An investigation of the word <i>oireachtas</i> in modern and medieval Ireland and its economic role in earlier periods
Catherine Swift
Oireachtas is a later medieval Irish word which seems to evolve from earlier terms such as airecht but was chosen the most appropriate for legislature of newly independent Ireland at time when society expressing considerable interest in its ancestral roots and an ethnic identity expressed by use terminology. This paper explores evidence submission agricultural renders higher political authorities assemblies their ultimate redistribution across both lower levels society. It argued that there little or no presence large numbers craftsmen engaged creating goods sale (as occurred, example, Norse market assemblies) oireachtas. is, however, clear legislative assemblies, concerned with submission, judicial penalties material wealth generated both, were key element encouraging circulation m...
Studia Hibernica