Joyce, P.W.

A Smaller Social History of Ancient Ireland. [with special chapters on Irish Learning and Education / Language and Literature / Learning in Pagan Times (Ogham) / Lay Schools / Irish Language and Literature: The Men of Learning / Ancient Libraries / Existing Books / Annals / How the Annals were compiled / Principal Books of Annals / etc. etc.].

London, Longmans, 1906. Octavo. XXIII, 574 pages. Beautifully illustrated. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering and ornaments on spine and front board. Good condition but with some stronger signs of wear. Inner hinges cracked. The small map of Ireland damaged (upper part missing).

Includes chapters like: Government by Kings / Foreign Conquests and Colonisations / Military Ranks / The Brehon Laws / The Brehons The Senchus Mor and other Books of Law / The Laws relating to Land / The Administration of Justice / Druids: Their Function and Powers / Mythology – Gods – Gorlins and Phantoms / Worship of Idols / The Pagan Heaven and a Future State / Irish Language and Literature / Learning in Pagan Times (Ogham) / Lay Schools / Irish Language and Literature: The Men of Learning / Ancient Libraries / Existing Books / Annals / How the Annals were compiled / Principal Books of Annals / etc. etc.

Patrick Weston Joyce (1827 – 7 January 1914) was an Irish historian, writer and music collector, known particularly for his research in local place names of Ireland. Joyce started work in 1845 with the Commission of National Education. He became a teacher and principal of the Model School, Clonmel. In 1856 he was one of fifteen teachers selected to re-organize the national school system in Ireland. Meanwhile he earned his B.A. in 1861 and M.A. in 1863 from Trinity College, Dublin. He was principal of the Training College, Marlborough Street, in Dublin from 1874 to 1893. As a member of the Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language he wrote an Irish Grammar in 1878. He was President of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland from 1906 to 1908, an association of which he was a member from 1865. Joyce was a key cultural figure of his time. His wide interests included the Irish language, Hiberno-English, music, education, Irish literature and folklore, Irish history and antiquities, place-names and much else. He produced many works on the history and culture of Ireland. His most enduring work is the pioneering The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places (first edition published in 1869). (Wikipedia).

• Keywords: Brehon Law · Catalogue Irish History Six – General Irish History · Catalogue Irish History Two – Origins of Irish Identity · Catalogue One – History of Law · Irish Law · Irish Legal History · Law – Rare
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 43780AB

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