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been found on several monuments, and have been supposed to be the 

 initials of anam, which signifies "life," "soul." I cannot, however r 

 perceive what bearing this word can have upon such inscriptions as the 

 above. They are more probably the initials of anaim, which expresses 

 "to wait, stay, remain, dwell, rest" (O'Eeilly, Ir. Diet.) ; and equi- 

 valent to our modern " here rests," or, " here lies." We have also 

 "Ann, there, therein, in the said place" (O'Brien). This ancm:, how- 

 ever, is a solitary instance, and I cannot offer any conjecture as to its 

 meaning. 



The name ftteuddrajsw, here spelled with a redundancy of conso- 

 nants, is a very interesting one, as we can identify it not only on another 

 monument from the same locality, but also in our annals andhagiologies. 

 In 1849, an Ogham-inscribed stone was discovered at Gortaniaccaree, 

 and on the ascent of Knocknagappul mountain, which bore the 

 inscription noak maoi farodran". The "Annals of the Pour Masters " 

 have the following notices of persons bearing this name : a. d. 642 — 

 " Puradran, son of Bee, son of Cuanach, chief of Ui-Mic-Uais, died." 

 a. d. 901 — " Furadhran, son of Garbhan, Prior of Cill-Achaidh, died." 

 a. d. 962 — "Puradhran, son of Bece, Lord of Dearlas, was slain by 

 the Cinel-Eoghain." The death of "Puradran, son of Bee, son of 

 Cuana," is notedinthe "Chronicon Scotorum," at a.d. 643. This indi- 

 vidual was descended from Colla-Uais, a. d. 336, according to a gene- 

 alogy quoted by the Bev. Dr. Beeves, in his Eccl. Ant. of Down and 

 Connor, p. 297. In a topographical poem by John O'Dugan, published 

 in the collection of the Irish Archaeological and Celtic Societies, we find 

 the name of O'Puradhran mentioned as chief over Pionnros, and in a 

 note, No. 213, the editor states: " Fionn-Ross. — This was the original 

 name of the district now caUed The Bosses, situated in the barony of 

 Boylogh and county of Donegal. O'Puradhran is now made Parren 

 or Porren." The above is a remarkable instance of the succession of 

 the same names in a family, as we find Puradhran and Bee at the 

 dates 642 and 962. I cannot presume to identify the name in this 

 legend; such an attempt would be futile, seeing that it was one 

 widely diffused, from the remote wilds of Kerry to the northern high- 

 lands of Donegal. 



The patronymic appears to me to read culigek'^. The characters 

 forming the name are quite distinct ; and, as I have before remarked, 

 there is a blank space between the letters g and e, which at present 

 shows no scores, the angle appearing to be damaged ; and it may have been 

 occupied by a second g (double consonants being almost the rule in 

 Ogham names), or, as I before observed, the damage may have been 

 original, and the artist may have passed the space over when engraving 

 the legend. I think, however, there can be little doubt but that the 

 name is Culigenn, an archaic form of Coligan, a name still frequent in 

 the south of Ireland, and found in the "Annals of the Pour Masters," 

 in the forms of Colcenn and Colgan. 



