The Brehon Law Commission was established in 1852 to translate the Senchus Érenn, a collection of early Irish legal tracts more commonly known as the Brehon Laws, a corrupted transliteration of the Irish word breatheamuin.

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and Charles Graves had submitted an appeal to the short-lived British Conservative government in 1852.

Composition of the Commission

The Commission started its work on 7th December 1852 with the following members: * James Henthorn Todd * Charles Graves * George Petrie *

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* Sir Joseph Napier * Edwin Wyndham-Quin *

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* Lord Talbot de Malahide *

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