels, were found in a Man-made underground passage (KE057-023001-) in a rath (KE057-023----) in this townland (Barry 1891, 516). Macalister (1945, 239) noted that four of the stones were taken from the Man-made underground passage and used in the building of a cottage in the village of Laharan. Subsequently three of the four stones were removed to Lord Dunraven's mansion at Adare (ibid.) where they still are (see LI021-034003-, LI021-034004-, LI021-034005-). The fourth was left behind, and 'is now lost to sight'. (ibid., 240). This stone, now at Adare Manor (LI021-034005-), was described by Macalister (ibid., 241, no. 246) as measuring '3ft 6in [1.07m] x 11in [0.27m] x 1ft 2in [0.37m])' and inscribed on two angles. He read the inscription as 'CORBAGNI MAQI BIVITI'. Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 3 February 2017

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