Judges were called brehons; and the law they administered is, therefore, now commonly known as the " Brehon Law."* To become a brehon a person had to go through a regular, well-defined course oftraining. The brehons were a very influential class of men, and those attached to chiefs had free lands for their maintenance. Those not so attached lived simply on the fees of their profession. It generally required great technical skill to decide cases, the legal rules, as set ... Read More