Abstract
Elucidates passages in Cath Maige Tuired and Lebor gabála (concerning Bres’s fitness for kingship and the threefold taking of Ireland by the sons of Míl respectively) with the aid of concepts from early Irish law. In Appendix: deogbaire ‘cupbearer’ [on the resemblance between cupbearers and magicians seen in CMT §§77-80].