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Old stones. Early Medieval. Celtic. Picts. Gàidhlig. Glasgow. Academia. Art. A' bruadar mu dannsa.

Glasgow, Scotland Katılım Temmuz 2015
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🌲2️⃣3️⃣🎁 21ˢᵗ c. Dublin, Royal Irish Academy On 5 Nov 2024, the OG(H)AM & OPal+ team hosted a launch event at @Library_RIA to celebrate the completion of a spectacular new artwork by the scribal & graffiti artist & parchment-maker Thomas Keyes @scribalstyles. This original… ᚐ
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🌲2️⃣2️⃣🎁 20ᵗʰ–21ˢᵗ c. Patrick Ireland, One Here Now (Cobh, Co. Cork) Patrick Ireland (1972–2008) was one of the adopted personae of the artist, art critic and television host Brian O’Doherty (1928–2022). Born in Ireland, he moved to New York in 1957. Major retrospectives… ᚐ
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🌲2️⃣1️⃣🎁 20ᵗʰ c. I-KID-008 (CIIC 26; Dómhnach Mór/Donaghmore, Co. Kildare) We could fill a whole month with 20ᵗʰ-century ogam, but we’ll leave that for another life. Instead we are cheating with a 6ᵗʰ-century stone, discovered in 1902 and now kept in the Swords depot… ᚐ
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🌲2️⃣0️⃣🎁 19ᵗʰ c. National Library of Scotland MS 50.3.11 We are pleased to announce that our preliminary study of the ‘Minchin Manuscript’, the pinnacle of 19ᵗʰ-century manuscript ogam, will be published #OpenAccess online in vol. 125C of the Proceedings of the Royal… ᚐ
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🌲1️⃣9️⃣🎁 19ᵗʰ c. Dublin, RIA MS 23 M 35 (655) The late 18ᵗʰ and early 19ᵗʰ centuries saw the beginning of the modern systematic study of ogam stones. One of the foremost antiquarians of the period was John Windele (Cork 1801–65) who was involved in the identification and… ᚐ
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🌲1️⃣8️⃣🎁 19ᵗʰ c. Dublin, RIA MS 23 K 3 (68) This @RIADawson manuscript contains mostly poetry and some Fenian literature. It was written ca. 1824 by Seaghan Ua Hethir (John Hehir) in Doonogan, Co. Clare and Cashel, Co. Tipperary. On p. 95, he copied 4 lines from the poem… ᚐ
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Heather Ford
Heather Ford@FordHev·
I'm really honoured to be awarded this prize, especially given all the other excellent debut papers this year! My thanks again to the judges, and the organisers of @TAG45BU for such a wonderful event, I'll be looking forwards to York! 😊
TAG45 @ Bournemouth@TAG45BU

The moment has come .... [drum roll please!] ... The winner of the Don Henson Prize for best debut paper is ... Heather Ford @UofGArchaeo, for her paper "Monuments and the Past-Present-Future Nexus". Heather wins free registration at next year's TAG & £200 towards accommm/travel

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🌲1️⃣7️⃣➕🎁 21ˢᵗ c. Ogam Advent Calendar extra: This evening will see the première of the piece for 2 choirs Rétglu etir rind "A star among constellations" a.k.a. Is álaind a llaë indíu "Today is a beautiful day", lyrics by @chronhib, music by Ryan Molloy (@ryanmolloymusic… ᚐ
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🌲1️⃣6️⃣🎁 16ᵗʰ c. Dublin, TCD MS 1337 (H 3. 18) This 16ᵗʰ-century manuscript contains a beautiful copy of the tract Lebor Ogaim ‘The Book of Ogam’, the earliest witness of which is found in the 14ᵗʰ-century compendium known as the ‘Book of Ballymote’ (RIA MS 23 P 12;… ᚐ
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🌲1️⃣4️⃣🎁 14ᵗʰ c. I-COR-099 (Caisleán Chúirt an Bharraigh/Barryscourt Castle, Co. Cork) Ogam 1: ᚔ ᚇᚅᚐ ᚋᚂᚐᚓ ᚌᚋᚔᚏᚓ I DNA MLAE TA GMIRE ‘?’ Ogam 2: ]ᚓᚅ[ ]ᚔᚇᚔ[ [AM]EN [F]IDI[LES] ? ‘amen ye faithful’ As we shall see in the coming days, knowledge of ogam… ᚐ
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…survived into the modern period especially in Munster. The only examples of early-modern ogam graffiti in Ireland are scratched into the chapel wall of 14ᵗʰ-century Barryscourt Castle in Co. Cork. The 1st graffito is reasonably well preserved, but defies all interpretation. ᚑ
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