Celtic tribes in Britain and Ireland

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Some of the known Celtic tribes in Britain and Ireland, that were listed by the Romans in Latin, were as follows:^[1]

The tribes of Iron Age Britain and Ireland according to Ptolemy and other classical sources.

The earliest known tribes of Ireland according to Ptolemy's description of the island.[1]

• The Atrebates were an important tribe in Southern England.
• The Belgae settled various places in eastern and southern England.
• The Brigantes were an important tribe in northern England and the south-east corner of Ireland.
• The Caereni who inhabited the far western Highlands.
• The Caledones lived along the Great Glen.
• The Cantiaci lived in the area of present-day Kent and give the county its name.
• The Carnonacae lived in the western Highlands.
• The Cateni lived in the north and west of Sutherland and give the county its Gaelic name.
• The Cornovii (Cornish)
• The Cornovii (Midlands)
• The Cornovii (Caithness)
• The Corieltauvi inhabited the East Midlands including Leicester.
• The Darini lived in northern Ireland and the western portion of Scotland, these became known as Scotti.
• The Dobunni lived in the Cotswolds and the Severn valley.
• The Ducante/Decante lived in eastern Ross Shire and the Black Isle.
• The Dumnonii (also Damnonii, Domnainn) occupied what are now Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Strathclyde, and Connacht.^[2][3][4][5]
• The Durotriges inhabited Dorset, south Somerset and south Wiltshire.
• The Epidii lived in Kintyre and on the islands in that area.
• The Iceni, who under Boudica rebelled against the Roman rule of ancient East Anglia.
• The Iverni who lived in the County Cork area. It is believed by some linguists that the name Hibernia (the Latin name for Ireland) may derive from this tribe.
• The Lugi inhabited southern Sutherland.
• The Manapii lived south of what is now known as Dublin, gave their name to Fermanagh and cognate with the Manapia from the Isle of Man.
• The Novantes of the west and coastal area of Dumfries and Galloway.
• The Ordovices who waged guerrilla warfare from the north Wales hills.
• The Parisii settled east Yorkshire and Humberside.
• The Regnenses of Hampshire.
• The Selgovae who inhabited the north of Dumfries and Galloway.
• The Silures likewise resisted the Romans in present-day south Wales.
• The Smertae inhabited central Sutherland.
• The Taexali lived in Grampian.
• The Trinovantes and the Catuvellauni were tribes neighbouring the Iceni, and who joined in their rebellion.
• The Uluti (also known as Volunti) in the north-east of Ireland and Lancashire who gave their name to Ulster.
• The Vacomagi lived in and around the Cairngorms.
• The Venicones who lived in Fife and south-east Tayside in Scotland.
• The Votadini lived in north-east England and south-east Scotland and later formed Gododdin.

[edit] See also

• List of Celtic tribes
• Roman Britain
• Picts

[edit] Notes

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