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Fragments of an ogham stone were found in 1845 on the shore below Brecaun Church (WX054-003002-) (Barry 1896, 127-8), and c. 1930 another fragment was found which enabled Macalister (1930, 54-5) to read the inscription as: SEDAN [1 MAQQI CAT]TABGBOTT AVVI DERCMASOC. He describes the stone as ‘3 ft. 10 ½ inches, by 1 ft. by 8 inches thick’ (c. 1.18m x c. 0.3m x c. 0.2m), and it is now in NMI (DU018-274----). In the mythological history of early Ireland Derc Masoc was the son of Cathair Mór, who was said to have been one of the first kings to have ruled all of Ireland. Derc Masoc was the progenitor of Uí Deirc Mosaig, the ruling family of Ath Cliath Cualann, or the Dublin area. Archaeological excavation in 1987 found the final missing piece of the ogham stone (Breen 1988).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 31 March, 2014
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