Calraige
The Calraige were a population-group found mostly in northern Connacht as well as County Westmeath and County Longford. They were purported descendants of Lugaid Cal mac Daire Sirchrechtaig, who was himself a supposed descendant of Lugaid mac Itha, a first cousion of Mil Espainne.
Daire is stated as having five sons, all called Lugaid, from who each derived the corco Loegde, Corco Oirce, Loigis laigen, Dal Mesen Corb and the Calraige.
Around a dozen branchs of the Calraige are listed as inhabitants of northern Connacht. They include:
- Callrige Tre Maige of Druim Leas - now Drumlease parish, County Sligo
- Calraige Aelmag - Snedriagail, abbot of Clonmacnoise (died 781), was of this branch
- Calraighe Locha Gile - possibly an alternative name for the previous
- Calraige Droma Cliab - an alternative name for the Calraige Locha Gile
- Callraid Laithim - location uncertain, possibly near that of Droma Cliab (Drumcliff, County Sligo)
- Calraige Mor - a tuath aithech located with the Luigne in mid-Sligo
- Calraige in Chorainn - aka Calraige Morna, found in the Corran, Sligo
- Calraige Luirg - located south-east of the previous, in Moylurg, County Roscommon
- Callraigi Culi Cernadan - located in Attymass and Kilgarvan parishes, County Mayo
- Calraige Mag nEileag - situated on the north-west corner of Lough Conn, County Mayo
- Calraige Mag Muirisc - at the mouth of the river Moy
- an unattested branch at Glencalry, Doonfeeny, County Mayo
- another unattested branch at Knock, County Mayo, anciently called Cnoc Droma Chalraighe
Calraige found outside Connacht included the following:
References
- Lugaid Cal and the Calraige, Donnchad O Corrain, Eigse 13, 1970
- Some Connacht Population Groups, Nollaig O Muraile, in Seanchas:Studies in Early and Medieval Irish Archaeology, History and Literature in Honour of Francis John Byrne, pp. 162–65. Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2000.