Cíarraige

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

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.

Branches

The Cíarraige were a people found scattered over much of Ireland. Known branches were: ^{[citation needed]}

Ciarraige Luachra, who gave their name to County Kerry
Ciarraige Altraige, Mocu Alti, or Altai; living around Tralee, northwest of county Kerry.
Ciarraige Cuirche, the barony of Kerrycurrihy, County Cork
Ciarraige Diurgi, located somewhere in Munster
Ciarraige Irluachra, located close to the Ciarraige Luchra in western Sliabh Luachra
Ciarraige Sleibe Cua, in what is now County Waterford
Ciarraige Muman, situated in Munster
Ciarraige Choinchenn, location uncertain
Ciarraige Conmed, location uncertain
Ciarraige Maige Glas, northeast part of Maigh Ai in Moylurg, north County Roscommon.
Ciarraige Des Cechair, location uncertain (possibly in Tethba, now in County Longford)
Ciarraige Oic Bethra, of Aidhne, now south County Galway
Ciarraige Aí, based on the plain of Magh nAi in County Roscommon
Ciarraige Airtech, an obscure branch of the above, around Tibohine, County Roscommon
Ciarraige Loch Airned, based around Loch Airned, now Mannin Lake, County Mayo, close to the Roscommon border.

Notable people

St Brendan the Navigator

References

Notes

↑ 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.
↑ Kenney 1883, p. 53.
↑ MacNeill 1932, p. 15.
↑ Harbison, Peter (June 1994). "Early Irish Pilgrim Archaeology in the Dingle Peninsula". Archaeology of Pilgrimage. 26 (1): 90–103.

Sources

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945). Corpus inscriptionum insularum Celticarum. Dublin. p. 240.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
O Muraile, Nollaig (1989). "The Carneys of Connacht". Sages, Saints and Storytellers: Celtic Studies in Honour of Professor James Carney. Maynooth.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)^{[ISBN missing]}
Byrne, Francis John (2001). Irish Kings and High Kings (3rd ed.). Dublin. pp. 160, 236, 247.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)^{[ISBN missing]}
O Muraile, Nollaig (2000). "Some Early Connacht Population-Groups". Seanchas: Studies in Early and Medieval Irish Archaeology, History and Literature in Honour of Francis John Byrne. Dublin: Four Courts Press. pp. 156–174. ISBN 1-85182-489-8.
Harbison, Peter (June 1994). "Early Irish Pilgrim Archaeology in the Dingle Peninsula". Archaeology of Pilgrimage. 26 (1): 90–103.
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.
MacNeill, Eoin (1932). "The Vita Tripartita of St. Patrick". Ériu. Ériu, vol. 11: 1–41. JSTOR 30008085.
Kenney, James F. (1883). "The Legend of St. Brendan" (PDF). Proceedings and transactions of the Royal Society of Canada. Délibérations et mémoires de la Société royale du Canada. Royal Society of Canada.

[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.

[FOOTNOTEKenney188353-2] Kenney 1883, p. 53.

[FOOTNOTEMacNeill193215-3] MacNeill 1932, p. 15.

[4] Harbison, Peter (June 1994). "Early Irish Pilgrim Archaeology in the Dingle Peninsula". Archaeology of Pilgrimage. 26 (1): 90–103.

v t e Ó Conchobhair Ciarraighe
General	Ulaid Ciarraige Gaelic nobility of Ireland Society of the United Irishmen Chronicles of Eri
Personalities	Fergus mac Róich Medb Ciar mac Fergus Bernard Connor Morgan Connor Roger O'Connor Arthur O'Connor Roderic O'Connor Feargus O'Connor Francisco Burdett O'Connor Daniel Connor Michael O'Connor Patrick Edward Connor John Connors Jerome Connor
Places	County Kerry Sliabh Luachra Lislaughtin Abbey Dangan Castle
Kinsmen	Kearns O'Murtagh O'Neide