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MuseumsSite Name: University College Cork - Stone Corridor
Country: Ireland (Republic of)
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County: Co. Cork Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Cork city
Latitude: 51.893696N  Longitude: 8.49212W
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University College Cork - Stone Corridor
University College Cork - Stone Corridor submitted by GaelicLaird : Each stone is presented with an accompanying display board that gives details of its original location and text. (Vote or comment on this photo)
The county of Cork has a rich history and offers a fine and varied selection of megalithic sites for anyone willing to take the time to explore the fields, boglands and mountains of Ireland’s largest county. But if a casual visitor to the city of Cork on a visit of limited duration were looking for a quick megalithic taster, a stone fix in between meals, then they could take a short walk from the city centre along the Western Road to the gates of University College Cork.

A path leads from the gates through the university grounds and shortly the visitor will be met with the impressive view of the main Quadrangle and Aula Maxima building.

It is here, within the North Wing of this fine building of learning, that lies the treasure.

The Stone Corridor

The Stone Corridor provides a covered walkway westwards from the Aula Maxima corridor, under the main arch, and southwards to the end of the West Wing and within these cloisters are housed the largest collection of Ogham Stones on open display in Ireland.

The collection was begun in 1861 and its most recent addition was in 1945. All the stones are from County Cork, with the exception of one from neighbouring County Waterford.

The first six stones were collected originally by the South Munster School of Antiquaries and housed in the Royal Cork Institution (1807-1861), a civic centre for Cork public education. When the Institution closed in 1861, the stones were transferred to the then Queen's College, now University College Cork. A seventh stone was added around 1907 by Sir Bertram Windle, President of the College and its first Professor of Archaeology.

A further six stones were added to the collection in 1913, after their removal from a souterrain, in Knockshanawee. Twelve more stones from Ballyknock were donated by the Duke of Devonshire, the local landowner, and they, too, had been part of a souterrain.

Of the remaining stones, two were added before 1932. by the Reverend P. Canon Power who was Professor of Archaeology from 1915 to 1932, when he published his guide to the collection. The last stone was in place by 1945 when Professor R.A.S. Macalister published his definitive work on Ogham inscriptions.

Display boards accompany each of the 27 stones providing information on their original location and a translation of the text but for anyone looking for more detailed information a copy of the book “Ogam Stones at University College Cork” by Damian McManus would serve as an excellent reference to accompany the visit.

Open to the public, with no admission fee, a visit here is like stepping into a time machine that will take you back to an age of an ancient language recorded on stone.

A selection of photos have been included with accompanying descriptions taken from the Site Monuments Record and display panels provided by the University.

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University College Cork - Stone Corridor
University College Cork - Stone Corridor submitted by GaelicLaird : The stones await you. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

University College Cork - Stone Corridor
University College Cork - Stone Corridor submitted by GaelicLaird : Stone number 12: Officially recorded as monument number CO074-140---- This ogham stone (1.37 x 0.38 x 0.15, converted from Macalister 1945, 257, no. 262) was removed from a leacht at Seemochudha, Co. Waterford (see WA011-003001-) and is currently on permanent display in the Stone Corridor in University College Cork. It has been read by Macalister (ibid.) and McManus (2004, 17-18, no. 12) as... (Vote or comment on this photo)

University College Cork - Stone Corridor
University College Cork - Stone Corridor submitted by GaelicLaird : Stone number 28: Officially recorded as monument number CO074-152---- Discovered by Windele in 1845 in Mountmusic townland; exact location not known (CO082-095----). McManus (2004, 10) recorded the stone as missing from UCC but his visit was prior to the conservation of the collection, which was carried out in 2006. McManus didn't include a 28th stone, which was actually this ogham stone, b... (Vote or comment on this photo)

University College Cork - Stone Corridor
University College Cork - Stone Corridor submitted by GaelicLaird : Stone number 23: Officially recorded as monument number CO074-142---- This is the present location of an ogham stone (CO061-080007-) discovered in 1838 during the demolition of an 18th century Church of Ireland parish church in Aghabulloge graveyard (CO061-080002-). It is one of two ogham stones from the site, the second (CO061-080005-) remains in situ. This stone is in a damaged condition... (Vote or comment on this photo)

University College Cork - Stone Corridor
University College Cork - Stone Corridor submitted by GaelicLaird : Stone number 20: Officially recorded as monument number CO074-144---- This is the present location of an ogham stone found in Tullig More, Co Cork in 1841 (see CO061-182----). Recorded by Power (1932, 22, no. 23) as a pillar (5ft x 1ft 6ins) with well cut, clear scorings but nevertheless difficult to make sense of. He read EGSAMVVA MAQI LASCOG[I]. According to Macalister (1945, 124, no. 127...

University College Cork - Stone Corridor
University College Cork - Stone Corridor submitted by GaelicLaird : Stone number 18: Officially recorded as monument number CO074-155---- One of 15 ogham stones found in a souterrain (CO055-007003-) in a ringfort (CO055-007001-) at Ballyknock North, Co Cork (CO055-007008-). The inscription is boldly executed and is in fair condition, on diametrically opposed angles. It reads up the right-hand edge to the top and continues on the lower left-hand side re...

University College Cork - Stone Corridor
University College Cork - Stone Corridor submitted by GaelicLaird : Stone number 4: Officially recorded as monument number CO074-148---- This is the present location of the ogham stone (CO084-090003-) found in a ringfort (CO084-090001-) in Garranes, Co Cork and thought to have come from the souterrain (CO084-090002-) discovered later. According to Macalister (1945, 83, no. 81), it measures '5'9" x 1'7" x 0'7"' and reads: C[A]SSITT[A]S MAQI MUCOI CALLI...

University College Cork - Stone Corridor
University College Cork - Stone Corridor submitted by GaelicLaird : The view across the main Quad. The Stone Corridor runs from the door to the left of the flagpoles to the arch on the left.

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