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Tue 06 Jun 2010Collection of rare books to be taken into State care
A COLLECTION of rare books, described by experts as the most important of its kind in Ireland outside Dublin is being taken into State care by the Office of Public Works.
The Bolton Library in Cashel, Co Tipperary, was established by an 18th century Church of Ireland archbishop (Theophilus Bolton) and contains a unique collection of 11,000 antiquarian European books, maps and pamphlets including works by Dante and Machiavelli.
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