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The derbfine (English: / ˌ d ɛr ɪ ˈ v iː n i / DERR-iv-EE-nee; Irish: dearbhfhine [ˌdʲaɾˠəˈvʲɪnʲə], from derb 'real' + fine 'group of persons of the same family or kindred', thus literally 'true kin' [1]) was a term for patrilineal groups and power structures defined in the first written tracts in early Irish law. Its principal ...
Chiefs were elected from their clan's "Derbfine", a group of cousins who were all at least the great-grandsons of former chiefs. In the Tudor period the Kingdom of Ireland was established in 1542, and many of the former autonomous clan chiefs were assimilated under the English legal system via the policy of surrender and regrant. At the same ...
Whether he could waive it without consulting his clan derbfine is part of this debate. Conn Bacach's grandson Hugh was not proclaimed king at Tullyhogue in 1593, but assumed the title after arranging to pay Turlough Luineach an annuity.
This is followed by the derbfine (certain-kin)—descendants of a common great-grandfather, iarfine (after-kin)—descendants of a common great-great-grandfather, and the indfine (end-kin), all of which contain the old Irish word for kin or family, fine. [62] The derbfine is, by far, the kin-group most commonly mentioned. [63]
Niall Garve O'Donnell [a] (Irish: Niall Garbh Ó Domhnaill; [7] c. 1569 – 1626) was an Irish nobleman and soldier, alternately a rebel against and ally of English rule in Ireland.
The firedog was found in a field at Carreg Goedog Farm in Capel Garmon, Conwy.It was deeply buried on its side when found, with a large stone at both ends. The way in which the artefact was placed suggests it may have been an offering to a Celtic god.
Breton mythology is the mythology or corpus of explanatory and heroic tales originating in Brittany.The Bretons are the descendants of insular Britons who settled in Brittany from at least the third century.
Thorfinn Torf-Einarsson [1] also known as Thorfinn Skull-splitter [2] (from the Old Norse Þorfinnr hausakljúfr) [3] was a 10th-century Earl of Orkney.He appears in the Orkneyinga saga and briefly in St Olaf's Saga, as incorporated into the Heimskringla.