![]() ![]() ![]() This is why some gift boxes containing hand-made JVD Claddagh Rings show the inscription of the dedicated person’s name in Ogham. To further fan the flames of confusion, many of the names of the Ogham alphabet are also words for trees, which may lend some insight into the language’s rustic origins.Īt JVD Claddagh Rings, a strong connection to Ireland’s history and heritage is important, through the Claddagh ring itself and back in time to the island’s earliest scripts and inscriptions. Ogham is technically the form of the marks themselves, whereas the collective word for them is Beith-Luis-Nin - the first few letters - rather like we use the word ‘alphabet’ which we borrow from the Greek ‘alpha’ and ‘beta’. Many of the surviving inscriptions show personal names. The origins of Ogham are somewhat unclear, but it certainly predates Old Irish, and of course modern Irish, or Gaelic as you might have heard it called. Yes, this was a JVD Claddagh Rings creation for a lady called Tricia. Reading from the bottom: three left strokes is a T, five diagonal strokes is an R, five notches is an I, four left strokes is a C, then there’s another I, and one notch is an A - TRICIA. ![]() In the picture above, you can see the inscription uses a vertical line, contained by an up arrow and a down arrow. For short inscriptions you usually read vertically, from bottom to top. It’s organised into four groups of marks: notches, left side strokes, right side strokes and diagonal or perpendicular strokes. Ogham is nearly two thousand years old and survives in inscriptions in Ireland and some parts of Wales. Almost like if you dropped the h of home, but not quite. Despite what you might think when you google the term, Ogham is pronounced oh-um, with the accent on the first syllable. Ever heard of the Ogham alphabet? No, I hadn’t either until I started to get involved in the world of Joe Duff, designer of JVD Claddagh Rings. ![]()
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