Seanad debates
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
Order of Business
10:30 am
Ray Butler (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I would like to speak again about the Book of Kells today. Senator Norris is not in the Chamber, which is a shame, but I thank the people from all over Ireland and abroad who contacted me about the book when I spoke about it in the Chamber on the last occasion. The question everyone was asking was who owns the Book of Kells. Is it the Irish people or Trinity College Dublin? I saw a sign this morning when coming through the Phoenix Park which said "Our shared heritage". The people of Kells and Meath were robbed of their heritage down through the years when it came to the Book of Kells. In April 2000, one of the gospels was damaged when it was brought to Canberra in Australia. While my late father and friends in Kells-----
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