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.[1]
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.[2]
↑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.
↑Harbison, Peter (June 1994). "Early Irish Pilgrim Archaeology in the Dingle Peninsula". Archaeology of Pilgrimage. 26 (1): 90–103.
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