CHAPTER V.

THE FINÉ OR SEPT IN IRELAND, AND THE TRIBE IN WALES.

Origin of the Finé or Sept, 171 The Ciné or kinsfolk, 171 The Ceile or tenants, 172 The Fuidhir or stranger septs, 173 Territorial basis of Finé, 175 The four families of the Ciné or kinsfolk, 176 Members of the four families, 179 The Geilfiné chief, 180 Relation of Geilfiné chief to the Ri Tuath, 184 Law of Succession, 187 Sluaged or hosting, 188 Fosterage, 190 Later state of the Finés, 192 The Tribe in Wales, 197 Fines for Slaughter, 204 The sept in Wales, 205 Fosterage in Wales, 207