We imagine there'll be some fines to be paid on this.
Marsh's Library in Dublin City took to Twitter on Monday afternoon to report that a book they'd been looking for since the 19th century had been returned to them.
A 1666 copy of The Book of Common Prayer was found by Roy Byrne of Monkstown, who recognised the the Marsh Library stamp and returned it to its loving home.
https://twitter.com/MarshsLibrary/status/927485063222251521
Going by the overdue rates used by the Trinity College library, the amount to be paid on this book would be at least €42,000... adjusted for inflation, we put that at somewhere closer to a gajillion euro.
Hopefully Marsh's Library has forgiven the debt and is simply happy to have the book safe on its shelf.
