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Old Irish is the ancestor of all modern Goidelic languages: Modern Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Manx. A still older form of Irish is known as Primitive Irish. Fragments of Primitive Irish, mainly personal names, are known from inscriptions on stone written in the Ogham alphabet.
Ogham (/ ˈ ɒ ɡ əm / OG-əm, [4] Modern Irish: [ˈoː(ə)mˠ]; Middle Irish: ogum, ogom, later ogam [ˈɔɣəmˠ] [5] [6]) is an Early Medieval alphabet used primarily to write the early Irish language (in the "orthodox" inscriptions, 4th to 6th centuries AD), and later the Old Irish language (scholastic ogham, 6th to 9th centuries).
Learn about the Gaelic script, a variant of the Latin alphabet used for Irish and other Celtic languages. See an alphabet chart, a sample text, and links to free fonts and information sources.
Ogham is an ancient Irish script that was used to write Primitive and Old Irish, as well as other languages. Learn about its origins, features, letters, pronunciation and inscriptions with transliteration and translation.
Learn about the evolution and characteristics of old Irish script, from Ogham alphabet to Gaelic type. Explore ancient manuscripts, translations and printing of Irish literature in the Irish language.
The early Irish literary tradition flourished through the Medieval Irish period, and its literary output showcases a blend of indigenous storytelling, myth, and historical narratives. Notably, this period saw the development of a full-scale vernacular written literature expressed in a diverse range of literary genres. [1]
Our text selections contrive to give an idea of the variety and beauty of the literature written in medieval Irish. They range from Archaic and Early Old Irish (sporadically still to be found in Audacht Morainn, Immram Brain, and Compert Con Culainn), through Classical Old Irish, down to Middle Irish (to be found consistently in Lebor Gabála ...
