Cíarraige

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

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

• Ciarraige Luachra, who gave their name to County Kerry
• Ciarraige Cuirche, located in the barony of Kerrycurrihy, south of Cork city
• Ciarraige Diurgi, located somewhere in Munster
• Ciarraige Irluachra, located close to the Ciarraige Luchra
• 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, location uncertain
• Ciarraige Des Cechair, location uncertain
• Ciarraige Oic Bethra, of Aidhne
• Ciarraige Ai, 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.

References

• Corpus inscriptionum insularum Celticarum, R.A.S. Macalister, p. 240. Dublin, 1945
• The Carneys of Connacht, Nollaig O Muraile, in Sages, Saints and Storytellers:Celtic Studies in Honour of Professor James Carney, Maynooth, 1989
• Irish Kings and High Kings, p. 160, 236, 247, Francis John Byrne,3rd edition, Dublin, 2001
• Some Early Connacht Population-Groups, Nollaig O Muraile, in Seanchas:Studies in Early and Medieval Irish Archaeology, History and Literature in Honour of Francis John Byrne, pp. 156–174. Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2000.