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Early Irish law, [1] also called Brehon law (from the old Irish word breithim meaning judge [2]), comprised the statutes which governed everyday life in Early Medieval Ireland. They were partially eclipsed by the Norman invasion of 1169, but underwent a resurgence from the 13th until the 17th century, over the majority of the island, and ...
Towards the end of the 13th century, elements of native Irish Brehon law through necessity were incorporated into the English common law in the areas of The Pale; it was referred to as March Law. King Edward I of England , had a need at that time to divert much-needed resources from Ireland, to concentrate on conflicts elsewhere.
Brehon Laws have a reputation among modern scholars as rather progressive in their treatment of women, with some describing the law as providing for equality between the sexes. [32] However, the Laws generally portray a patriarchal and patrilineal society in which the rules of inheritance were based on agnatic descent. [33]
The beginning of Bretha Déin Chécht (National Library of Ireland MS G 11, p. 451).. Bretha Déin Chécht (Old Irish for "Judgments of Dian Cécht" [1]: xvi ) is an early Irish legal text on the law of illegal injury, detailing the fines due to the injured in a great multitude of cases.
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The Brehon Laws governed everyday life and politics in Ireland until the Norman invasion of 1171 (the word "Brehon" is an Anglicisation of breitheamh (earlier brithem), the Irish word for a judge). The laws were written in the Old Irish period (ca. 600–900 AD) and probably reflect the traditional laws of pre-Christian Ireland.