Limerick historian 'blown away' by discovery of documents

Dr O’Brien along with his colleague Dr Helene Bradley Davies will catalogue and digitise the archive. Picture: Dr Paul O'Brien

"Utterly breathtaking" historical documents dating as far back as 1695 may have been lost forever if not for a man who rescued the collection 30 years ago from a skip.  

Limerick historian Dr Paul O’Brien said he is “blown away” by the discovery of the archive spanning most of Munster that he believes will “tell the story of land ownership in Ireland.”