Brehon is the term in Gaels Gaelic Irish people Irish culture for a judge. The Brehons were part of the system of Brehon Law . The Brehons wore yellow robes when delivering verdicts. Several dozen families were recognised as hereditary brehon clans. See also Mac an Bhaird Mac Aodhag in Mac Fhirbhisigh Begl ighinn Cian in Cl irigh Cobhthaigh Domhnall in Duibh d Bhoireann DEFAULTSORT Brehon Category Early Gaelic law Category Judges Ireland hist stub law stub es Brehon ru ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Image Brehon s chair.jpg thumb 200px right Brehon s Chair Brehon s Chair also known as Taylors Grange is a sacred megalithic site in Rathfarnham , County Dublin , Republic of Ireland Ireland in the grounds of a private gated condominium. It is a national heritage site. The Grange Road is named after it. The Brehon Laws were statutes that governed everyday life and politics in Ireland until the Normans Norman invasion of 1171 the word Brehon is an Anglicisation of breitheamh earlier brithem , the Irish language Irish word for a judge . The laws were written in the Old Irish period ca. 600 900 AD and probably reflect the traditional laws of pre Christian Ireland. These secular laws existed in parallel with, and sometimes in conflict with, Canon law Catholic Church Canon law throughout the early Christian period. The monument comprises three 8.5 metre granite stones in the shape of a chair. The Brehon s Chair is believed to have been the seat of Judgement of the Arch druid . When the settlement around the chair was excavated, flint tools were among the artefacts found there. This stone passage tomb is often misunderstood to have been a chair, as is often told in local history. However, excavations have found it to have been a passage tomb similar to that of Newgrange found in Boyne Valley. The two side stones were a basic door frame with the rear stone being the door or portal stone. These remaining features of the tomb entrance now give the impression of a large seat. coord 53.267832 N 6.264777 W type landmark region IE display title Category Rathfarnham Dublin geo stub ... more details
Infobox military person name Brehon Burke Somervell birth date birth date 1892 5 9 df yes death date death date and age 1955 2 13 1892 5 9 df yes birth place Little Rock, Arkansas death place Ocala, Florida image File Brehon Somervell.jpg caption General Brehon Burke Somervell nickname Bill allegiance United States United States of America branch United States Army serviceyears 1914&ndash 1946 rank File US O10 insignia.svg 35px General United States General commands Services of Supply br Army Service Forces unit United States Army Corps of Engineers Corps of Engineers battles Pancho Villa Expedition br World War I br World War II awards Distinguished Service Cross United States Distinguished Service Cross br Distinguished Service Medal United States Distinguished Service Medal 3 br Legion of Merit 2 ref harvnb Ancell and Miller 1996 pp 301 302 ref relations laterwork President of Koppers Brehon Burke Somervell 9 May 1892 &ndash 13 February 1955 was a General officer General in the United States Army and Commanding General of the Army Service Forces in World War II . As such he was responsible for the U.S. Army s logistics. Following his death, the Washington Post lauded him as one of the ablest officers the United States Army has produced. ref name Vogel 2007 358 harvnb Vogel 2007 p 358 ref Somervell graduated near the top of his United States Military Academy class of 1914 and was commissioned officer commissioned in the United States Army United States Army Corps of Engineers ... the Army Service Forces, the logistical arm of the United States Army. Early life Brehon Burke Somervell ... Brehon Somervell ref harvnb Ohl 1994 p 67 ref The 89th Division returned to the United States in May ... General Brehon B. Somervell , a US Army Reserve logistics support vessel that can carry up to convert ... New York City isbn 0812973259 good article Persondata NAME Somervell, Brehon B. ALTERNATIVE NAMES ... DEFAULTSORT Somervell, Brehon Burke Category 1892 births Category 1955 deaths Category American ... more details
July 2010 accessdate 27 May 2011 ref It is named for General Brehon B. Somervell , the Commanding ... publisher Web3.userinstinct.com accessdate 27 May 2011 ref References reflist DEFAULTSORT General Brehon ... more details
Orphan date May 2011 Breisle in was the surname of an Irish people Irish brehon family. The Breisle in were natives of Fanad , County Donegal , and a branch of the family later became brehons to the Maguire of County Fermanagh The surname is now anglacised as Breslin . M1495.18 ... O Breslen, i.e. Owen, the son of Owen, son of Petrus, Chief Brehon to Maguire ..., died. M1524.23 O Breslen Owen Oge, the son of Owen , Ollav to Maguire in judicature, died. External links http www.irishtimes.com ancestor surname index.cfm?fuseaction Go.&UserID DEFAULTSORT O Breisleain Category Surnames Category Irish families Category Irish Brehon families Category Surnames of Irish origin Category Irish language surnames Category Families of Irish ancestry ... more details
Fedlim Mac Giolla Sean in Brehon lawyer and Canon lawyer , died 12 July 1507. Mac Giolla Sean in was a member of an Irish people Irish brehon family of south Ulster and north Leinster , originally from what is now County Tyrone . The Annals of the Four Masters give his obituary sub anno 1507 Felim Maguinnsenain, Official of Tirconnell, a select Brehon, an ecclesiastic eminent for piety and benevolent deeds, died on the 12th of July. The surname is now rendered as Gilsenan. Latter day bearers of the name include the film maker, Alan Gilsenan . External links http www.ucc.ie celt published T100005E http www.irishtimes.com ancestor surname index.cfm?fuseaction Go.&UserID Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Mac Giolla Sean in, Fedlim ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1507 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Mac Giolla Seanain, Fedlim Category Medieval Gaels Category Irish lawyers Category People from County Tyrone Category 16th century Irish people Category 1507 deaths ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 In Irish mythology , Ain and her sister wrote the Brehon Laws which protected the rights of women. DEFAULTSORT Ain Mythology Category Irish mythology Celt myth stub et Ain iiri m toloogia ... more details
Curn n was the name of a brehon literary family of Breifne , related to its kings, the Kingdom of Breifne O Rourkes . The surname is now rendered Courneen, Corneen, Coorneen, Curneen, or more rarely, Courtney . See also The monk O Curnin, a pious sage, died 1258 Tom s Curn n , ollav of the Fir Brefne, , died 1400 Cormac Curn n , died 1475 Ruaidr Curn n , died 1496 Conor Carragh Curn n , died 1498 Ferceirtne Curn n , died 1519 Domhnall Glas Curn n , died 1519 DEFAULTSORT O Curnin Category Surnames Category Irish families Category Irish Brehon families Category Surnames of Irish origin Category Irish language surnames Category Families of Irish ancestry ... more details
hEodhasa was the name of an Irish people Irish brehon family based in what is now County Fermanagh . The surname is now generally rendered as Hussey . See also Aengus hEodhasa , poet, died 1480. Ciothruaidh hEodhasa , poet, died 1518. Giolla Brighde hEoghusa , poet, 1608 1614. Gemma Hussey , Fine Gael Teachta D la TD and Minister government Minister , 1977 1989. References http www.irishtimes.com ancestor surname index.cfm?fuseaction Go.&UserID DEFAULTSORT O hEodhasa Category Surnames Category Irish families Category Irish Brehon families Category Surnames of Irish origin Category Irish language surnames Category Families of Irish ancestry ... more details
Corcr n was the name of a Brehon family from County Fermanagh . The surname is now generally rendered as Corcoran . See also Fl ithr Corcr n , Abbot , died 1001. Johannes Corcr in, O.S.B., Bishop of Clogher , died c. 1389 Fl ithr Corcr n , singer and harpist , d. 1496 Felimidh Corcr n , Doctor of Canon Law , d. 1522 Brian Corcr n , poet, died 1624? Edmund O Corcoran, the hero of Limerick Siege of 1691 References http www.irishtimes.com ancestor surname index.cfm?fuseaction Go.&UserID DEFAULTSORT O Corcran Category Surnames Category Irish families Category Irish Brehon families Category Surnames of Irish origin Category Irish language surnames Category Families of Irish ancestry ... more details
Cionga was the name of an Irish people Irish Brehon family of Lough Ree , County Westmeath , who spread to neighbouring areas such as County Longford and County Offaly . See also Tomas O Cinga , died 1342 Muircheartach Cionga , Old Testament translator and scribe , c. 1562 c.1639. External links http www.irishtimes.com ancestor surname index.cfm?fuseaction Go.&UserID References Dictionary of Irish Biography , volume five, pp. 209 210, Cambridge, 2009. DEFAULTSORT O Cionga Category Surnames Category Irish families Category Irish Brehon families Category Surnames of Irish origin Category Irish language surnames Category Families of Irish ancestry ... more details
Mac ind claich was the surname of a Gaels Gaelic Irish people Irish erenagh and brehon family. They were based in Killary Harbour , between what is now County Mayo and County Galway . See also Aengus Mac ind Oclaich, Archdeacon of Killery, rested in Christ , 1362 Master Florint Mac in Oclaich died this year , 1366 External links http www.ucc.ie celt published T100011 index.html DEFAULTSORT Mac Ind Oclaich Category Surnames Category Irish families Category Irish Brehon families Category Surnames of Irish origin Category Irish language surnames Category Families of Irish ancestry ... more details
Orphan date April 2011 Fiaich was the surname of a Gaels Gaelic Irish people Irish erenagh and Brehon family from County Fermanagh . The Fiaich family were of the Cen l nE gain . It is angacized as Fee . Diarmait O Fiaich, abbot of Recles Gilla Molaise Ui Gillaurain, from Tuaim, rested in Christ and was buried at Ardcarne , 1229 Tom s Fiaich , 1923 1990, Archbishop of Armagh References http www.irishtimes.com ancestor surname index.cfm?fuseaction Go.&UserID http www.cregganhistory.co.uk ofiaichcentre arms.htm DEFAULTSORT O Fiaich Category Surnames Category Irish families Category Irish Brehon families Category Surnames of Irish origin Category Irish language surnames Category Families of Irish ancestry ... more details
orphan date November 2011 Cuindlis was the name of an Irish people Irish brehon family from Ui Maine , located in present day County Galway and County Roscommon . See also Domnall Cuindlis , historian , died 1342. Murchadh Cuindlis , scribe , fl. 1398 1411. References http www.irishtimes.com ancestor surname index.cfm?fuseaction Go.&Surname Corles&UserID http www.ucc.ie celt published T100011 index.html DEFAULTSORT O Cuindlis Category Surnames Category Irish families Category Irish Brehon families Category Surnames of Irish origin Category Irish language surnames Category Families of Irish ancestry ... more details
Lorc in was the surname of an Irish people Irish brehon family. Natives of S ol Anmchadha in what is now south east County Galway , members of the family were ollamh s to the List of Kings of S ol Anmchadha Madadhan . At least one member of the family became a clerk for the Tribes of Galway by c. 1500. M1490.15 ... Thomas O Lorcan, intended Ollav to O Madden ... died. External links http www.irishtimes.com ancestor surname index.cfm?fuseaction Go.&UserID References The Tribes of Galway , Adrian James Martyn , Galway, 2001. DEFAULTSORT O Lorcain Category Surnames Category Irish families Category Irish Brehon families Category Surnames of Irish origin Category Irish language surnames Category Families of Irish ancestry ... more details
Mac Gafraidh was the surname of a Gaels Gaelic Irish people Irish brehon family. Overview The Mac Gafraidh family were ollamh s to the Maguire of Fermanagh . The surname is now generally rendered as Caffrey . Annalistic references M1478.12 Macrifferty, i.e. Ciothruadh, Ollav to Maguire in poetry ... died. External links http www.irishtimes.com ancestor surname index.cfm?fuseaction Go.&UserID http www.failteromhat.com lo1876 fermanagh i.htm DEFAULTSORT Mac Gafraidh Category Surnames Category Irish families Category Irish Brehon families Category Surnames of Irish origin Category Irish language surnames Category Families of Irish ancestry ... more details
Gn mh was the surname of an Irish people Irish brehon family. The Gn mh family were based at Larne , County Antrim , and were hereditary poets for the O Neill s and MacDonalds. The surname is now generally rendered as Agnew disambiguation Agnew . See also Fear Flatha Gn mh Eoin Gn mh External links http www.irishtimes.com ancestor surname index.cfm?fuseaction Go.&UserID References The family of Gn mh in Ireland and Scotland a look at the sources , pp. 57 71 in Nomina 8 1984 , Brian Cu v . DEFAULTSORT O Gnimh Category Surnames Category Irish families Category Irish Brehon families Category Surnames of Irish origin Category Irish language surnames Category Families of Irish ancestry ... more details
Mac Giolla Sean in was the name of an Irish people Irish brehon family. Originally of Tyrone , members of the Mac Giolla Sean in family spread into Leinster . It is now found as Gilsenan, Gilshenan, Gilshannon and several other variants. See also Fedlim Mac Giolla Sean in , d. 1507. External links http www.irishtimes.com ancestor surname index.cfm?fuseaction Go.&UserID DEFAULTSORT Mac Giolla Seanain Category Surnames Category Irish families Category Irish Brehon families Category Surnames of Irish origin Category Irish language surnames Category Families of Irish ancestry ... more details
Aedh Mac Fhlannchaidh , Irish people Irish brehon lawyer and Ollamh of Thomond , died 1492. Mac Fhlannchaidh was a native of Corcomroe , County Clare . In 1482, Murchadh Mac Fhlannchaidh , his designated successor, died. It is unknown what realtionship they bore. Aedh himself died ten years later, according to the Annals of the Four Masters 1492.34 Hugh Mac Clancy, Chief Brehon and Professor of Law in Thomond, died. External links http www.ucc.ie celt published T100005D DEFAULTSORT Mac Fhlannchaidh, Aedh Category Medieval Gaels Category Irish lawyers Category 14th century Irish people Category People from County Clare ... more details
Somervell may refer to Arthur Somervell 1863 1937 , a British composer Brehon B. Somervell 1892 1955 , an American general D. C. Somervell 1885 1965 , a British historian Donald Somervell, Baron Somervell of Harrow 1889 1960 , a British judge and Conservative politician Howard Somervell 1890 1975 , a British explorer William Somervell 1860 1934 , a British Liberal politician Surname Somervell ... more details
Domhnall in is the surname of a Brehon family from M enmaige in Ui Maine , now west County Galway . Overview They held the post of Cathmhaol or Battle Champion of Ui Maine, but by the early 14th century had become poet s and brehon s. The family took their name from Domnallan mac Maelbrigdi , fl. c. 9th 10th century. Their principal home was at Ballydonnellan, County Galway. An unrelated family of the same name was located in east Ulster . Annalistic references The Irish annals record the following M1065 Culen O Domhnallain, chief brehon of Ui Failghe, was slain by the Ui Crimhthannain. Flann ge Domhnall in , died 1342 Seaan O Domnallain , died 1368 Mael Sechlainn Domhnall in , died 1375 Flann c mac S oan Domhnall in , died 1404 Cormac Domhnall in , died 1436 Ainglioch D nall in , fl. mid 14th or mid 15th century Maelsechlainn mac Flann Domhnall in died 1461 Later bearers of the name Nehemiah Donnellan , fl. c. 1560 1609. Sir James Donnellan , Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas Ireland Common Pleas , c. 1588 1665 Nehemiah Donellan , 1649 1705, lawyer and Chief Baron of the Exchequer P dhraic Domhnall in , fl. 1830, duelist Padraig Domhnallain , born 1884, short story writer Michael Donnellan politician Michael Donnellan , 1900 1964, Clann na Talmhan politician Seosamh D nall in , died 1920, Irish Republican Army John F. Donnellan , born 1937, former politician and sportsperson Pat Donnellan , born 1941, footballer Martin Donnellan , born 1948, Garda S och na recipient of the Scott Medal Michael Donnellan Gaelic footballer , sportsperson References http www.irishtimes.com ancestor surname index.cfm?fuseaction Go.&Surname Donnellan&UserID http www.ballyd.com DEFAULTSORT O Domhnallain Category Irish families Category Surnames of Irish origin Category Surnames Category Irish language surnames Category Irish Brehon families Category Families of Irish ancestry ... more details
Wikify date December 2010 Brigh Brigaid , also spelled as Briugaid , or Brughaidh , flourished circa AD 50, Ireland was a woman who held office as a brehon , or judge, in Ireland in the 1st century AD. ref name Brooklyn Brooklyn Museum ref A brehon arbitrated disputes and interpreted the law. Brigh is mentioned in the Brehon Senchas M.C3.A1r Senchus M r , a compendium of the ancient laws of Ireland ref name Brooklyn ref Technovate ref and her decisions were cited as precedents for centuries after her death. ref Joyce ref Notes Reflist References cite web url http www.brooklynmuseum.org eascfa dinner party heritage floor brigh brigaid.php title Brigh Brigaid date March 10, 2007 work Dinner party database of notable women publisher Brooklyn Museum accessdate 2009 08 31 cite book last O Sullivan first Patrick title Irish women and Irish migration publisher Leicester University Press year 1995 pages 20 isbn 0718514254 url http books.google.com books?id rkcWAQAAIAAJ&q 22Brigh Brigaid 22&dq 22Brigh Brigaid 22&ei xumbSu jCoqukATunbF0 cite web url http technovate.org web etext LOL.html title LIBERTY ORDER & LAW Under Native Irish Rule date September 2006 publisher Technovate.org pages Chapter 1 accessdate 2009 08 31 cite book last Joyce first P.W. title A Social History of Ancient Ireland Treating of the Government, Military system, and Law Religion, Learning, and Art Trades, Industries, and Commerce Manners, Customs, and Domestic Life, of the Ancient Irish People publisher M. H. Gill & Son year 1903 chapter Chapter 12 SOCIAL AND DOMESTIC LIFE url http www.archive.org stream socialhistory2nd02joycuoft socialhistory2nd02joycuoft djvu.txt Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Brigaid,Brigh ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Brigaid,Brigh Category 1st century births Category 1st century Irish people Category Ancient Irish people Category Ancient Irish women Category Irish judges Ireland law bi ... more details
Publishing 2006 ISBN 1 905451 11 3 Chapter 12 seeking page numbers External links Brehon Law Project http groups.yahoo.com group fenechas Brehon Law Project Email discussion list and archive http ... http www.ucc.ie law irishlaw events brehon jan2002.shtml Symposium II King s Inns & Mansion House ... more details
The Taillten Fair was an annual event held in medieval times at Telltown , County Meath , Ireland . The fair was a survival or revival of the enach Tailteann , the assembly and funeral games for the goddess Tailtiu , and was held on Lughnasadh , aka Lammas Eve, August 1st . For a period of time in the twentieth century, the fair was revived as the Tailteann Games . The Fair was a time for contests of strength and skill, horse races, religious celebrations, and a traditional time for couples to contract year and a day trial marriages. Taillten marriages were legal up until the 13th century. This trial marriage practice is documented in the fourth and fifth volumes of the Brehon law texts, which are compilations of the opinions and judgements of the Brehon class of Druids in this case, Irish . The texts as a whole deal with a copious amount of detail for the Insular Celts. ref O Donovan, J., O Curry, E., Hancock, W. N., O Mahony, T., Richey, A. G., Hennessy, W. M., & Atkinson, R. eds. 2000 . Ancient laws of Ireland, published under direction of the Commissioners for Publishing the Ancient Laws and Institutes of Ireland. Buffalo, New York W.S. Hein. ISBN 1 57588 572 7. Originally published Dublin A. Thom, 1865 1901. Alternatively known as Hiberniae leges et institutiones antiquae . ref See also Handfasting Tailtiu Sources reflist Lewis Spence , The History and Origins of Druidism & Elizabeth Pepper and John Wilcock , Magical and Mystical Sites Category History of County Meath Category Druidry Ireland hist stub Paganism stub ... more details
Cluan in was the name of a brehon family from what is now County Galway MacLysaght calls it Essentially a Co. Galway name. Joseph Mannion notes that in 1551 one Nicholas O Clowan, an official of Tuam, was granted custody of the Franciscan friary at Clonkeenkerrill, County Galway. A townland in the area, now called Colmanstown, was originally Baile U Chl mh in. The poet Antoine Raifteiri 1784 1835 died at the house of a Diarmaid Cloonan, beside Killeenen church and graveyard, where he was buried. This is situated on the north bank of Rahasane turlough, in the parish of Craughwell. In the early medieval era members of the family spread into what is now County Mayo and County Sligo . It is found in all three counties as Cloonan . See also Gilla Aenghus Ua Chl mh in , poet, died 1143 Aindileas Ua Chl mh in , poet, died 1170 Caoch Ceise Chl mh in , poet, fl. 14th century Jarlath Cloonan , Galway Senior Hurling Manager 1994 1998. Eugene Cloonan player with the Galway hurling team. References The Surnames of Ireland , Edward MacLysaght , 1978 . The Life, Legends and Legacy of Saint Kerrill , Joseph Mannion, p. 93, 2004. ISBN 0 9547698 0 5 DEFAULTSORT O Chlumhain Category Surnames Category Irish families Category Irish Brehon families Category Surnames of Irish origin Category Irish language surnames Category Families of Irish ancestry ... more details
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