Launch of Ogham in 3D

The OG(H)AM project, a Collaborative Digital Humanities project funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council and Taighde Éireann - Research Ireland (2021-2025), has been digitally documenting all c. 500 extant objects inscribed in the ogham script. For the first time, the project has recorded ogham writing on all media (stone pillars and small portable objects on wood, bone, or metal), from all countries in which ogham is found (Ireland, Wales, England incl. Cornwall and Devon, Scotland and the northern islands, and the Isle of Man), and extending from its origin in the 4th century until the dawn of the modern revival c. 1850.

To celebrate the work and the achievements of the OG(H)AM project, the revised Ogham in 3D website (ogham.celt.dias.ie/) will be launched on Friday 12 September in the Royal Irish Academy as part of the conference Teangeolaíocht na Gaeilge 2025. The new database contains extensive multi-disciplinary information and documentation, including 3D recordings, about all ogham inscriptions. The revised and enlarged metadata ensures searchability and accessibility of the data, and greatly expands its thematic, chronological, and geographical scope.

The launch will be followed by a reception in the Royal Irish Academy to which you are cordially the members of the OG(H)AM project cordially invite you.

The OG(H)AM project (full title: Harnessing digital technologies to transform understanding of ogham writing, from the 4^th century to the 21^st) was a collaboration of researchers at the Universities of Glasgow and Maynooth. The Ogham in 3D website is hosted by the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.