The grave of Mary Dempsey in Aheny, County Tipperary. This is the last known vernacular use of Ogham in Ireland, in 1802. The grave bears a script in Irish, English and Ogham.
"Fa an lig so na lu ata Mari ni Dhimusa / o mballi na gCranibh” (“Beneath this stone lieth Mári Ní Dhíomasaigh from Ballycrann”)
There was a north Waterford scribe: Peter O’Morrisey who was still writing his poems in Latin & Ogham scripts until his death circa 1800. It appears that the grave is either inspired by him or perhaps composed by one of his students.
Tuilleadh eolas: https://www.megalithicmonumentsofireland.com/ARCHIVES/MOFM_2010/H1_AUGUST_2011.html
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