The Little Book of Irish Science SFI Little Book of Irish Science | Page 80

77 1899
Cork native, Humphrey O’Sullivan is
responsible for rubber-soled shoes, designed
to aid his sore feet from standing at a
printing press all day at work.
78 560AD
In a dispute over who rightfully owned the copy of
a book of psalms, King Diarmait Mac Cerbhaill, king
of Tara, gives the fi rst legal ruling on copyright: ‘To
every cow her calf, to every book its copy’.