What other manuscripts and information might just be lying about on some shelf, unknown, unwanted?

I decided by hunch to check the itinerary for previous tionóil using the keyword 'discovered' and can up with these entries:

2002: http://www.celt.dias.ie/english/tionol/synop02.html#ga

"New Ogam stones and an old syllabic nasal

Over the last ten years, since the publication of Damian McManus' A Guide to Ogam, a number of new ogam stones have been discovered. Many of these have come to light through the work of the various Archaeological inventories of the different counties. Others have been found during the course of excavation. One of the purposes of this paper is to draw together information on these various finds. The second part of the paper looks at the ogam stone from Andreas in the Isle of Man and re-examines its importance for the history of syllabic nasals in the light of a recent examination of the stone."

2003: http://www.celt.dias.ie/english/tionol/synop06.html#iw

"A newly discovered Irish computus containing Old Irish terminology

On a research trip through Switzerland earlier this year, I discovered a previously unknown Irish computistical textbook from the late seventh or early eighth century in the Benedictine monastery of Einsiedeln. Before this discovery, only two Irish computistical textbooks were known (namely the Munich Computus and De ratione conputandi), so that this find contributes greatly to the knowledge of Irish computistical studies in the pre-Bedan period. Moreover, this newly discovered text contains unique Old Irish terminology. The purpose of my paper is to introduce this new text by summarizing its contents, discussing its provenance and date of composition, analyzing its computistical context, and presenting the Old Irish terminology found therein."


2007: http://www.celt.dias.ie/english/tionol/synop07.html#dc

"The newly-discovered Whitley Stokes collection in the Albertina University-Library in Leipzig

During a recent research trip to Germany I discovered that the Albertina (University Library) in Leipzig has a substantial collection of manuscript notebooks belonging to the great 19th-c. Irish philologist Whitley Stokes. By a process not now known, these notebooks came to Leipzig in 1919 and have lain in the Library there untouched since then. The notebooks contain all of the transcriptions made by Stokes in the course of his long career in Celtic Studies, principally from Irish manuscripts but also from Welsh, Breton and Cornish texts. The dates of all the transcriptions are meticulously noted, so that it is possible to put together a complete chronological record of Stokes's travels and researches, during the half-century of his active career, from the 1860s until his death in 1909. This talk will outline the contents of the notebooks and the importance of this find."

[OK granted the last one is not like major or anything]


And this from 2005: http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2005/1892.html

It is always exciting to discover new things in one's field of interest.
:) :)
I hope you are enjoying those.

Beir bua agus beannacht

Well, actually, I can't say they are my field of interest (apart from the last one which covering political and social history and potentially uncovering much about the events of that period, I find interesting).

What I meant is that a lot of libraries seem to have almost zero turn over; books lie there for centuries. The may be moved many times, but never read or looked at. All sorts of old, middle, and early irish material might still be up on shelves never to be found

I fear I have misunderstood you again. It seems to be a common situation between us. Either I'm dense or you just have a unique way of expressing yourself that other people don't always understand. I suspect that its the latter of the two suggestions because I'm not the only one who misunderstands yourself, even though I do happen to be the site airhead. :) I still think that it is good to see you posting here.

Beir bua agus beannacht

Well, I think many people post stuff because they are interested in the subject; sometimes I post 'coz I think it might start a debate or someone else might be interested in it. I was interested in what other things might be out there yet to be discovered, not the things in themselves.

I can see how that might get misinterpreted! I think I am not good at writing titles either; if I ever write an album, I'll get someone else to entitle it and its tracks. People probably pass over the thread due to the title or due to me

The only reason I ever pass over threads is due to a title that suggests that I would not be interested in the topic and I only due this on a rare basis when I'm in a hurry. I usually go back and look at it later just in case someone has something to say that may be relevent to me. I never skip threads based on the name attached to them. Most people here are not specifically unliked by me and those who are still get my thread reading attention equally. I don't dislike you however, you're a kick to poke fun at and I think you have good intentions. And sometimes you write things that interest me greatly, such as your thought experiment thread.

Beir bua agus beannacht

A BhRN a chara,

When I say you're a kick to poke fun at, I mean it in a joking friendly way and not an unkind or distasteful way. I forgot to put a smiley face after it so I hope you understood that I wasn't intending any unkindness.

Beir bua agus beannacht

No no, I understand you are not malicious!