What is recorded here

Ogham stones are not decoration. They are edge-cut records, and this one carries two different readings on its angles. One name may be Lugaddon, while the second line still resists certainty. That uncertainty is not a flaw; it is the reason the stone remains alive instead of becoming a dead museum label.

This ogham stone (1.22m x 0.51m x 0.3m, converted from Macalister 1945, 6, no.4) was found built into the wall of a church at Kilmannin, Co. Mayo (MA093-045001-). It is inscribed on all four angles, 2 inscriptions (2nd unintelligible), boustrophedon/up-top-down. These have been read by McManus (1991, 65) as: LUGADDON MAqi LuGUDEC and DDISI MO. . .CQU SEL. Macalister (ibid.) read DDISIMO [--]CQU[!B]EL) for the second. 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=4 Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 14 June 2016

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