Ireland I-KER-124 CIIC 252

An Garrán Darach | Garraundarragh ('Gurrane') (I-KER-124)

Inscription

DUMELI MAQI GLASICONAS NIOTTA COBRANORA

Ogham reads along the stemline — usually bottom to top on standing stones. How to read Ogham →

Stone ID
I-KER-124
CIIC Ref.
252
Country
Ireland
This record is drawn from the OG(H)AM corpus — the authoritative scholarly database of Ogham inscriptions, compiled by a team of epigraphers, archaeologists, and linguists. Transcription conventions and dating follow established epigraphic standards.

Provenance

Discovery: 1893 According to Lynch (1894, 291) the stone was found in June 1893 by a Mr M’Quin of Gortatlea in tl of Gurrane(?) probable error for Garraundarragh. Graves (1895, 1) states that this stone was found in the ‘outer ring of a rath … When found, it was projecting inwards from the western side of the embankment. But there is every reason to suppose that it originally stood upright.’

Findspot: Garraundarragh (An Garrán Darach https://www.logainm.ie/en/23459), Co. Kerry, Ireland (ITM coordinates: 492741 , 607898 ?)

Current repository: Ireland National Museum of Ireland (inv. no. 1935:177)

Last recorded location(s): NMI (53.340304, -6.255115)

Support

National Monuments Service SMR ID: KE039-148----

Object type: Pillar

Dimensions:

Inscription

Text field: `The inscription runs up one angle and turns at the top to the dexter side, running half round the edge of an oblique plane surface on the summit of the stone; then resumes at the bottom angle adjacent to the first of the sinister side, and again runs up to the top’ (MAC1945)

Letters: Pocked and some strokes also v-cut

Edition

Transcription: DUMELI MAQI GLASICONAS NIOTTA COBRANỌRẠ

References

  • Macalister 1945, …
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Visiting the An Garrán Darach | Garraundarragh ('Gurrane') (I-KER-124) Ogham Stone

The An Garrán Darach | Garraundarragh ('Gurrane') (I-KER-124) stone is one of Ireland's finest early medieval monuments — and well worth the journey. Whether you're a dedicated epigrapher, a history enthusiast, or simply someone who loves exploring ancient places, seeing a 1,500-year-old inscription in person is an experience unlike any other.

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