Provenance
Discovery: Discovered by Rev. T. Olden in Kilcaskan graveyard (SMR ID: CO103-003001-) just SE of the church (SMR ID: CO103-003002-). Brash confirmed that the stone bears an ogham inscription in 1873 (Macalister 1949, 72).
Findspot: Kilcaskan (Chill Cháscann), Co. Cork, Ireland (ITM Coordinates: 481786, 552037)
Last recorded location(s): In situ in Kilcaskan graveyard on the Beara Peninsula. Visited and 3D recorded for the OG(H)AM project in September 2022.
Support
National Monuments Service SMR ID: CO103-003003-
Object type: Pillar
Material: Stone type unknown
Dimensions: H 1.20 × W 0.23 × D 0.18 m
Condition: The top of the pillar has broken away in antiquity and the back of the stone, in particular, is weathered and lichen covered. The continuation of the inscription on the back of the stone is no longer legible. The middle part of the inscription is lost where the top of the stone was broken off (Power et al. 1992, no. 1040).
Inscription
Text field: The inscription runs diagonally over the head of the stone (up-down), ‘so that it is on the dexter angle of both faces’ (Macalister 1945, 73).
Letters: The inscription is pocked with strokes quite large in relation to the size of the stone (e.g. the L strokes are 6cm long and the C strokes 7cm, with approximately 2cm between each stroke).
Edition
Ogham text: ᚂᚒ̣ᚌ̣ᚒ̣ᚊᚏᚔᚈ[ᚈᚔ ᚋᚐᚊᚔ ᚐᚇᚇᚔ]ᚂᚑᚅᚐᚄ
Transcription: LỤG̣ỤQRIT[TI MAQI ADDI]LONAS
Critical apparatus:
- Only the H-aicme side of the G is evident. There are traces of vowel notches either side of the G, which could both be U, although there is enough space for more than 3 strokes, especially in the case of the second U. 2. Although there are definite traces of ogham strokes on the second angle, they are too weathered and lichen covered to confirm Macalister’s reading.
Translation
of Luccreth [son of *Aidliu]
Commentary
LUGUQRIT[TI] is a compound of the mythological/deity name Lug and probably the word creth ‘craftmanship, skilled work, poetical art’, which is later attested as Luccreth, Lucridh (AU 753) and Luccraid (CGH S. 676) (Ziegler 1994, 199, 223). This name is also found at Reask/Ballineanig (I-KER-013: LUGUQRIT MA[QI] QRITT[I]) and possibly also at Kilcoolaght East (I-KER-076: [.?.]ECC MAQI L[UGUQ]RRIT) and Kilgobnet (I-KER-083: LUGUQQRITTAS, if correct) in Co. Kerry.
Macalister (1945, 241) reconstructed the missing portion of the father’s name with reference to a name found in the Kilbonane inscription (I-KER-111: ADDỊLONA).
References
- Macalister 1945, 72-73, no. 68
- Power, Byrne, Egan, Lane, and Sleeman 1992, 125, no. 1040
- Ziegler 1994, 199, 223