Armagh Library Lectures
Next week, the Armagh Robinson Library will hold an online lunchtime lecture series. This will connect with treasures in what is Northern Ireland’s oldest public library, as well as Irish Language Week (Seachtain na Gaeilge) and International Women’s Day at the start of March.
On Monday, Damian McManus, Professor of Early Irish at Trinity College, Dublin, will give a talk on ‘Ogam: Ireland’s oldest alphabet’. This illustrated talk will touch upon the origin of the Ogam alphabet, its nature, the Ogam inscriptions, their language, distribution, and date. A selection of photographs of Ogam monuments from Ireland and Britain…
