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Tomorrow is the day!
Like in 2021, in this year’s Félire corgais gaimrid isint Ṡengoídilc “Old Irish Advent Calendar” on Twitter I will showcase the research of the project #OG_H_AM, a collaboration between @morantango and @3dgroovanstones in...
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Tomorrow is the day!
Like in 2021, in this year’s Félire corgais gaimrid isint Ṡengoídilc “Old Irish Advent Calendar” on Twitter I will showcase the research of the project #OG_H_AM, a collaboration between @morantango and @3dgroovanstones in...
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…@UofGlasgow, and @dhaydenceltic, @ndefaoite & myself at @maynoothuni, funded by @irishresearch @ahrcpress.
This year’s theme is the collection of ogam inscriptions in the National Museum of Ireland (also topic of a planned book of ours). @nmireland houses or oversees 57…
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This year’s theme is the collection of ogam inscriptions in the National Museum of Ireland (also topic of a planned book of ours). @nmireland houses or oversees 57…
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…ogam-inscribed stones, 8 portable objects, 2 suspected forgeries, and 4–5 other related objects. All stones are included in @SCSLibrary @DIAS_Dublin’s Ogham in 3D website ogham.celt.dias.ie. In the coming 3½ weeks, I will post 24 selected inscriptions from this…
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Around the 4th century, a new writing system took off in Ireland.
Before long it travelled over the Irish Sea to Wales, Scotland and south-west England.
It’s called Ogham (or Ogam, and pronouced 'oh-um') and was used to write early medieval Irish, Welsh and Pictish. #OG_H_AM
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Before long it travelled over the Irish Sea to Wales, Scotland and south-west England.
It’s called Ogham (or Ogam, and pronouced 'oh-um') and was used to write early medieval Irish, Welsh and Pictish. #OG_H_AM
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Ogham is unusual as its alphabet consists entirely of straight lines - strokes and notches - cut into the writing surface.
Compared with Latin, it was relatively simple to write (etch) in Ogham, so literacy in Ogham might have been widespread.
📸: Florian Thierry CC4.0
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Compared with Latin, it was relatively simple to write (etch) in Ogham, so literacy in Ogham might have been widespread.
📸: Florian Thierry CC4.0
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There's evidence from sagas and written sources that it was used for communications, as short messages could be easily sent on pieces of wood or metal, but it was also used for record-keeping, from genealogies to business deals.
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