Ogham tattoo translation

crusha101 · 26-07-2016 09:56AM #1

Hi I am looking at getting my family names tattooed in ogham writing , I understand ogham was not a language but an alphabet so its fairly hard to translate directly , anyone know how i can go about translating irish surnames to ogham , i don't quite trust the online translators, thanks a million for any help.

Bluefoam · 26-07-2016 11:25AM

I researched the same.... My uncle gave me allot of advice & is a Gaeilgeoir and something of a historian & scholar... No one can be sure what the original alphabet truly was, it was probably quite loose and different from region to region, clan to clan... There are two main ones online & either are acceptable in modern terms.

My advice is:

chose the alphabet you are most comfortable with
translate into accurate Irish (I'd be looking at older dialects)

If you do both of these things, you are staying relatively true to the origins of ogham & should be satisfied with the resulting script. I haven't had mine done yet, but I will. The aim for me is that the message is concealed and have allot of meaning, but only for me & those who know... it will be quite original visually.

Allot of Ogham is read from bottom to top, but I believe it can also be used the other way around... Most important is its meaning to you

raze_them_all_ · 27-07-2016 12:51AM

Bluefoam wrote: »

I researched the same.... My uncle gave me allot of advice & is a Gaeilgeoir and something of a historian & scholar... No one can be sure what the original alphabet truly was, it was probably quite loose and different from region to region, clan to clan... There are two main ones online & either are acceptable in modern terms.

My advice is:
chose the alphabet you are most comfortable with

translate into accurate Irish (I'd be looking at older dialects)

If you do both of these things, you are staying relatively true to the origins of ogham & should be satisfied with the resulting script. I haven't had mine done yet, but I will. The aim for me is that the message is concealed and have allot of meaning, but only for me & those who know... it will be quite original visually.

Allot of Ogham is read from bottom to top, but I believe it can also be used the other way around... Most important is its meaning to you

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Bluefoam · 27-07-2016 04:20AM

I did say to translate into accurate Irish...

Bluefoam · 27-07-2016 04:20AM

I did say to translate into accurate Irish...

bobdcow · 05-08-2016 07:06PM

Ogham is read bottom up

Ogham tattoo translation

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