Ireland I-KER-104 CIIC 233

Drom Caor | Dromkeare (I-KER-104)

Inscription

TIDONN[A] MAQ DOMNGINN

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

Stone ID
I-KER-104
CIIC Ref.
233
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: 1879 Brash? or Windele (mentioned by Brash)

Findspot: Dromkeare (Drom Caor https://www.logainm.ie/en/22344), Co. Kerry, Ireland (ITM coordinates (approximate): 454511, 568415 )

Last recorded location(s): in situ (close to the NE limits of burial ground)

Support

National Monuments Service SMR ID: KE098-021002- (classed as cross-slab)

Object type: Cross-slab

Material: Sandstone

Dimensions:

Decoration: An outline cross with square terminals: ‘On the W face there is an outline Latin cross which rises from a large square base; the head and arms also feature square terminals’ (O’Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, no. 944)

Inscription

Text field: The inscription is up the NW angle.

Letters:

Edition

Transcription: TIDONN[A] MAQ DOMNGINN

Critical apparatus:

  1. MAC1945: final vowel of this word faint and doubtful. H-half of the G worn off, and following I faint; O’Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, no. 944: The initial two letters are buried, but Macalister’s doubtful A is clear. The second I is not now discernible, though there is sufficient space for it.

References

  • Macalister 1945, …
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Visiting the Drom Caor | Dromkeare (I-KER-104) Ogham Stone

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