County Waterford Ogham Translations

Irish Map Showing County Waterford On The Southeast Coast

County Waterford Baronies

Map of County Waterford Baronies in 1899.

From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_baronies_of_Ireland#/media/File:IrelandBaronies1899Map.png

BARONY OF COSHMORE AND COSHBRIDE

Seemochuda Ogham Stone 262

(October 14, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was found by Very Rev. Canon Power on the top of a low carn which had suffered much wanton injury at the hands of shepherds. It was removed for its protection to University College, Cork.

It is made of slate being 4′ 6″ × 1′ 3″ × 0' 6"

Translation Using Ballymote Letter Assignments With Runic Akkadian Letters (Ogham Text 172)

Read bottom to top. Capital letters on object. Small letters are inferred Inner vowels. Verbs are italic bold. Dual use letters are E/H, I/Y, U/W, and '/A in which vowel appears at beginning of words except for Yahu which is keeping its traditional Hebrew transliteration
Letter assignment chart used: Ogham ChartDictionary used: Latest Runic Akkadian dictionaryUp direction for ogham: left side

EGu Ku A ṬeNu. IMu ASu Ya EGu. Ka'u AŠu

In English

Neglecting involvement is affecting this grinding-down. Emotions cannot fate-shift the neglect. Prod the spewing-forth (of life powers).

Comment: "Grinding-down" is an epithet for suffering and death. This text is stating that emotion magic rituals cannot fate-shift this power of fate but they can aid in increasing the flow (spewing forth) of fertility-fluids (life powers).

Traditional Translation Using Post-Bardic Revolution Letter Assignments

ERCAGNI MAQI ERCIAS

No English translation given

References

Macalister, R A Stewart. 1945. Corpus Inscriptionum Insularum CelticarumVolume 1, page 257. Online at: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Corpus_Inscriptionum_Insularum_Celticaru/4jgaAAAAYAAJ?hl=en

BARONY OF DECIES WITHIN DRUM

Ardmore Ogham Stone 263

(October 14, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was found built into the wall of St. Declan's oratory. It was removed about 1856 when the inscription on the hidden angle was revealed. It is now standing in a niche in the choir of the Cathedral.

It is made of a greenstone said (1856) not to be local. Its dimensions are 4' 2" x 0' 11" x 1' 0".

Translation Using Ballymote Letter Assignments With Runic Akkadian Letters (Ogham Text 173)

Read bottom to top. Capital letters on object. Small letters are inferred Inner vowels. Verbs are italic bold. Dual use letters are E/H, I/Y, U/W, and '/A in which vowel appears at beginning of words except for Yahu which is keeping its traditional Hebrew transliteration
Letter assignment chart used: Ogham ChartDictionary used: Latest Runic Akkadian dictionaryUp direction for ogham: left side

Pu U Ṭu U Du EKu Ku. AŠu Mu ASu Ya
Ku A Se'u. Mu A Ṭu. EKu A Ṣu. ESu Ya'u Ṣu
Di'u Pu ATu. IRu IṬu. AYu Šu Ṭa'u Ru

In English

Openings and Thu and the life-manifestations are starving the involvement. The spewing-forth of fertility-fluids are not being fate-shifted.
Involvement can affect this inhibition. Fertility-fluids can affect those Thu-powers. The starvation can affect those activity-powers. The ethereal-winds of Yahu (Y') are active.
The divine-motion-powers can open the Monitor (Su). The astrological-fate-powers can be sticky. Ayu can be similar to the near-realm's eagle-vultures.

Comment: This text is stating that the involvement of the fate powers are being starved and inhibited by a variety of other powers. This text seems to imply that is a bad thing.

Traditional Translation Using Post-Bardic Revolution Letter Assignments

LUGUDECCAS MAQI [ .... MUJCOI NETA-SEGAMONAS DOLATI BIGA-ISGOB [ ...

No English translation given

References

Macalister, R A Stewart. 1945. Corpus Inscriptionum Insularum CelticarumVolume 1, page 259. Online at: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Corpus_Inscriptionum_Insularum_Celticaru/4jgaAAAAYAAJ?hl=en

Ardmore Ogham Stone 265

(October 14, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was discovered by the late Mr. R. Chearnley of Salterbridge on a low wall beside a grave in the cemetery. Now erected in the N.W. angle of the Cathedral choir. The Ogham is chiselled in small blunt scores and in good condition.

It is a greenstone being 4′ 4 1/2″ × 1′ 1″ × 0' 9"

Translation Using Ballymote Letter Assignments With Runic Akkadian Letters (Ogham Text 174)

Read bottom to top. Capital letters on object. Small letters are inferred Inner vowels. Verbs are italic bold. Dual use letters are E/H, I/Y, U/W, and '/A in which vowel appears at beginning of words except for Yahu which is keeping its traditional Hebrew transliteration
Letter assignment chart used: Ogham ChartDictionary used: Latest Runic Akkadian dictionaryUp direction for ogham: left side

AMu ADu Wa
Tu

In English

The Reed-boat's (Ayu) instigations are being fate-cursed
Astrology-magic

Comment: Ayu is the crescent moon goddess and power which edits the connections of the life-network. She controls and instigates the eagle-vultures who do the actual link/channel cutting. The other side of the stone has the equilateral cross meaning "astrology magic." Ayu and the eagle-vultures are life powers.

Traditional Translation Using Post-Bardic Revolution Letter Assignments

AMADU

No English translation given

References

Macalister, R A Stewart. 1945. Corpus Inscriptionum Insularum CelticarumVolume 1, page 260. Online at: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Corpus_Inscriptionum_Insularum_Celticaru/4jgaAAAAYAAJ?hl=en

Dromore Ogham Stone 266

(October 14, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was found in an ancient cemetery called Kiltera is situated on this townland. It was discovered there by E. Fitzgerald in 1861.

It is made of slate with conspicuous quartz veins running vertically through it. It dimensions are 4' 4" x 1' 8" x 0' 5"

Translation Using Ballymote Letter Assignments With Runic Akkadian Letters (Ogham Text 175)

Read bottom to top. Capital letters on object. Small letters are inferred Inner vowels. Verbs are italic bold. Dual use letters are E/H, I/Y, U/W, and '/A in which vowel appears at beginning of words except for Yahu which is keeping its traditional Hebrew transliteration
Letter assignment chart used: Ogham ChartDictionary used: Latest Runic Akkadian dictionaryUp direction for ogham: left side

Ka'u Pu. Pu A Ma'u. TeMu Wa Ka'u. E APu. Wa Ṭu A [Ḫ]
Mu ASu Ya Pa'u Ru. AŠu Še'u Nu.

In English

Prod the openings. The openings will affect those pushing-powers (from Thu.). Life-curses can curse the prodding. Disable the veil. Cursing Thu will affect its [attendants] (owls)
Fertility-fluids will not fate-shift the network-bird eagle-vultures. Spew-forth the intoxication of fate-revelations

Comment: Openings are the openings through the life network which allows the fertility-fluids to reach the earth. The veil is the underworld and home of Kate/Hekate who does the life-curses.

Traditional Translation Using Post-Bardic Revolution Letter Assignments

COLLABOT MUCOI LUGA
MAQI LOBACCONA

No English translation given

References

Macalister, R A Stewart. 1945. Corpus Inscriptionum Insularum CelticarumVolume 1, page 263. Online at: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Corpus_Inscriptionum_Insularum_Celticaru/4jgaAAAAYAAJ?hl=en

Dromore Ogham Stone 268

(October 15, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was discovered in an excavation of the site and broken into four pieces. It was repaired and deposited in the National Museum. The inscription was pocked and though worn and slightly fractured it is perfectly legible.

The stone is made of slate, coarse-grained and very brittle being 4' 8" x 1' 0" x 0' 11"

Translation Using Ballymote Letter Assignments With Runic Akkadian Letters (Ogham Text 176)

Read bottom to top. Capital letters on object. Small letters are inferred Inner vowels. Verbs are italic bold. Dual use letters are E/H, I/Y, U/W, and '/A in which vowel appears at beginning of words except for Yahu which is keeping its traditional Hebrew transliteration
Letter assignment chart used: Ogham ChartDictionary used: Latest Runic Akkadian dictionaryUp direction for ogham: left side

Ku A Tu. Tu UṢu Ya Gu

In English

Involvement will affect those Thu-powers. Thu cannot originate energy.

Comment: The powers/deities which originate energy are the dark new moon god Su and the heavenly bodies of the goddess Selu/Selene which define fate. Su is responsible for direct astrology-magic and the indirect emotional energy transferred to animals via the liver. Thu represents the indirect emotional energy and as such is a connector and not an emotional generator.

Traditional Translation Using Post-Bardic Revolution Letter Assignments

CATTUVIR

No English translation given

References

Macalister, R A Stewart. 1945. Corpus Inscriptionum Insularum CelticarumVolume 1, page 264. Online at: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Corpus_Inscriptionum_Insularum_Celticaru/4jgaAAAAYAAJ?hl=en

The Christian cross on this stone was added sometime after the text was written. The original translators thought the stone must have been longer.

Grange Ogham Stone 269

(October 15, 2025) Macalister reports that he first saw this stone in 1901 lying on the ground in the old cemetery of Grange. Later, in 1938, he saw someone had set upright in the ground at the west end of the enclosure to mark a modern grave.

Translation Using Ballymote Letter Assignments With Runic Akkadian Letters (Ogham Text 177)

Read bottom to top. Capital letters on object. Small letters are inferred Inner vowels. Verbs are italic bold. Dual use letters are E/H, I/Y, U/W, and '/A in which vowel appears at beginning of words except for Yahu which is keeping its traditional Hebrew transliteration
Letter assignment chart used: Ogham ChartDictionary used: Latest Runic Akkadian dictionaryUp direction for ogham: left side

AŠu Šu. A Pa'u Tu E
Mu ASu IMu U Ka'u

In English

Spewing-forth (the life powers in general) will be similar. Those network-bird-powers of astrology-magic (owls) can be disabled.
Fertility-fluids can fate-shift human emotions and the prodding from celestial divine powers

Comment: Line 2 seems to have been the original first line simply stating that the amount of fertility fluids reaching the earth will affect emotions (fear to contentment) and the amount of life-power pushing from the dark new moon god Su.

Traditional Translation Using Post-Bardic Revolution Letter Assignments

(not provided)
MAQI MUCOI IVODACCA

No English translation given

References

Macalister, R A Stewart. 1945. Corpus Inscriptionum Insularum CelticarumVolume 1, page 265. Online at: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Corpus_Inscriptionum_Insularum_Celticaru/4jgaAAAAYAAJ?hl=en

BARONY OF DECIES WITHOUT DRUM

Ballyvooney Ogham Stone 270

(October 15, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was the 1st of 2 stones, formerly lying uncared-for beside a holy well called Toberkillea. They have now been re-erected by the Waterford County Council and enclosed with a wall to protect them and the well from cattle.

When Macalister first saw the stone it was broken into three pieces. He was told that this was done by a man to obtain materials for a fence, but "he lost the use of his fingers that night, and next morning the stones were back at the well." The fragments were then cemented together by the good offices of the County Council.

The stone is made of grit being 4′ 0″ × 1′ 3″ × 0′ 6″

Translation Using Ballymote Letter Assignments With Runic Akkadian Letters (Ogham Text 177)

Read bottom to top. Capital letters on object. Small letters are inferred Inner vowels. Verbs are italic bold. Dual use letters are E/H, I/Y, U/W, and '/A in which vowel appears at beginning of words except for Yahu which is keeping its traditional Hebrew transliteration
Letter assignment chart used: Ogham ChartDictionary used: Latest Runic Akkadian dictionaryUp direction for ogham: left side

Su Gu ITu
A Se'u Šu. A Ḫu'u Du Ya Nu. A Ma'u
ASu INu E A Ṭu. Gu A Ka'u. Pu INu E A.

In English

Su can energize the omens.
That will inhibit similar-things. Those fate-owl powers will not manifest revelations. They will be pushed away.
Fate-shifting by the Moon-Eye (Su) will disable those Thu powers. Energy can affect the prodding (by Su). Opening the Moon-Eye will disable that.

Comment: The dark new moon god Su is associated with astrology-magic so this text is all about how astrology magic works. It works by energizing the more benign fate omens so similar, more harmful, fate omens are inhibited. This has the effect of shifting fate and overriding more direct emotion magic.

Traditional Translation Using Post-Bardic Revolution Letter Assignments

QRIT[ .... ]
MAQI LO] BACONA
AVI NEAGRACOLINEA

No English translation given

References

Macalister, R A Stewart. 1945. Corpus Inscriptionum Insularum CelticarumVolume 1, page 266. Online at: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Corpus_Inscriptionum_Insularum_Celticaru/4jgaAAAAYAAJ?hl=en

Ballyvooney Ogham Stone 271

Macalister reports that this stone was the 2nd of 2 stones, formerly lying uncared-for beside a holy well called Toberkillea. They have now been re-erected by the Waterford County Council and enclosed with a wall to protect them and the well from cattle.

This stone is listed as being made from a conglomerate being 2' 10" high, 2' broad at bottom tapering to a point, 3 inches thick.

Translation Using Ballymote Letter Assignments With Runic Akkadian Letters (Ogham Text 178)

Read bottom to top. Capital letters on object. Small letters are inferred Inner vowels. Verbs are italic bold. Dual use letters are E/H, I/Y, U/W, and '/A in which vowel appears at beginning of words except for Yahu which is keeping its traditional Hebrew transliteration
Letter assignment chart used: Ogham ChartDictionary used: Latest Runic Akkadian dictionaryUp direction for ogham: left side

Nu ETu AṢu Ga'u. Su IMu ASu ISu IKu

In English

Fate-Revelations from the boundary (sky-shell) can expel the break-outs. Su can emotionally-trigger fate-shifting in the Woman's (Ayu) irrigation-network (life network)

Comment: Brake-outs seems to refer to the sudden emergence of rain storms and that is ultimately governed by fate. The astrology magic associated with Su can shift the occurrence of rain storms to farm land instead of some other place on earth.

Traditional Translation Using Post-Bardic Revolution Letter Assignments

NETAVROQI MAQI QICE

No English translation given

References

Macalister, R A Stewart. 1945. Corpus Inscriptionum Insularum CelticarumVolume 1, page 267. Online at: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Corpus_Inscriptionum_Insularum_Celticaru/4jgaAAAAYAAJ?hl=en

Photo showing the 2 stones with their Ogham inscriptions. Only the foreground stone is considered here. It has a second inscription on its other side.

Drom Lócháin Stones in Context

This photo shows the souterrain (public root cellar) from which they were excavated.
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Drom Lócháin Ogham Stone One, County Waterford, Ireland 500's CE

(December 12, 2024) I-WAT-012 (CIIC 273; Drom Lócháin/Drumlohan, Co. Waterford, Ireland)

Translation Using Ballymote Letter Assignments With Runic Akkadian Letters (Ogham Text 5)

Read bottom to top. Sides are main face. Capital letters on object. Small letters are inferred Inner vowels. Verbs are italic bold. Dual use letters are E/H, I/Y, U/W, and '/A in which vowel appears at beginning of words except for Yahu which is keeping its traditional Hebrew transliteration
Top Direction: Sides

ᚉ ᚐᚂ ᚒ ᚅᚑ ᚃ ᚔᚉ
ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔᚋᚒᚉᚑᚔᚂᚔᚈ[ᚓᚅ]ᚔ

Ku APu U Ne'u Ṣu IKu
Mu Ku KaYu. Mu U Ka'u IPu ITu [2 or 3 letters]

In English

Involving the veil and emotional-effects will activate the irrigation-network (life network)
Fertility-fluids will involve prodding. Fertility-fluids and the Prodders (Thu and star Sirius) will free-up the foreshadowing of [1 or 2 words]

Previous Ogham Translation Attempt Using Post-Oppression Lettering

CALUNOVIC[A] MAQI MUCOI LIT[EN]Ị

Proposed English Translation

of *Calunovics from the kin-group of *Lithen (*Litenas)

Comment: The result is just names which are a linguistic cheat because they can cluster any arbitrary set of letters.

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