Learn about Donegal Square
Welcome to Donegal Square! Our goal is to bring the best of Ireland and the British Isles straight to you, as if you were visiting Ireland with your friends and family…no passport required of course!
Ogham is the first known written language of Ireland. Surviving examples exist on stone
carvings, tombstones, and road markers. It has been found all over the Celtic Isles. Ogham writing dates back to around 400 AD, originally used as a secret means of communication in early Christian Ireland. It was named for Ogmos, the Celtic God of knowledge and communication, and consists of twenty letters, each named for a different tree believed sacred to the Druids. Each letter is made up of one to five straight or angled lines incised on a straight baseline. Ogham was carved and read from bottom to top, and from right to left.