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linguistically with the
Érainn (Éraind, Érnai, Érna), a
people attested in
Munster and
elsewhere in the
early Middle Ages. The
prehistoric Érainn royal dynasties...
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later concluded that the
Ulaid were in fact a
branch of the
Érainn. A
number of the
Érainn appear to have been
powerful Kings of Tara, with a secondary...
- and 500 BC. The
second wave of
Celts to come to
Ireland were
known as the
Erainn and this is
supposedly where the
Gaelic name for Ireland, Erin, originated...
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Eochu Airem Lugaid Riab
nDerg Crimthann Nia Náir
Feradach Finnfechtnach Érainn and Dáirine (Corcu Loígde): Eterscél Mór
Conaire Mór /
Conaire Cóem Dáire...
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named after an
ancient po****tion
group called the
Érainn, or
after a
goddess from
which the
Érainn took
their name.
Since tribes were
often named after...
- Masters. In fact the Dál
Riata are
considered Érainn or
Darini and
claimed to be
descendants of the
famous Érainn king
Conaire Mór. It is
typical in late genealogies...
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probably remained Érainn territory at the time of his
supposed floruit. It is
difficult to
distinguish the Dáirine from the
Érainn in the
surviving corpus...
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Gaelic order. Darini, in Tyrone,
Armagh and Down,
possibly a
branch of the
Érainn and
linked with
their supposed ancestor deity Dáire
Erdini in
County Fermanagh...
- such as the Cruthin,
Corcu Loígde, Dál Riata, Dáirine, Deirgtine, Delbhna,
Érainn, Laigin, Ulaid.
Later major groups included the Connachta, Ciannachta, Eóganachta...
- the
territory of the
Clanna Dedad (sometimes
known as the Dáirine), an
Érainn tribe of
Irish Gaels. Some of the
early kings were
prominent in the Red...
