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INSIDE THE BREHON COURTS: JUSTICE, JUDGES AND SURETIES IN EARLY IRELAND

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Post published: 24 August 2026
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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,…

What Does Brehon Law Say About the Sea? Muirbretha—Sea Judgements

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Post published: 27 July 2026
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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…