Kuno Meyer: The German Who Gave Ireland Back Its Voice
Kuno Meyer was born in Hamburg, taught German in Liverpool and died in Leipzig, yet few people did more to put early Irish literature back into Irish hands. Here is…
Brehon law
Did You Know About Isolde’s Tower? The Irish Princess Beneath Temple Bar
Thousands of people walk past Isolde's Tower every week without knowing it is there. It sits behind an iron gate on Exchange Street Lower, on the western edge of Temple…
INSIDE THE BREHON COURTS: JUSTICE, JUDGES AND SURETIES IN EARLY IRELAND
For over a thousand years, Ireland ran a legal system with no police force, no prisons, and no state courthouse, and it worked. Disputes were heard, judgements were handed down,…
Brehons, Brahmins, and an Irish Scholar who made an Incredible Connection
Myles Dillon spent fifty years arguing that early Ireland and ancient India shared more than a distant ancestor — this is his story, and his case
What Does Brehon Law Say About the Sea? Muirbretha—Sea Judgements
Muirbretha, the "sea-judgements," is the main surviving Brehon law text on maritime affairs, and it survives only because a handful of scribes thought it worth copying fragments of it into…
Trial by Truth: The Twelve Ordeals of Brehon Law and the Testament of Morann
When people imagine early Irish law, they usually picture the brithem — the brehon — weighing evidence and handing down a careful judgement based on precedent. That's true enough for…
Ireland’s Oldest Rule for Kings: Tell the Truth, or Watch the Kingdom Die
Imagine a political idea so old and so serious that a king who told a lie could, in theory, cause the harvest to fail.
The Spirit of the Law: What Irish Mythology Can Teach Us About Ancient Irish Laws
A guide to the principles of Ireland's ancient legal tradition, told through myth and legend. The Demise of the Brehon Laws? Sir John Davies wrote the following in a treatise…
What the Brehon Laws Understood About Relationships That We’re Still Figuring Out
Long before modern contract law, before the Anglo-Norman invasions rewrote Ireland's social fabric, and centuries before the Church imposed its singular vision of marriage across the land, the early Irish had developed one of the most nuanced legal frameworks for human relationships in the ancient world.
Is it Possible to be Indigenous in Ireland Today? A Conversation with Lorcan MacBride
Dive deep into the soul-stirring revival of Ireland's ancient indigenous spirit in this exclusive interview with 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗰𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲, a trailblazing founder of Far and Wild (an outdoor adventure enterprise) and…
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