Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 20 September 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Irish Manuscripts Commission: Chairperson Designate
1:30 pm
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
I understand that Trinity College is, in many ways, the best location for the manuscript. There are four volumes to that particular manuscript. Were there a safe, climatically controlled space within Kells, a volume on loan could be provided by Trinity College which would allow local access. Trinity College makes millions of euro per annum from access to that particular document. I accept that money is well spent and I do not begrudge it that money but there are many towns and cities throughout the country that could have a massive heritage link to a particular document and could provide a space locally for access to it in a controlled and safe manner.
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