What is recorded here

Six ogham stones emerged from a hidden underground passage in Rockfield Middle, later repurposed as cottage lintels before three travelled to Adare Manor. One tall tapering monolith, inscribed for Coillabbotas son of Corbhi, still stands there while its sibling vanished from sight. The stones crossed centuries and counties, carrying names and memories through human hands.

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 (LI021-034004-), was described by Brash (1879, 222-3) as 'a tall, tapering monolith standing 6ft. 10in. [2.08m] high above ground, and 11in. [0.27m] by 101/2in. [0.26m]) at bottom' and inscribed on two angles of the same face. Macalister (1945, 240, no. 244) read the inscription as 'COILLABBOTAS MAQI CORBBI MAQI MOCOI QERAI' and suggested that this stone 'possibly commemorates the father of the owner of No. I'. Macalister also recorded that this stone served as a lintel over the front door of the house of a man named Patrick Quirk (ibid., 241). Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 3 February 2017

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