Irish law is the oldest, most original, and most extensive of mediaeval European legal systems.
It is a unique legal inheritance, an independent indigenous system of advanced jurisprudence that was fully evolved by the eighth century. It is also far less well known than it deserves. This is a fundamental resource for the study of Irish history and culture of the early mediaeval period when Ireland made a unique contribution to European civilization, scholarship and law. At this stage Professor Melia has exhausted his funding and, anxious that the project should be finished by an institution that has the high degree of technical competence required, has donated the work already done to the CELT Project. About 6000 more hours of work need to be devoted to the project to bring it to completion.