Painted for the Peter Robinson Immigration Bicentennial celebrations in the summer of 2025.
This is Ogham - an ancient Irish script - which is read vertically from bottom to top. It was etched into hundreds of standing stones throughout southern Ireland and was generally used for memorials or to mark boundaries.
My Grandpa told me about Ogham when I was a kid and I was fascinated by it. It seemed like a secret code!
So, for the anniversary of our ancestors emigrating from southern Ireland in 1825 to the Peterborough area, I thought it would be fun to create an Ogham town sign for each of the villages that they settled here. Downeyville is one of those villages.
Painted for the Peter Robinson Immigration Bicentennial celebrations in the summer of 2025.
This is Ogham - an ancient Irish script - which is read vertically from bottom to top. It was etched into hundreds of standing stones throughout southern Ireland and was generally used for memorials or to mark boundaries.
My Grandpa told me about Ogham when I was a kid and I was fascinated by it. It seemed like a secret code!
So, for the anniversary of our ancestors emigrating from southern Ireland in 1825 to the Peterborough area, I thought it would be fun to create an Ogham town sign for each of the villages that they settled here. Downeyville is one of those villages.
Painted for the Peter Robinson Immigration Bicentennial celebrations in the summer of 2025.
This is Ogham - an ancient Irish script - which is read vertically from bottom to top. It was etched into hundreds of standing stones throughout southern Ireland and was generally used for memorials or to mark boundaries.
My Grandpa told me about Ogham when I was a kid and I was fascinated by it. It seemed like a secret code!
So, for the anniversary of our ancestors emigrating from southern Ireland in 1825 to the Peterborough area, I thought it would be fun to create an Ogham town sign for each of the villages that they settled here. Downeyville is one of those villages.