Medieval book of psalms discovered in bog

A CHANCE discovery by a bulldozer driver has unearthed the most significant medieval manuscript found in Ireland in two centuries.

The fragments of a book of psalms, which could be 1,200 years old, is undergoing examination by experts from the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin.

The find was made last Thursday when a worker spotted something in the bucket of his bulldozer on a bog in the south midlands. Museum officials were unwilling to reveal any further details of the site last night and are conducting excavations to determine if further artefacts might be found.