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place indicated. I was considerably disgusted to find when I reached the 

 spot that one of the stones was the well-known cross-inscribed pillar-stone in 

 the cemetery at Doonfeeny, and the other was a galhin without the slightest 

 trace of marking upon it. But, in returning to Killala, I passed through the 

 townland of Aghaleague, and there noticed a large stone standing in the field 

 opposite Heathtield National School. Stopping the car I went to examine it, 

 and found that it bore an Ogham inscription. Though so conspicuous, the 

 stone, which doubtless gives its name to the townland (Achadh Leige, field 

 ■ •I the stone), is not marked on the < Ordnance Map. 



It is a slab of micaceous sandstone, 7 feet 7 inches high, 7 feet broad at 

 the base, tapering irregularly to the top, and G inches thick. The inscription, 

 which is on ih" angle turned away from the road, is badly worn by the 

 rubbing of cattle. The scores were pocked and rubbed on the stone, not cut 

 with an engraver. My reading is 



OTTACl MAQ GARA . . . 



Th" initial o is I foot 8 inches above tin- ground line. Below it the angle 

 is not worn, and though there are here and there braces resembling defaced 

 scores 1 think thi ithing but natural marks on t he stone, and that the 



is the first letter. There is a mark like a vowel point, 1 foot Hi inches 

 above ground, followed bj b "ii tie- B side, but these have an appearance 



totally different from that of the genuine Bcores. The o is quite clear, as also 

 are the two r's, though a fissure in the stone cuts through all six scores. The 

 \ is very deep and is almost entirely on the n side, but is too short tor a con- 

 iit Bcore. The first score of the c is very plain, and is earned slightly across 

 the angle, but it is too short "ii the B side for an m. The second score of the c 

 is invisible; the the two remaining Bcores can be traced. Only the 



last dot of the l can be detected with certainty ; the places of the other four 



- can be fixed by measurement. The maq gaua is quite clear, the gab being 

 on the shoulder of the stone. There is only one vowel point of the last letter 

 traceable; a dense growth of lichen on the top of the stone conceal- whatever 

 may remain of the inscription. The name of the person commemorated seems 

 comparable with Uaihaeh, but till the top of the stone can be satisfactorily 

 deciphered it is useless date on what tin- Becond name may be. 



Brbastagh, i '". Mayo. 



I took the opportunity of my visit to Killala tore-examine this important 

 monument. I wished specially to see whethei there was any possibility of 

 detecting traces of writing in th>- worn part at the bottom of the south-west 



