\[ **BT: [[countries of the world]]** ] --- # Ireland [[Under Brehon law (i.e., prior to English rule), a woman in ancient Ireland could divorce her husband for ‘any number of reasons’.]][^1] [[In modern Ireland, divorce under any circumstance was illegal until 1995.]][^2] - see also: - [[society#marriage laws and customs|marriage: laws and customs]] - [[society#divorce laws and customs|divorce: laws and customs]] [^1]: Philip Carr-Gomm, *[[Carr-Gomm, Druid Mysteries, 2002|Druid Mysteries: Ancient Wisdom for the 21st Century]]* (Rider, 2002), chapter 6. EPUB. [^2]: Philip Carr-Gomm, *[[Carr-Gomm, Druid Mysteries, 2002|Druid Mysteries: Ancient Wisdom for the 21st Century]]* (Rider, 2002), chapter 6. EPUB.