Brehon Law Commission

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. James Henthorn Todd 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
 * Thomas Larcom
 * David Richard Pigot
 * Francis Blackburne
 * Baron Monteagle
 * Sir Joseph Napier
 * Edwin Wyndham-Quin
 * William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse
 * Lord Talbot de Malahide
 * Thomas Romney Robinson