ogham?

[TEMPLAR KNIGHT]

hi everyone i thought this would be a good place to post my question, im looking to translate a few english words into the ancient irish alphabet ogham can anyone point me to a good reliable website (or a book) that will help me with this? as ive looked at a few different websites and the alphabet seems to be changing as i go from page to page, thanks in advance!

[aoife2k]

http://www.oghamdesign.ie/joomla2/in...pper&Itemid=57

I found this when I googled 'ogham'... I've got a keen interest in it myself too and this is quite a good translator. Don't let other websites confuse you though, Ogham can be written horizontal as well as vertical but don't forget the main part, it's read from bottom up.

[Dyflin]

I'd be wary of taking a commercial retailer's page on Oghams as being accurate. A quick look on this site (http://www.ancientscripts.com/ogham.html) shows it's not as straightforward as it might seem. If you want accurracy, it will take quite a bit of personal study to get this right. This isn't a 5 minute google job.

BTW, the bottom to up rule doesn't always apply;


The Book of Ballymote, a fourteenth century manuscript which is preserved in the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin.