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In July 2006, a worker was digging near a bog, or wetlands, in Ireland. While digging, he saw something strange.

He saw pieces of vellum, animal skin that people wrote on in the past. He could see writing on the vellum. The writing was not in English.

The worker could not read it. But, he thought it looked very old. He knew that people do not use vellum to write on anymore.

He believed the writing may be important. So, he marked the place. When he returned he brought a team of scientists with him.

One of the scientists was Dr. Pat Wallace. Dr. Wallace works for the National Museum of Ireland. "Nobody has found anything like this for centuries."

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