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.
Statements (48)
| 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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