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Museum, and in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, O'Curry transcribed eight volumes full of the so-called Brehon Laws containing 2,906 pages, and O'Donovan nine more volumes containing 2,491 pages.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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The ancient laws of Ireland, the so - called Brehon laws, which a commission is now publishing, were not as yet completely transcribed when O'Curry wrote; but what had even then been transcribed was sufficient, he says, to fill nearly 8,000 of Dr. O'Donovan's pages.
Celtic Literature Matthew Arnold 1855
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By the "Brehon" law or custom, every crime, however enormous, was punished, not with death, but by a fine or pecuniary mulct, which was levied upon the criminal.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. David Hume 1743
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[This statute legally abolished the ancient code of the Irish, called the Brehon laws, and was passed in a parliament held at Kilkenny in the
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Investors are "looking for that breakthrough, which this time we may get," said Daniel Brehon , a currency analyst at Deutsche Bank in New York.
Investors Reload on Bets Against Euro As Currency Wobbles Neil Shah 2011
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"All the relative indicators for the euro in money markets and rates markets are heading the wrong way," said strategist Daniel Brehon of Deutsche Bank in New York.
Bets Against Euro Hit 17-Month High Chana R. Schoenberger 2011
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The Irish Brehon laws, though later, enshrine for women rights over property, divorce, protection from rape, and the raising of children.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Interview with Jules Watson, Part 3 2009
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European leaders will meet on Dec. 9, but expectations are low for any comprehensive solutions to come out of that summit, Mr. Brehon said.
Bets Against Euro Hit 17-Month High Chana R. Schoenberger 2011
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General Joseph Stilwell far right scowling as he poses with Mountbatten, who is flanked by Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek, and Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell in Chungking, the wartime capital of China.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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General Joseph Stilwell far right scowling as he poses with Mountbatten, who is flanked by Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek, and Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell in Chungking, the wartime capital of China.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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