stones historical waterford

Two Ogham stones standing in an enclosure composed of an earthen ditch which also contained an iron-smelting pit. The inscriptions on the tow stones read: COLLABOT MUCOI LUGA MAQI LOBACCONA (Collabot son of Lug son of Lobchu) MEDUSI MACI LU (later corrected to )MUCOI LUGA. A third stone with the inscription RITUVVAS has been removed to the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin....

Ardmore is the oldest Christian settlement in Ireland. St. Declan lived in the period 350 -450 AD and christianised this area before the coming of St. Patrick. St. Declan's feast day is "Pattern Day" every 24th of July....

The Ogham stones were found built into the roof of a souterrain, and have a now been re-erected above ground and fenced off. The inscriptions are as follows: MANU MAGUNO GATI MOCOI MOCORBO CALUNOVIC. MAQI MUCOI LIT... MAQI-INI...TTEAS CUNALEGEA MAQI C ... SALAR CELI AVI QUECI BIGU MAQI LAG BIR MAQI MUCOI ROTTAIS MAQI NE ... ROTTAIS MAQI NE ... AS DENAVEC ... COI MEDALO BRO ... AS SOVALINI over which was later written DEAGOS MAQI MUCO ... NAI...