CHAPTER XXV.

IRISH LAW.

Sect. I.-GENERAL.

1. Abstracts of the Patent Rolls of James I. in Ireland. With Supplement. Fol. 1883 2. Ancient Laws and Institutes of Ireland. 6 vols. 8vo. Dublin. 1865-1901

These volumes contain Senchus Mor, the Book of Aicill and the Brehon Law Tracts. Volume 6 contains a glossary to Vols. 1-5. For an account of the laws, see Maine's Early History of Institutions. 3. Arbois de Jubainville (Henri d') Etude sur le Droit Celtique avec la collaboration de Paul Collinet. 2 vols. xx + 388, x + (1) + 488 pp. 8vo. Paris.

1895

(Cours de Littérature Celtique, tom. 7, 8.) It deals with Senchus Mor.

4. Ball (J. T.) Historical Review of the Legislative System operative in Ireland, 1172-1800. vii + 256 pp., 8vo., 1888; new edit., revised and enlarged, 8vo.

1889

5. Bolton (Sir R.) Declaration setting forth how and by what means the Laws and Statutes of England from time to time came to be of force in Ireland.

6.

This has also been attributed to Patrick Darcy. It was published originally in or about 1644, and, with Sir Samuel Mayart's Answer, forms the second volume of Hibernica, edited by Walter Harris, fol., Dublin, 1740. There is also an edition of 1779.

A Justice of Peace for Ireland, declaring the Exercise of that Office by one or more Justices of Peace out of Sessions, and setting forth the forme of proceeding in Sessions. Fol. Dublin.

1683

7. Book of Rights, The. A Treatise on the Privileges of the Ancient Kings of Ireland. Edited with translation and notes by J. O'Donovan. (Celtic Society.) 8vo. Dublin.

9.

10.

12.

Bryant (S.) Liberty, Order and Law under Native Irish
Rule; a Study in the Book of the Ancient Laws of
Ireland. xxiii + 399 pp. 8vo. Dublin.

1923 Burke (O. J.) Anecdotes of the Connaught Circuit, from 1604. (2) + xxiv + 357 pp. 8vo. Dublin. 1885 History of the Lord Chancellors of Ireland, from 1186-1874. xvii + 378 pp. Ports. 8vo. Dublin.

1879

Calendar of the Patent and Close Rolls of Chancery in Ireland; edited by James Morrin. Vol. 1-[3]. xliv + 616, lxxix + 688, (2) + 700 pp. Fac-sims. 4to.

Dublin.

1. Henry VIII., Edward VI., Mary and Elizabeth, [1514-75].
2. 18th to 45th of Queen Elizabeth, [1576-1602].

1861-63

[3.] Charles the First, first to eighth year, inclusive, [1625-33]. Chartæ Privilegia, et Immunitates; Transcripts of Charters and Privileges to Cities, Towns, Abbeys, and other bodies corporate in Ireland, 18 Henry II. to Richard II., 1171 to 1395. (2) + 92 pp. Fol. n.p. 1889 ['29-30] Published in 1829-30, without a title page, and never completed. The title-page was added in 1889.

Particularly valuable for the study of municipal history. Contains letters patent and close, bulls, etc."-Gross, S. E. H.

13. Concise view of the origin, constitution and proceedings of the Hon. Soc. of the New Plantation of Ulster, commonly called the Irish Society, compiled from their records. 8vo. Privately printed.

1842

With appendix, containing the charters of Londonderry and Coleraine, inquisitions, narrative of Fishery Cause, etc., etc.

14. Dareste (Rodolphe) [Review of] Ancient Laws of Ireland. French, 19 pp., n.t.p., 4to., Extrait du Journal des Savants, 1887." Also on pp. 356-381 of his Etudes d'histoire du droit. Paris.

1899

15. Davies or Davys (Sir John) 1569-1626 Historical Tracts; [with] a new life of the author. (4) + xxxviii + 313 pp. 8vo. Dublin.

16.

1787

Contents -Discovery of the true cause why Ireland was never brought under obedience of the Crown of England.-Letter to the Earl of Salisbury on the state of Ireland in 1607.-Letter to the Earl of. Salisbury in 1610, giving an account of the Plantation in Ulster.-Speech to the Lord Deputy in 1613, tracing the ancient Constitution of Ireland.

Le Primer Report des Cases et matters en Ley resolues et adiudges, en les Courts del Roy en Ireland, [1604-12], fol., Dublin, 1615; (15) + 99 fol., fol.,

17.

London, 1628; (15) + 99 fol., fol., London, 1674; (15) + 99 fol., fol., Dublin, 1674; Une exact Table, (23) pp., fol., London, 1677; Une exact Table, (14) pp., fol., Dublin. 1677 Davies or Davys (Sir John) Report of Cases and Matters in Law, resolved and adjudged in the King's Courts in Ireland, [1604-12]; translated. (2) + 277 + (16) pp. 8vo. Dublin. 1762

As to these reports, see Palmer, 462; Dyer, 145; Latch, 238; 4 T. R.

194.

18. Duhigg (B. T.) Kings Inns Remembrancer; or an account of the Irish Judges and Crown Counsel, on the Revival of the King's Inns in 1607. 8vo. Dublin.

19.

1805

History of the Kings Inns, or an account of the Legal Body of Ireland from its connection with England. 8vo. Dublin.

1806 20. Erck (J. C.) Repertory of the Inrolments on the Patent Chancery in Ireland; commencing with Vol. 1, pt. 1. 8vo. Dublin.

Rolls of
James I.
Fisher (J.)

8vo.

1846 History of Landholding in Ireland. 135 pp.

1877 22. Gale (P.) Inquiry into the Ancient Corporate System of Ireland.

8vo.

A valuable appendix of charters.

1834

23. [Gilbert (J. T.)] History, Position, and Treatment of the Public Records of Ireland. By an Irish Archivist. 2nd edit.

1864 Historical and Municipal Documents of Ireland, 1172-1320. 8vo. (Rolls Series.)

24.

1870

Contains ordinances, charters, rolls of the gild merchant, etc.

25. Ginnell (L.) The Brehon Laws. A Legal Handbook. vii + 249 pp. 8vo. London.

1894

Ancient law-Existing remains of Irish Law-The Senchus MōrLegislative Assemblies-Classification of society-Law of distrainingCriminal law-Leges minores.

26. Graves (J.) A Roll of the Proceedings of the King's Council in Ireland for a portion of the 16th year of the Reign of Richard the Second, A.D. 1392-93. With an appendix. ci 342 pp. 8vo. (Rolls Series.)

1877

This Roll traces the itinerary of the Earl of Ormonde, Lord Justice of Ireland, and contains the petitions presented to him and the Council with the Answers and Orders.

Hardiman. Statute of Kilkenny.

28. His Majesties Directions for the ordering and settling of the Courts and Course of Justice within his Kingdome of Ireland. 4to. Dublin.

1622

29. Hyde (D.) Literary History of Ireland. 8vo. Contains a chapter on the Brehon Laws.

1899

30. Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellaria Hiberniæ asservatarum Repertorium. [Edited by James Hardiman.] 2 vols., not paged. Fol. [Dublin.]

1826-29

31. Liber Munerum Publicorum Hiberniæ from 1152 to 1827, or the Establishment of Ireland from 19 Stephen to 7 George IV. Being the Report of Rowley Lascelles (unfinished). 2 vols. Fol.

1852

32. Lucas (C.) Great Charter of the Liberties of Dublin; transcribed and translated into English, with notes. vi + xliv +31 + 36 pp. 12mo. Dublin.

1749

33. Lynch (W.) The Law of Election in the Ancient Cities and Towns of Ireland traced from original Records, with facsimile engravings, and an appendix of documents. 90 pp. 8vo. London.

34.

35.

A history of the subject from the 12th century.

1831

Illustrations of the Law and Usage of the Prescriptive Baronies of Ireland, as distinguished from the Law of Baronies by writ peculiar to England, deduced from unpublished Decisions and other sources of original Evidence. Fol. Dublin. 1835

View of the Legal Institutions, Honorary Hereditary Offices, and Feudal Baronies established in Ireland during the reign of Henry the Second. xxiv + 360 pp.

4to.

1830 36. Macauliffe (M. J.) Gaelic Law: The Berla Laws, or, the Ancient Irish Common Law. [The Book of Aicill.] 120 pp. 8vo. Dublin.

37. Mayart (Sir S.)

1925

Answer to a Book intitled a Declaration setting forth how and by what means the Laws and Statutes of England from time to time came to be of force in Ireland written by Sir Richard Bolton (q.v.). Printed in vol. 2 of Harris, Hibernica, fol., Dublin, 1750. It includes a large number of early cases and statutes extracted from the Records.

38. Meyer (Kuno) Cáin Adamnáin: an old Irish treatise on the law of Adamnan. Translated. 8vo. Oxford. 1905 A law promulgated in 697 for the protection of women and children against violence.

39. Mills (J.) Calendar of the Justiciary Rolls: or, Proceedings in the Court of the Justiciar of Ireland, preserved in the Public Record Office of Ireland, xxiii to xxxv years of Edward I., [1295-1307]. 2 vols. 4to. Dublin.

1905-14

(To be continued to 18 Richard II. in about 8 volumes.) The Court of the Justiciar was the representative in Ireland of the Curia Regis in England. These abstracts have been made on a uniform plan. The substance of each entry is given in as condensed a form as seemed compatible with shewing all the facts stated. Every name is mentioned and each stage in the proceedings.

Modus tenendi Parliamenta et Consilia in Hibernia; published out of an antient record by Anthony [Dopping], Bishop of Meath. [With] the Rules and Customs of the House, gathered out of the Journal Books from the time of Edward the Sixth by H[enry] S[cobell]. (7) + 9 + 47 pp., 16mo., Dublin, [1692]; 8vo., Dublin.

1772

41. Montgomery (W. E.) History of Land Tenure in Ireland. vi + (2) + 191 pp. 8vo. (Yorke Prize Essay.) Cambridge. 1889 Mountmorres (Viscount) History of the Principal Transactions of the Irish Parliament, from 1634 to 1666, [with] a discourse on the Ancient Parliament of that kingdom. 2 vols. 8vo.

42.

1792

43. Nicholls (Sir G.) History of the Irish Poor Law, in connection with the condition of the people. 8vo. 1856 44. O'Donovan (J., editor) Leabhar na g-Ceart, or the Book of Rights, with translation and notes. 8vo. (Celtic Society.) Dublin.

1847

45. Orpen (G. H.) Ireland under the Normans, 1169-1216. 2 vols. 8vo. Oxford.

1911

46. O'Sullivan (F.) Early Institutions of Ireland. 8vo.

Dublin.

1902

47. Rotulorum Patentium et Clausorum Cancellaria Hiberniæ Calendarium, [1154-1509]. Edited by Edward Tresham. Vol. 1, pars 1. ix + (7) + 273 + (118) pp. Fol. [Dublin.]

1828