“And that, without deceit, is the first judgement in Ireland: so that thence,

with very noble judgement, it is the right of his wife against Partholón.”

Lebor Gabhála Érenn §30.

The First Judgment in Ireland

This short story from the Lebor Gabhála Érenn (Book of the T...

Last week I joined Steven Clyde from the Peace and Liberty Podcast to discuss the topic of Anarchy in Ireland. While I know that anarchy (not in the chaotic sense but) as philosophical value or political system was not the goal of early Irish society, nor did the early...

How the old ways of the Brehon Laws could improve modern society

It is one of the world’s oldest systems of verifiable jurisprudence next to the Vedic laws. And these native Irish laws bear striking resemblance to the laws of other pre-colonial or non-colonial societies. 

Much of the Brehon Laws were codified into books at a later da...

The Reverend John O’Hanlon wrote on the topic of the native Irish belief in the fairy-folk in his article titled Fairy Beliefs – Irish Folklore saying they were regarded “by the peasantry to partake of a mixed human and spiritual nature”.

He continues, Although invisibl...