For those of you who are unfamiliar with what the Ogham is, it is an ancient medieval script or alphabet that was used as the written form of Old Irish, as well as other primitive Gaelic based Celtic offshoots, including the Brythonic language. Ogham also has a second name, which is the Celtic Tree Alphabet, in fact the later name might even be used more often outside of an academic setting. The reason for calling it the Celtic Tree Alphabet, is because it incorporates the medieval Bríatharogam tradition of assigning the names of trees to each individual letter. Today there are approximately four hundred Ogham stone monuments and inscriptions scattered throughout Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and England, with some better preserved than others. It is the inscriptions carved into these stones, that are finding their way into tattoo ink, and then used to spell out ancient Gaelic and Celtic words and phrases on to peoples bodies.
