But these lines are actually an inscription in ogham, an alphabet used to write the early Irish language after the fourth ...

However, the lines were actually carved in ogham, an alphabet used to write the early Irish language after the fourth century. From the sixth to ninth centuries, it was used to write Old Irish.

Academics from Ireland and Scotland have released a full length 20-minute information film about the ancient Celtic ogham writing script. The film has been created by the OG(H)AM project, a ...

Ms Gilmore said another theory was that it could have been used by Irish tradesmen to make contact with each other. The team said Ogham was highly unusual among world writing systems, consisting ...