Tyler provides an overview of early medieval Irish society, discussing D. A. Binchy's description of that society as "tribal, rural, hierarchical, and familiar".

Main topics addressed: Irish petty kingdoms, cow-based currency, the social (and legal) hierarchy, kinship

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wm5oW5IHKKLWuq-GPp6wqtpF5zQINkxCrEQyumujzLI/edit?usp=sharing

References and Suggested Media:

Best, R. I. ‘The Settling of the Manor of Tara’, Ériu 4 (1910), 121-172.

Kelly, F. A Guide to Early Irish Law (Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 2020).

McLeod, N. ‘Kinship’, Ériu 51 (2000), 1-22.