Ireland I-COR-073 CIIC 122

Cnoc idir Dhá Abhainn | Mountrivers 1 (I-COR-073)

Inscription

MADORA MAQI DEGO

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Stone ID
I-COR-073
CIIC Ref.
122
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: One of two ogham stones (see also I-COR-074) found when a flourmill was demolished c. 1840 on the site of a possible ringfort (CO061-079001-). This is the original location of the ogham stone (present location CO061-089001-). It was used as a foot-bridge over the Delehinagh river (Hartnett 1939, 74) until 1851.

Findspot: Mountrivers (Cnoc idir Dhá Abhainn), Co. Cork, Ireland (ITM Coordinates: 544176, 578708)

Last recorded location(s): In 1851, it was erected nearby beside St. Olan’s holy well (CO061-089002-), where it remains today (Macalister 1945, 120).

Support

National Monuments Service SMR ID: CO061-079003-

Object type: Pillar

Material: Grit

Dimensions: H 2.44 × W 0.81 × D 0.15 m

Condition: Macalister (1945, 120) described the stone as ‘heavily covered in lichen’ with ‘rudely-scratched crosses’ on its surface and the inscription as worn and damaged.

Inscription

Text field: The inscription begins 0.70m (2ft. 3.6in.) from the bottom of the stone.

Letters: The execution technique of the inscription is unknown.

Edition

Ogham text: ᚋᚐᚇᚑᚏᚐ ᚋᚐᚊᚔ ᚇᚓᚌᚑ

Transcription: MADORA MAQI DEGO

References

  • Hartnett 1939, 74
  • Macalister 1945, 119-120
  • Power, Byrne, Egan, Lane, and Sleeman 1997, no. 7962
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