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Kelly, Fergus, The MacEgan legal treatise, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, School of Celtic Studies, 2020.

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Work
The MacEgan legal treatise
Place
Dublin
Publisher
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, School of Celtic Studies
Year
2020
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Abstract (cited)
This treatise is attributed to Giolla na Naomh Mac Aodhagáin (MacEgan), chief judge of the province of Connacht, who died in battle in 1309 alongside his king Aodh Ó Conchobhair (O'Conor). It is of special importance as it provides a professional lawyer's account of Irish ‘Brehon’ law in the period after the Anglo-Norman invasion of 1169. The castle photographed here  [on the cover] is Redwood (Coillte Ruadha), Co. Tipperary, occupied from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries by descendants of Giolla na Naomh.
Subjects and topics
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early Irish law 14th century
History, society and culture
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Giolla na Naomh Mac AodhagáinMac Aodhagáin (Giolla na Naomh)
(fl. 15th century)
Irish scribe.
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Mac Aodhagáin familyMac Aodhagáin family
MacEgans
Mac Aedagáin; MacEgan (anglicized); important learned family of legal historians and scribes based in Connacht and Co. Tipperary.
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Aodh Ó ConchobhairÓ Conchobhair (Aodh)
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C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
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June 2020, last updated: July 2023