Bretha Comaithcheso An Old-Irish Law Tract on Neighbouring Farms

Bretha Comaithcheso, "Judgements on Neighbourhood", is a tract forming part of the great law-book, Senchas Már, dating from c. 700. It expounds the law governing relations between neighbouring farmers, especially those who formed by contract a co-operative group. Alread in the pre-Viking period it was attracting layers of comment, both glosses and a dossier of more extended texts tha amplify or update or even contradict the main text. The result is a collection of material outstandingly rich among European texts on farming of a similar date