By David Stifter, OG(H)AM’s Irish Principal Investigator This is an abridged excerpt from the article ‘The Donaghmore ogam stone (I-KID-008)’, which will appear in the 2025 volume of the Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society. The formula word MUCOI occurs around 80 times on ogam stones; mostly on stones from Ireland, with only three exceptions… Continue reading The ogam formula word MUCOI
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Ogam, Ogma and Ogmios
By David Stifter, OG(H)AM’s Irish Principal Investigator In an earlier blog post in February 2023, I discussed various etymologies that have been proposed for the word ogam. In this post, I will expand on this matter and look at the connections that the name of the Irish script has with the names of mythological figures… Continue reading Ogam, Ogma and Ogmios
What does the word ogam mean and where does the name come from?
By David Stifter, OG(H)AM’s Irish Principal Investigator In my blog in December 2021, I talked about the different ways of spelling and pronouncing the word Ogam or ogham. In this blog entry, I will resume this discussion of the word itself and I will look into what the word may originally have referred to, before… Continue reading What does the word ogam mean and where does the name come from?