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Recently I visited Trinity's "Long Room" Library and had a rare opportunity to see some old and valuable manuscripts.

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Part of the Brehon Law corpus, details legal principles governing beekeeping in early medieval Ireland.

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A 14th-century manuscript, contains a detailed diagram of the Tige MidchΓΊarta, the banqueting hall at the Hill of Tara.

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Compiled in the 12th century, this book is a cornerstone of Irish literary tradition. It includes the Book of Invasions, Tale of Conchobar, and the Dindshenchas, a collection of place-name lore. It also contains another diagram of the banqueting hall at Tara.

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This page features a rare circular diagram of the Ogham script, an early Irish alphabet often inscribed on stone.

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