Under the Ancient Irish Brehon Laws restitution was the favoured method for dealing with wrongdoings. Compensations owed by offenders are given great attention in the legal manuscripts, but it is the mythological sagas that illustrate more vividly how this principle might have worked in practice; or at least they point to the sublime logic behind … Continue reading How Cú Chulainn Got His Name – Restitution In Irish Mythology