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Brehon laws

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the ancient Irish laws, - unwritten, like the common law of England. They were abolished by statute of Edward III.

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The book covers religious disputes, political power, poets, intermarriage between early Norman settlers and the indigenous Gaels, the ancient Brehon Laws that were community based, and the influence of families such as the O'Neills, O'Donnells and the Fitzgeralds.
McCaffrey, Carmel. In search of Ireland's heroes by Julian, Janet / Kliatt
The Brehon laws she uses date back to 438 AD and are based on compensation for the victim and rehabilitation.
St Patrick's Day honour for author; ++ MEMORIES OF THE EMERALD ISLE ++ by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
It was towards the close of that year that I was introduced to him in the little room at Trinity College, where he and [John] O'Donovan were busily engaged making transcripts of the oldest texts of the Brehon Laws.
Patrick Francis Moran: the making of a scholar by Ayres, Philip / Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society
 
 
 
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