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Anfuigell
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Ántéchtae breth
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Athgabál bech
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Old Irish legal passage (CIH 898.19-27) on ‘the distraint of bees’, which forms part of a commentary on the various forms of distraint.
Berrad airechta
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Bráthchae (Bráth Caí)
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Bretha Bríge Ambue
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A presumed early Irish legal text that is known only through references made to it in Irish sources; or perhaps a collective name for the sayings attributed to Bríg Ambue.
Bretha crólige
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Bretha Déin Chécht
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Early Irish legal tract which offers a detailed account of compensations for wounding depending on the nature of the injury, its severity, the part of the body, etc.
Bretha Doet Nemthine
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An early Irish legal text that is known from references elsewhere. It does not survive or at least, no passages have been identified as belonging to this text.
Bretha Echach maic Luchta
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An early Irish legal text that is known from references elsewhere. It does not survive or at least, no text has been identified as belonging to this text.
Bretha Éogain maic Durthacht
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An early Irish legal text that is known from references elsewhere. It does not survive or at least, no passages have been identified as belonging to this text.
Bretha forloisctheo
prose
Bretha nemed toísech
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ForannánForannán
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Old Irish legal tract on the law of privileged persons (nemed), with particular attention being paid towards churchmen, poets and judges.
Bretha nemed toísech
Final third of Bretha nemed toísechform undefined
The final third of Bretha nemed toísech, much of which is presented as an address by the judge Morand to his pupil Neire. The text is primarily concerned with judges and judgments.
Bretha sén formae
prose
An Old Irish law tract which is thought to have belonged to the third part of the Senchas Már. The full text is lost, but parts of it are known from a marginal fragment and a few citations in O’Davoren’s glossary.
Bretha treibdíri
prose
An early Irish legal text, now lost except for a single statement about honour-price.
Cáin Adomnáin
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Adomnán
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Adomnán
(fl. c.628–704)
Adomnán mac Rónáin was abbot of Iona (r. 679–704) and author of the Latin Life of St Columba and an account of the holy places of the Near East (De locis sanctis). He is credited with the proclamation of the Lex innocentium or Cáin Adomnáin at the Synod of Birr.
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Old Irish legal-ecclesiastical text originating in a law which was promulgated at the 697 Synod of Birr (Co. Offaly) and was apparently drafted by Adomnán, abbot of Iona. The law sought to exempt women, children, clergy and other non-combatants from combat in warfare.
Cáin Chormaic
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An early Irish legal text of which no more than a fragment survives. It appears to have included a treatment of unintentional arson and possibly, deliberate arson as well (Breatnach).
Cáin Fhuithirbe
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Cáin lánamna
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