Legal Traditions

Some help trying to visualize the competing, and melding legal traditions of early Ireland. I’ve spoken about three major traditions:

  • A North East / Midlands tradition, represented by the Senchas Mar, and associated with the Ui Neill
  • A South West tradition, represented by the Uraicecht Becc, and associated with the Eoganacht of Munster
  • A 3rd, major tract, the Crith Gablach, is from neither school, but overlaps with the attitudes of Senchas Mar

The first two are tentatively labeled on the map below.

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