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, to various others in Ireland. The

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, and the

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contain copies. The Lebor na gCeart or the Book of Rights is a 12th-century text that details customs and practices of Irish nobility in the

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. It outlines the rights of all the

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s in

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at the time and the revenue due them.

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describes the text:

''the book of rights purports to record the rights of the Irish Kings'', ''the King of Ireland, ''the provincial kings and the stipends due from the King of Ireland to the provincial kings... as in the book of Invasions the record is put into verse so the text consists, for the most part, of a collection of poems.''Book of Rights (Introduction).
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