Lucht na Cúirte
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Using your cards, sort the job titles underneath the cartoon to the roles. Drag and drop, then click the "Check Answer" button.
Iúil - July
Did you hear about the two thieves who stole a calendar?
They got six months each.
Practice quiz: stories of Crime
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Translate these short stories of crime, then use your cards to find the translation in Irish. Insert into the textboxes, check your answer, then move onto the next story.
Translations of crime stories below (in case you get stuck):
Sharon takes a purse out of Kim's bag.
Daithi sets fire to the house of Ian.
Shane breaks a window to get inside the house of Sinéad.
Myra wants to get rid of her husband and puts poison in his tea.
A property developer offers (no name) Euro 10,000 to approve his multistory apartment block on the hill of Tara.
There is an 'explosion' out of Sean's bum while he is swimming in the sea, and he takes his swimmers off. The other swimmers are all laughing.
Further reading
Information about the Irish Justice System (for example Children and Young offenders - Gasúir agus Ógchiontóirí, Barristers - Abhcóidí, Supreme Court - An Chúirt Uachtarach etc) visit the Citizens Information pages on Justice and Law.
Take note also of the Court Room info page, Seomra Cúirte
The Brehon Laws
Overview - Brehon Laws
The Brehon Laws - A legal Handbook by Laurence Ginnell
Read about Ancient Irish law - Sir Henry Sumner Maine, Lectures on the Early History of Institutions (1874)
Law, Literature and Legend - by VIncent Salafia (contains an Archaic Legal Poem, the Birth of Irish Law, The law of the Fiana, Literature)
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