Brehon
Historic mediative and judicial role in Gaelic culture / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Irish judicial role. For the Scottish judicial role, see Brithem.
Brehon (Irish: breitheamh, pronounced [ˈbʲɾʲɛhəw]) is a term for a historical arbitration, mediative and judicial role in Gaelic culture. Brehons were part of the system of Early Irish law, which was also simply called "Brehon law". Brehons were judges, close in importance to the chiefs.
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