In this reading from the great P.W. Joyce's Story of Ancient Irish Civilisation, we learn how Ireland was governed by chieftains and high-kings long before Christianity and later colonialism came. The Irish genealogies suggest a line of kingship in Ireland going back into prehistoric times. Ireland's royal past explains terms like 'Royal Meath'. Once the fifth province and the seat of the high king of Ireland.
Chapters
00:00 How the Ancient Irish People Were Governed by their Kings and Chiefs
11:01 How the Warlike Old Irish Conquered Foreign Lands
22:38 How Kings, Chiefs, and People were Subject to the Brehon Laws
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