The Book of Ballymote became O'Gorman’s property when he purchased it for £20 from a millwright's widow in Drogheda. O’Gorman deciphered the Ogham script and translated it. He asked Gabriel Beranger, a Dutch artist interested in illustrating Irish antiquities, to copy some of its illustrations. He left it with Cathal Ó Conchobhair of Belanagare (The ... Read more
