This announces the publication of the article ‘Irish Chiefly Succession in the 21st Century‘, written with the support of the Kingdom of Desmond Association by The Ó Catháin, Chief-of-the-Name.
The author is a distinguished historian on the subject of the historic and correct manner of Irish successions; in this remarkable article he brings forward the concept of an ‘Ad Hoc Derbhfine’, long in use in Scotland. The concept is founded on historic Brehon Law and does indeed demonstrate a method, easily adopted for Irish purposes, which allows for chiefly succession when a clan has become leaderless due to the vicissitudes of our history.
And, naturally, the adoption of correct practices will finally obviate the catastrophic errors made by the Office of Chief Herald, the Standing Council of Irish Chiefs, and by many ill-informed ‘historians’ over the course of many many years.
STRONGLY RECOMMENDED. Current clans with ‘elected’ chiefs / presidents can consider the Ad Hoc Derbhfine approach if they so wish. It is simply another option, but one based on historic traditions within the Gaelic order of things.