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Brehon (Irish: breitheamh,
pronounced [ˈbʲɾʲɛhəw]) is a term for a
historical arbitration, mediative, and
judicial role in
Gaelic culture.
Brehons were...
- ask what
relationship did
Brehons have with clerics. Some scholars,
known as anti-nativists, have
suggested that the
Brehons were
nothing more than clerics...
- of the
Southern Cross extension to the M50. ... name from the
unusual Brehons Chair on the site, one of six
Stone Age
portal tombs ..
northern flank...
- but it is
unclear how much they
would have had to rely on
brehons.
Kings had
their own
brehons to deal with
cases involving the king's own
rights and to...
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early written judicial system, the
Brehon Laws,
administered by a
professional class of
jurists known as the
brehons. The
Chronicle of
Ireland records...
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September 1941, and the
building was
dedicated on 15
January 1943.
General Brehon Somervell provided the
major impetus to gain
Congressional approval for...
- The
Bréhon Tower (French pronunciation: [bʁeɔ̃]; or Fort
Brehon) is
accessible only by boat and sits on
Bréhon Rock, an
island in the
Little Russell channel...
- Mac Aodhagáin (English: Egan or Keegan), is an
Irish Gaelic clan of
Brehons who were
hereditary lawyers -
firstly to the Ó
Conchobhair Kings of Connacht...
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based on old
Norse law.
Various other systems derived from
common Celtic or
Brehon laws
survived in the
Highlands until the 1800s.
Scots law
provides for three...
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people ruled by the lord. Literally, it
meant an "****embly",
where the
Brehons would hold
their courts upon
hills to
arbitrate the
matters of the lordship...
