Fictional References and Ulster Cycle of Legends
The Brehon laws play a large role in the Sister Fidelma series of historical (7th c AD) crime books by Peter Tremayne, and in those of Cora Harrison's Mara, Brehon (investigating judge) of the Burren (early 16th c AD). They are also the underlying principles seen in such Irish saga as Táin Bó Flidhais and Táin Bó Cuailnge
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