Macalister — Notes on some Ogham Inscriptions. 10] 



by 8 inches. The inscription is picked out in broad bold snuvs mi a r.it In i 

 rounded angle. The lettering is quite clear. 



juiii ,„„ y , um 



c] C I MA Q [ 



The first score is carried away by a fracture, all but the top, which is why 

 Sir John Rhys overlooked it ; the second, which is his first M, is carried 

 slightly over to the b side of the angle, but not sufficiently so to turn the 

 score into M. 



The second score of the Q lies in the line of a natural fissure in the stone, 

 but it is certainly not to be omitted. 



We evidently have the end of the name of the owner of the stone, ending 

 in cci, and followed by MAQI. 



The second fragment is clearly the top of the original pillar-stone. It. 

 measures 2 feet 2 inches by 1 foot 7 inches by 11 inches. Only a small portion 

 of the scored angle remains, spalls on both sides having carried most of it 

 away. I cannot follow Sir John Rhys in reading gki, a reading about which he 

 himself seems to have been uncertain. 1 am inclined to think he has read 

 it upside down, and that it should be 



+Hf TrTTT^" [ 



i N [i 



in which we may possibly see the end of iaqini, the name of the owner of the 

 Donard ogham close by. The whole inscription would thus have read: 



]cci maq[i iaqJini. 



Its destruction is much to be regretted, as it comes from a region not very 

 rich in these memorials. 



Connor, Co. Antiu.m. 



I have submitted this, which is probably the most dillicult Ogham in all 

 Ireland to read, to a careful fresh examination, the result of which is that I 

 now read it calunai maqi vobahaci. This is the most satisfactory reading 

 that has yet emerged from the stone, as it at last gives us something intelli- 

 gible for the name of the person commemorated. It is the name which we 

 find in the compound caluno-vic at Drumloghan. 



Aghaleague, Co. Mayo. 



I found this inscription under the following circumstances:— A corre- 

 spondent had informed me of two Ogham inscriptions at or near Ballycastle, 

 Co. Mayo. Accordingly, I made my way fco Killala, and proceeded to the 



