What is recorded here

An unknown townland in County Dublin now holds a stone pulled from a Killorglin cave in 1877. Its sharp edges still carry the name GALEOTOS, while three faint notches above leave behind a voice that never finished speaking.

This is the present location for the ogham stone from Killorglin, Co. Kerry (KE056-046----). It was discovered in 1877 in a 'rath cave' near Killorglin (Rhys 1902, 15). It was provenanced by Macalister to 'near Lough Carragh' (1902, 87). It is 1.2m high and measures 0.45m x 0.42m in basal dimensions. Macalister (1945, 248, no. 253) read its inscription as: GALEOTOS. Macalister also noted three vowel notches near the top of the stone which, he suggested, represent the end of an earlier inscription. It seems equally possible, however, that they are a continuation of this inscription (pers. comm. Fionnbarr Moore). (O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, no. 916) 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=253 Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 3 June 2016

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