History & Linguistics
The Ancient Irish Script That Made Space a Letter
Most writing systems treat gaps between words as empty. Ogham did something stranger — it gave space its own glyph, Unicode U+1680.
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Technology & Heritage
Touch the Past in 3D: Mayo's Ogham Stones Go Digital
A heritage digitisation project is bringing Mayo's ancient Ogham stones into the digital age — letting you zoom, rotate, and explore inscriptions from anywhere in the world.
History
"Massive Hangover" — The Most Relatable Ogham Inscription in History
A 9th-century Irish scribe left a margin note that has survived over 1,000 years. It reads, essentially, "I have a massive hangover." We feel seen.
Celtic Culture
The Language of Trees
Every Ogham character is named after a tree or plant. Here's what each one means, and where the connection between Ireland's ancient alphabet and the natural world comes from.
Celtic Culture
Ogma of the Tuatha Dé Danann — The Inventor of Ogham, Ireland's First Alphabet
Irish mythology attributes the invention of Ogham to Ogma, a warrior-scholar god of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Here's what the myths tell us about the man behind the script.
History
Ogham as a Cipher in Medieval Ireland
Ogham wasn't just an inscription script — medieval Irish scholars developed elaborate cipher systems using it to encode secret messages. Here's how they worked.