BOOK NO: 1567 (Book numbers refer to library boxes recorded via ledger. Please contact the Librarian quoting this number if you have an interest in a specific title.)

Patrick C. Power (1862-1951): Catholic Historian, translator of Flann O’Briens ‘The Poor Mouth’ and author of ‘Sex and Marriage in Ancient Ireland'(1997) “I particularly liked the bit where it states that early Irish law didn’t hold a woman legally responsible for her actions for three days after she found out her husband’s having an affair – up to and including blood shed.” referring to Brehon Law
http://tairis-cr.blogspot.co.uk/2007/11/archive-sex-and-marriage-in-ancient.html

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