Ballintaggart : Ogham Stone
Visit Notes
Saturday, 10th August 2002
Ballintaggart is an old Christian site, about which nothing is known. What makes it interesting is the collection of nine cigar-shaped ogham stones that have been gathered here. One thing I found curious is the uniformity of these stones, they must surely have originated from one source.
These nine stones, all water rolled and therefore with no edges, have been placed in a wonderful arrangement. One that is decidely pagan. Eight of them form a circle, each one lying down pointing outwards. The ninth lies at the centre. It is like a stone circle of ogham stones.
Several of them have been inscribed with crosses.
As we walked up to this hilltop location, we were accompanied by some Irish music drifting up from the races being held below. Quite an odd experience.
Some of the inscriptions featured read: TRIA MAQA MAILAGNI (Three sons of Mallagnos - CURCITTI appears on the back), CUNUMAQQI AVI CORBRI (Conmac, grandson of Coirpre), NETTA LAMINACCA KOI MAQQI MUCOI DOVIN[IA]S (the nephew of Laminacca, the son of the people of Dovinas) and MAQQI IARI KOI MAQQI MUCCOI DOVINIAS. (Weir)
Again there is duplication of letters in the inscription.
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Dovinias was the goddess of the Corcu Duibne, the people who gave their name to the Dingle Peninsula.
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