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Ogham Art | Your Presence Written in the Past
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Ogham Art Images of Ireland Photo Cards Celtic Cross Rock of Cashel
Ogham Art Images of Ireland Photo Cards Celtic Cross Rock of Cashel
Ogham Art Images of Ireland Photo Cards Cliffs of Moher
Ogham Art Images of Ireland Photo Cards Croagh Patrick
Ogham Art Images of Ireland Photo Cards Poulnabrone Dolmen
Ogham Art Images of Ireland Photo Cards St. Patrick's Cross Cashel
Ireland Boxed Note Cards
Ireland Boxed Note Cards

Ireland Boxed Note Cards

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Our favorite places in Ireland for you to share with your friends and family.  Our blank note cards are printed with color and dimension on quality card stock.  The back of each card has a brief description and location.  All photography by Christopher Conway, Founder & Co-owner of Ogham Art.

A box of 15 cards and envelopes includes 3 Celtic Cross at the Rock of Cashel in Co. Tipperary, 3 Cliffs of Moher in Co. Clare, 3 Statue of St. Patrick at Croagh Patrick in Co. Mayo, 3 Poulnabrone Dolmen in Co. Clare and 3 St. Patrick's Cross at the Rock of Cashel in Co. Tipperary.

 

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Here is a brief summary of the Ogham alphabet.  Stay tuned for more detailed posts in the days to come.  Sign up below for the Ogham Art Newsletter to receive email notifications about new postings, blogs, products and events.

Sláinte,
Colleen & Chris

 

Ogham is the earliest written form of Primitive Irish, the oldest of the Gaelic languages. Ogham was first used in Ireland and parts of England, Scotland and Wales between the 2nd and 6th centuries. Though its actual origins remain a mystery today, it is believed the Celts desired a cryptic alphabet that could not be deciphered by Roman Britain.

Ogham Alphabet

Ogham stone

Represented as a series of perpendicular and intersecting lines, this ancient script is thought to be influenced by the Latin alphabet using 20 characters. It is most commonly written vertically and is read from bottom to top. When presented horizontally, it is read from left to right.

Ogham was carved into stones and trees to mark land boundaries or to commemorate a member of the community. Today there are roughly 400 surviving stones featuring proper names, ancestral and tribal affiliations, and Latin words.