The Brehon Laws governed everyday life and politics in Ireland until the Norman invasion of 1171 (the word "Brehon" is an Anglicisation of breitheamh (earlier brithem), the Irish word for a judge).
As Leis Brehon gobernaron a política e o día a día en Irlanda ata a invasión normanda de 1171 (a palabra "Brehon" é un forma inglesa de breitheamh, a palabra irlandesa para "xuíz").