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1The Brehon Laws — The Brehon Laws † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Brehon Laws Brehon law is the usual term for Irish native law, as administered in Ireland down to almost the middle of the seventeenth century, and in fact amongst the native Irish until… …
2airt — /airt/; Scot. /ayrddt/, Chiefly Scot. n. 1. a direction. v.t. 2. to point out the way; direct; guide. Also, airth /airth/; Scot. /ayrddth/. [1400 50; late ME (Scots) a(i)rt < ScotGael àird point, quarter of the compass; c. Gk árdis arrowhead. The …
3airt — v. t. [Also spelled {airth}.] [Chiefly Scottish] 1. to point out the way; to direct or guide. [WordNet 1.5] 2. channel into a new direction Syn: redirect [WordNet 1.5] …
4The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne — (Irish: Tóraigheacht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne or Tóraíocht Dhiarmada agus Gráinne in modern spelling) is an Irish prose narrative surviving in many variants. A tale from the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology, it concerns a love triangle between the… …
5airt — I Cleveland Dialect List quarter of the heavens, direction or poeint of the compass: the wind is in a cold airt II North Country (Newcastle) Words a point or part of the horizon or compass; a district or portion of the country …
6airt — verb channel into a new direction redirect your attention to the danger from the fundamentalists • Syn: ↑redirect • Hypernyms: ↑send, ↑direct • Hyponyms: ↑sublimate …
7airt — [[t]ɛərt[/t]] also airth [[t]ɛərθ[/t]] n. Chiefly Scot. 1) scot. a direction 2) scot. to direct; guide • Etymology: 1400–50; < ScotGael àird point, quarter of the compass …
8History of the Jews in Ireland — The history of the Jews in Ireland extends back nearly a thousand years. Although the Jewish community has always been small in numbers (1,930 in the Republic of Ireland according to the 2006 census), it has generally been well accepted into… …
9Cycles of the Kings — The Cycles of the Kings, also known as the Kings Cycles or the Historical Cycle are a body of Old and Middle Irish literature. They contain stories of the legendary kings of Ireland, for example Cormac mac Airt, Niall of the Nine Hostages, Éogan… …
10Cormac mac Airt — (son of Art), also known as Cormac ua Cuinn (grandson of Conn) or Cormac Ulfada (long beard), was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. He is probably the most famous of the ancient High Kings, and… …
