- The
Nagnatae (Ναγνάται) or
Magnatae (Μαγνάται) were a
people of
ancient Ireland,
recorded in Ptolemy's 2nd
century Geography as
living in
northern Connacht...
- nEchmacht). Ptolemy's map of c. 150 AD does in fact list a
people called the
Nagnatae as
living in the west of Ireland. Some are of the
opinion that Ptolemy's...
- name
nEchmacht has been
linked by some scholars[who?] to the
tribe called Nagnatae on Ptolemy's 2nd
century AD
world map. They were
divided into
three main...
- of
Desmond Auteini in
County Galway,
identified with the
later Uaithne Nagnatae in
County Mayo and
County Sligo,
possibly linked with the Ol nÉcmacht;...
- or they
could have been two
different tribes that
shared similar names)
Nagnatae or
Magnatae (Nagnatai or Magnatai)
Robogdii (Rhobogdioi)
Usdiae (Ousdiai...
-
Galway By the 5th century, the pre-historic
nations such as the
Auteini and
Nagnatae –
recorded by
Ptolemy (c. AD 90 – c. 168) in
Geography – gave way to dynasties...
- sea'). T. F. O'Rahilly
believed they are
connected to, or the same as, the
Nagnatae tribe,
mentioned in Ptolemy's second-century AD work Geography, but O'Rahilly's...
- (Μάγνατα) πόλις, Nágnata (Mágnata) pólis): 144 – a
settlement of the
Nagnatae or
Magnatae people,
possibly somewhere in
County Sligo.[citation needed]...
-
century AD
Alexandrian scholar Claudius Ptolemy in the
territory of the
Nagnatae (Ναγνᾶται). It is
located in
northwest Hibernia between the
mouths of the...
