Directory of Ogham Resources

Irish writing system, inscribed on wood or stone, developed in about the 4th century AD.

Resources in This Category

Celtic Ogham

http://www.cpp.edu/~jcclark/ogham/
Curtis Clark describes this old Irish alphabet and the plants that correspond to it. He considers its origins in the light of the distribution of those plants, with maps.
Ogham Inscriptions Index

http://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/ogam/
Jost Gippert of Frankfurt University aims to provide a new edition of the corpus of ogham inscriptions. Photographs with translations of ogham stones from Ireland, Wales and Scotland. Bibliography.
The Equinox Project

http://www.equinox-project.com/
Research archive of the Equinox Project. It includes a new method of understanding petroglyphs. Sun powered devices that note specific times of the solar year accurately are also a feature.
The Ogam Scales from the Book of Ballymote

http://www.equinox-project.com/ogamscales.htm
The Equinox Project reproduces this article by Barry Fell from the Epigraphical Society Occasional Papers vol.22, which includes the ogam alphabets listed in the Book of Ballymote.
The Ogham Stone

http://ogham.lyberty.com/
Liberty Mill's illustrated guide to this ancient Irish writing system, with a complete table of Ogham characters. Examples of standing stones with Ogham inscriptions. Links.
The Traditional History of the Ogham

http://members.tripod.com/Taliere/ogham.htm
An essay by Kevin Jones arguing for a derivation from the Greek alphabet.

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