Medieval Book of Lismore returns home to Cork after 'eventful' 500-year journey

The Book of Lismore, created in the late 15th century, has been donated by the Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement to University College Cork (UCC). Picture: Clare Keogh

One of the great books of Ireland has returned home to Cork, its county of origin, almost five centuries after it was first created. 

The Book of Lismore, which contains some of the greatest masterpieces of medieval Irish literature, is to return to Cork where it was first penned in the late 15th century.