The Ogam Stones at University College Cork

by Damian McManus

The collection of 28 Ogham stones at UCC represents the largest collection of Ogham inscriptions in open display in Ireland. In this guide Damian McManus places the stones in their literary, linguistic and archaeological context, and discusses the origins of Ogham, its distribution, execution and significance.

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Peter Damian McManus is Professor of Irish at Trinity College Dublin, specialising in Medieval Irish language and literature. His published works examine historical and comparative linguistics and writing systems, in particular Ogam, Classical Modern Irish and Bardic poetry. He has acted as editor of Ériu, an academic journal which dedicated to Irish philology and literature and which is published by The Royal Irish Academy, of which he is a member.

Reviews

[Yaiza · Rating 4 out of 5]

Explicación muy completa de la historia de las piedras con grabados en alfabeto ogam que la universidad de Cork, en Irlanda, acoge en exposición permanente. También se explican generalidades sobre esta escritura, su origen, su presencia en todo Irlanda, etc