| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:169 |
| Site: | BRAGH |
| Discovery: | recognised, 1896 Macalister, R.A.S. |
| History: | Macalister/1897, 47, states that the stone was found `some little time ago', and gives a reference to an article by himself in The Academy for July 25, 1896. Macalister/1945, 162, states that the stone was given by the local farmer, Murphy, to the priest who attended him on his deathbed (c. 1912) and that this priest presented it to his bishop. He also states that `it is now erected at Killarney, in the grounds of St. Brendan's Seminary'. Cuppage/etal/1986, 253: `dislodged by a flood which affected the bed of a stream...the find place was near Kilfountan Church...preserved for a while in a farmhouse near Kildrum graveyard and then removed to the grounds of St. Brendan's Seminary in Killarney where it remains today.' |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 1.31 x 0.47 x 0.12 (Cuppage/etal/1986) |
| Setting: | in ground |
| Location: | other Cuppage/etal/1986, 253: `removed to the grounds of St. Brendan's Seminary in Killarney where it remains today.' |
| Form: | plain |
| Condition: | complete , good Macalister/1945, 162: `A cut out of the edge of the stone has broken away' the last two strokes of the first I. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | MAQ[U!]LIAGMAQI ||| ER || CA Expansion: MAQ[I]LIAG MAQI ERCA Macalister/1945 162--163 reading only Ziegler/1994 266 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical up along down |
| Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated Macalister/1945, 162: `The inscription is on the sinister angle of one of the narrow edges, but runs round the top of the adjacent broad edge'. |
| Incision: | pocked Macalister/1945, 162: `the scores [are] pocked'. |
| Date: | 500 - 700 (Ziegler/1994) Ziegler/1994, 178--179, 193, dates the name ERCA to her periods II-III (500-700), and the name MAQI-LIAG to her period II (500-550). |
| Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | See McManus/1991, 95, 116. |
| Palaeography: | none |
| Legibility: | some Macalister/1945, 162: `A cut out of the edge of the stone has broken away 1I45. The B-halves of the R are effaced, except in R1, where it is just traceable'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | [--] Expansion: [--] Macalister/1945 163 reading only |
| Orientation: | Indeterminate |
| Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Indeterminate (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | none |
| Legibility: | poor Macalister/1945, 162--163: `One of the back angles bears a series of cuts looking like an effaced Ogham graffito, but nothing can be made of them'. |
| Lines: | |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | yes |