Ancient Laws of Ireland - Volume 1: Senchus Mor (1865) - Page 19

As far as they extend, they may be shown as follows:

TRIADS.


I.	Transfer of ownership effected.	Lands [tire], 427.
II.	Sale cannot be annulled.	Lands [tire], 429.
III.	Sale not properly completed by payment.	Lands [tire], 431.
IV.	Property illegally seized by a church.	Red Morsels [derg-mtrenda], 431.
V.	Property illegally seized by a chief.	Red Morsels [derg-mtrenda], 433.
VI.	Of a tribe: judge, church, and chief.	Guards [tairgsin], 437.
VII.	Invalidation of, by an emancipated son.	Contracts [cuir], 437.
VIII.	[?] : festival, daily, hermit's.	Foods [biada], 439.
IX.	Brewery to furnish lodgings for three nights, during council for choice of a king.	Nights [aidche], 439, 30.

[Here the series, if it is a series, is interrupted; and there are set down a number of dicta, which apparently are merely accumulations of notes taken from some larger work. There does not seem to be any link of association binding the various items, several of which are unintelligible. Indeed, it is obvious that some of the items have no bearing on the subjects indicated by the title of the Tract; thus the ‘widow’-item, etc., on p. 449, might have appeared anywhere else with quite as little fitness. Apparently, the series is taken up again after this:]


X.	Three valid documents in evidence.	Rocks [leaca], 451, 1.
XI.	Wrong acts of a chief, involving ruin of the soil.	Times [aimsera], 451, 15.
XII.	Worst in the world: famine, slaughter, and pestilence.	Plagues [tedmanna], 451, 30.
XIII.	Against plagues: justice, alms-giving, truthful evidence.	Remedies [frither], 453, 1.

[The insertion of the 'harlot'-items, 453, 15, may possibly be accounted for as a kind of introduction to the Triad of Sons, 457, 1. The very frequent mention of the topic shows the importance the tribe attached to the tribe-land being held only by those who were acknowledged members.]


XIV.	That are not made chiefs.	Sons [mic], 457, 1.

The remainder of the Tract is of miscellaneous content: 459, 13, eric fines Blood-money/reparation fines are equally high for intentional theft and receiving of stolen goods; 459, 26, four dignitaries liable to degradation for failure of duty...