{"id":40633,"date":"2026-03-31T12:12:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T11:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/event\/ogham-the-earliest-written-irish\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T12:12:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T11:12:37","slug":"ogham-the-earliest-written-irish","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/ogham-the-earliest-written-irish\/","title":{"rendered":"Ogham &#8211; The Earliest Written Irish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The ogham alphabet is the earliest form of writing in the Irish language. Ogham inscriptions were carved on stones mainly between AD500 and AD600. They survive in various regions around Ireland. Waterford has over 50 stones including new and lost examples e.g. in the medieval parish church of Knockboy, the souterrain of Drumlohan, and the excavated site at Dromore\/Kiltera.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Given the rich heritage of Ogham &nbsp;in Waterford Waterford City and County Council and Lismore Heritage Centre will host a seminar on May 16th &nbsp;exploring the ancient Irish Alphabet, the discovery, location and interpretation of ogham stones across Waterford and the work of the Ogham in 3D Project.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The aim of the seminar is to introduce the audience and the local community, to the Ogham in 3D project and to recognizing and caring for their ogham heritage under the following topics (with specific reference to the Waterford oghams):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">An introduction to ogham<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Ogham stones in the landscape<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Ogham inscriptions as a historical and linguistic source<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">The survival of the ogham tradition<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">A booklet on the heritage of Ogham in Waterford will be published by Dr. Edel Bhreathnach and Dr. Nora White who are&nbsp; delivering the seminar programme.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":40634,"template":"","class_list":["post-40633","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ogham - The Earliest Written Irish - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The ogham alphabet is the earliest form of writing in the Irish language.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/ogham-the-earliest-written-irish\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ogham - The Earliest Written Irish - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The ogham alphabet is the earliest form of writing in the Irish language. 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