Ireland's oldest known manuscript, the Codex Usserianius Primus, or First Book of Ussher, is to go on display following conservation by Trinity College Dublin. The work is believed to date to the 5th Century AD, centuries before the better known Book of Kells.
The full story is http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/oldest-known-irish-manuscript-to-be-exhibited-publicly-1.1840340
Chris
Now available for UK research is the new second edition of the best selling Tracing Your Family History on the Internet: A Guide for Family Historians, whilst my new book British and Irish Newspapers is also now out. And FindmyPast - please reinstate the original Scottish census citations on your new site.
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