Anfuigell

Charlene Eska (2019) has published the fragments of Anfuigell (divided into 58 sections and a heading) with translation and commentary.

[1]: 47–56 [2]: 164 The title derives from the incipit of the text: Anfuigell breath brangaire catha ("The wrong decision of a judge is a raven's call to battle").

It shares with Gúbretha Caratniad and Recholl Breth an interest in unusual or exceptional cases in early Irish law.

Eska conjectures that the text originally had the same dialogic structure as Gúbretha Caratniad[1]: 6–7 In discussing so varied a set of legal matters, Anfuigell shines light on a number of aspects of early Irish society.

This introduction follows an accessus ad auctores schema, giving pseudo-historical details as to the place (Fuithrime Cormaic, i.e., Muckross Estate), time (of Finguine mac Cú-cen-máthair), author and reason (one Cumain, who was confused by a ruling).

An excerpt from Anfuigell dealing with the property of people killed during battle ( Trinity College, Dublin MS 1387). [ 1 ] : xiii