Irish researchers believe they have discovered the oldest surviving English poem, "Caedmon's Hymn," within a medieval manuscript found in a Roman library.

Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have discovered a rare copy of Caedmon's Hymn, a poem written in Old English in the late seventh century by the monk Bede, considered the oldest poem in the English language.

Caedmon's Hymn, previously known as the oldest English poem, has been re-evaluated and is now considered to be even older.

Scholars from Dublin have found a 1,200-year-old manuscript of Caedmon’s Hymn, the earliest surviving poem in the English language, in a library in Rome. The poem was composed in the seventh century by a Northumbrian cattle herder.

Dublin scientists have found a 1200-year-old manuscript of Caedmon's Hymn, a 7th-century poem by a Northumbrian shepherd, in a Roman library. The copy of the poem was long considered lost and is the oldest preserved poem in the English language.