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MacNeill was an important scholar of Irish history, and among the first to study Early Irish law, offering both his own interpretations, which at times were coloured by his nationalism, and offering translations into English. He was also the first to uncover the nature of succession in Irish kingship and his theories are the foundation for modern ideas on the subject. On 25 February 1911, he delivered the inaugural address on 'Academic Education and Practical Politics' to the Legal and Economic Society of UCD.
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