"Brehon" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... which Cormac regulated for himself and all kings who should come after him was the number and quality of the officers who should be in constant attendance on the King. Of these he ordained that there should be ten, to wit one lord, one brehon, one druid, one physician, one bard, one historian, one musician and three stewards. The function of the brehon, or judge, was to know the ancient customs and the laws of Ireland, and to declare them to the King whenever any matter ...
— The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland • T. W. Rolleston |
