Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

    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. [...]

Above: Picture of Sir Edward Poyning Henry was determined to assert his authority, at least over his own officials and Parliament. Sir Edward Poynings was sent across as Lord Deputy in 1494, and Kildare joined him in an uneventful expedition to the north. Poynings had been accompanied by a full set of new officials and [...]