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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 ...
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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 ...
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]
The Gaelic derbfine elective kingship method in Gaelic law clashed with surrender and regrant, as male relations as distantly related as great-grandsons of a former chief or king were eligible to vote and to be elected to succeed as chief. Often, that meant that several dozen men were eligible to be elected clan chief.
The king was elected by the tuath from within a royal kin group (the derbfine), which carried the hereditary priestly function. Politically, however, the king had strictly limited functions: he was the military leader of the tuath, and he presided over the tuath assemblies.
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.
A page from the Book of Kells, made by Gaelic monastic scribes in the 9th century. Gaelic Ireland (Irish: Éire Ghaelach) was the Gaelic political and social order, and associated culture, that existed in Ireland from the late prehistoric era until the 17th century.