Cíarraige

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The Ciarraige were a population-group recorded in the early historic era in Ireland.

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Origins

The word Ciarraige means the people of Ciar. Ciar was the illegitimate son of Fergus, the King of Ulster. After being banished from the Court of Cruachan, Ciar sought refuge in Munster. There he gained the territory for the first branch of Ciarraige, which he called Ciarraige Luachra. [1]

Branches

The Cíarraige were a people found scattered over much of Ireland. Known branches were:

Notable people

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Notes

  1. Brash, Richard R. (1868). "On the Seskinan Ogham Inscriptions, County of Waterford". The Journal of the Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland. Third Series. 1 (1): 118–130 via JSTOR.
  2. Kenney 1883, p. 53.
  3. MacNeill 1932, p. 15.
  4. Harbison, Peter (June 1994). "Early Irish Pilgrim Archaeology in the Dingle Peninsula". Archaeology of Pilgrimage. 26 (1): 90–103 via JSTOR.

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