Early Irish law

Early Irish law, commonly known as Brehon law, comprised the statutes and customs that governed everyday life in Gaelic Ireland during the early medieval period. Administered by professional jurists called brehons, it blended native secular custom with Christian principles absorbed after Ireland's conversion. The system continued to operate even after the Anglo-Norman invasion of 1169, coexisting with canon law and the English common law introduced in the twelfth century, and saw renewed prominence from the thirteenth century before English common law became dominant by the seventeenth century.