The Ogham Alphabet

This table includes names common in modern references. Everson provides a much more complete list of variant names.

	OGHAM LETTERS					TREES
	standard name	Graves	Pennick	Thorsson	Everson	English name	Scientific name
	Beith	Beth	Beth	Beithe	Beith	birch	Betula pendula
	Luis	Luis	Luis	Luis	Luis	rowan	Sorbus aucuparia
	Fern	Fearn	Fearn	Fern	Fern	alder	Alnus glutinosa
	Sail	Saille	Saille	Sail	Sail	willow	Salix alba
	Nion	Nion	Nion	Nin	Nuin	ash	Fraxinus excelsior
	Uath	Uath	Huath	Huath	hÚath	hawthorn	Crataegus spp.
	Dair	Duir	Duir	Duir	Dair	oak	Quercus robur
	Tinne	Tinne	Tinne	Tinne	Tinne	holly	Ilex aquifolium
	Coll	Coll	Coll	Coll	Coll	hazel	Corylus avellana
	Ceirt	Quert	Quert	Queirt	Cert	apple	Malus sylvestris
	Muin	Muin	Muin	Muin	Muin	vine	Vitis vinifera
	Gort	Gort	Gort	Gort	Gort	ivy	Hedera helix
	nGéadal	Ngetal	Ngetal	Ngetal	nGétal	reed	Phragmites australis
	Straif	Straif	Straif	Straiph	Straif	blackthorn	Prunus spinosa
	Ruis	Ruis	Ruis	Ruis	Ruis	elder	Sambucus nigra
	Ailm	Ailm	Ailim	Ailm	Ailm	white fir	Abies alba
	Onn	Onn	Onn	Onn	Onn	gorse	Ulex europaeus
	Úr	Ura	Ur	Ur	Úr	heather	Calluna vulgaris
	Eadhadh	Eadha	Eadha	Edad	Edad	poplar	Populus tremula
	Iodhadh	Idho	Iodho	Idad	Idad	yew	Taxus baccata
	Éabhadh			Ebad	Ébad
	Ór			Oir	Ór
	Uilleann			Uileand	Uilen
	Ifín			Iphin	Ifín
	Eamhancholl			Phagos	Emancholl
	Eite				Saighead	feather or arrow
	Spás				Bearna	space

• Graves, Robert. 1966. The White Goddess. 2nd, enlarged edition. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York.
• Pennick, Nigel, and Nigel Jackson. 1991. The Celtic Oracle. Aquarian Press, London.

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