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The 11th-century tool may have been used to record family lineages and trade agreements

Archaeologists excavating a medieval stone fort in western Ireland have discovered what they say is the oldest known ink pen ever found in the country. The writing tool, made of a hollow bone barrel with a copper-alloy point, or nib, was...

Archaeologists working at a ringfort have found the oldest known ink pen in Ireland, made of bone with a copper alloy nib, used for secular writing.

An Irish archaeologist has uncovered the oldest ink pen in Ireland during excavations in the Burren in County Clare. 

Archaeologist Michelle Comber of the National University of Ireland, Galway unearthed the medieval writing implement from the Caherconnell Cashel.