Man reunited with historic bog book

THE man who found a 1,200-year-old manuscript discovered in a Midland bog was yesterday reunited with the national treasure.

Edward Fogarty unearthed the book of Psalms while digging peat moss in Faddan More Bog, Co Tipperary, in July.

Yesterday he and landowners Kevin and Patrick Leonard saw the historic find, which is being kept in isolation at theNational Museum of Ireland.