Cruthin

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The Cruthin were an ancient people of early medieval Ireland, often associated with Pictish groups and known from historical sources as inhabitants of parts of Ulster.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient people
ethnic group
historical people
associatedWith Pictish groups
Picts NERFINISHED
chronologicalRange 5th century
6th century
7th century
country Ireland NERFINISHED
culture Gaelic Ireland NERFINISHED
disputedAspect ethnic identity
origins
relationship to Picts
ethnicGroupOf Ireland NERFINISHED
ethnonymUsedBy Irish writers
etymologyRelatedTo term for Picts in Irish
hasNameVariant Cruithin NERFINISHED
Cruithni NERFINISHED
hasSourceLanguageForm Old Irish NERFINISHED
historicalRegion County Antrim NERFINISHED
County Down NERFINISHED
eastern County Derry
inhabited Ulster NERFINISHED
knownFrom Irish annals
hagiographical texts
historical sources
languageFamily Celtic languages NERFINISHED
laterReligion Christianity
locatedIn eastern Ulster
northern Ireland NERFINISHED
mentionedIn early Irish annals
medieval Irish sources
notableDebate whether Cruthin and Picts were the same people
partOf early medieval Irish polities
politicalOrganization small kingdoms
tribal group
possibleConnection Dál nAraidi NERFINISHED
Pictish kingdoms NERFINISHED
Ulaid NERFINISHED
region Ulster NERFINISHED
religion Celtic paganism
sourceType annalistic references
genealogical tracts
hagiographies
studiedIn Celtic studies
Irish historiography
timePeriod Late Antiquity
early medieval period

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