Texts

Bretha Echach maic Luchta

  • Old Irish
  • Early Irish law texts
An early Irish legal text that is known from references elsewhere. It does not survive or at least, no text has been identified as belonging to this text.
The text is mentioned in a list of bretha that occurs in the Pseudo-historical prologue to the Senchas Már as well as the literary tale Scél na Fír Flatha (§ 5).
Language
  • Old Irish
  • Hypothetical.

Classification

Early Irish law textsEarly Irish law texts
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Subjects

Eochaid mac Luchta
Eochaid mac Luchta
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
legendary king of Munster or in Munster, especially as king of North Munster while Cú Roí is king of South Munster.

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Sources

Secondary sources (select)

Breatnach, Liam, A companion to the Corpus iuris Hibernici, Early Irish Law Series, 5, Dublin: DIAS, 2005.  

A companion to D. A. Binchy, CIH (1978). Review article: Neil McLeod, ‘Review,A true companion to the Corpus iuris Hibernici’, Peritia 19 (2005).

176 [id. 5.11. ‘Bretha Echach Maic Luchta’]
Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
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January 2013, last updated: January 2024