For the asteroid sometimes (incorrectly) identified as Earth's second moon, see 3753 Cruithne. An asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. ... 3753 Cruithne (English crew-een-ya; Modern Irish crih-na) is an asteroid in orbit around the Sun. ...

The Cruithne or Cruthin were a historical people known to have lived in the British Isles during the Iron Age. The British Isles consist of Great Britain, Ireland (usually) and a number of much smaller surrounding islands. ... In Britain, the Iron Age lasted from about the 7th century BC until the Roman conquest and until the 5th century AD in non-Romanised parts. ...

According to T. F. O'Rahilly's historical model, the Cruithne were descended from the Priteni, who O'Rahilly argues were the first Celtic group to inhabit the British Isles, and identifies with the Picts of Scotland. They settled in Britain and Ireland between 700 and 500 BC. They used iron and spoke a P-Celtic language, calling themselves Priteni or Pritani, which is the origin of the Latin word "Britto" and the Old English words "Briton" and "British". Thomas Francis ORahilly, also Tomás Ó Rahille, born 1883 in Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland; died 1953 in Dublin, was an influential scholar of the Celtic languages, particularly in the fields of Historical linguistics and Irish dialects. ... ORahillys historical model is a theory of Irish prehistory put forward by Celtic scholar T. F. ORahilly. ... A Celtic cross. ... The British Isles consist of Great Britain, Ireland (usually) and a number of much smaller surrounding islands. ... The Pictish Strathpeffer eagle stone, Highland, Scotland. ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Centuries: 9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century BC Decades: 750s BC 740s BC 730s BC 720s BC 710s BC - 700s BC - 690s BC 680s BC 670s BC 660s BC 650s BC Events and Trends 708 BC - Spartan immigrants found Taras (Tarentum, the modern Taranto) colony in southern Italy. ... Centuries: 7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC Decades: 550s BC - 540s BC - 530s BC - 520s BC - 510s BC - 500s BC - 490s BC - 480s BC - 470s BC - 460s BC - 450s BC Events and trends 509 BC - Foundation of the Roman Republic 509 BC September 13 - The temple of... General Name, Symbol, Number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 8, 4, d Appearance lustrous metallic with a grayish tinge Atomic mass 55. ... Brythonic is one of two major divisions of Insular Celtic languages (the other being Goidelic). ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... Look up Briton in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

More recent theories though, supported by archaeological evidence, suggest that the Cruithne were a pre-Celtic people, and may have spoken a non-Indo-European language before the spread and dominance of Celtic culture in the British Isles. It is also suggested that these people were the descendants of the aboriginal neolithic people of the isles. Around 50 BC Diodorus wrote of "those of the Pretani who inhabit the country called Iris (Ireland)". The first reference to the name Pict is found in a Latin document dated 297 AD. Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech/discourse) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... The term has no universal, standard or fixed definition. ... An array of Neolithic artefacts, including bracelets, axe heads, chisels, and polishing tools Excavated dwellings at Skara Brae Scotland, Europes most complete Neolithic village. ... The British Isles consist of Great Britain, Ireland (usually) and a number of much smaller surrounding islands. ... Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC - 100s BC - 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC Years: 109 BC 108 BC 107 BC 106 BC 105 BC 104 BC 103 BC 102 BC... Diodorus Siculus was a Greek historian, born at Agyrium in Sicily (now called Agira, in the province of Enna). ... Events Narseh of Persia and Diocletian conclude a peace treaty between Persia and Rome. ...

In Britain these Priteni were absorbed by later invaders and lost their cultural identity, except in the far north where they were known to the Romans as Picti, or “painted people,” on account of their practice of decorating their bodies with paint or tattoos (a practice which by then had died out among other Celtic tribes). In Ireland, too, the Priteni were largely absorbed by later settlers; but a few pockets of them managed to retain a measure of cultural, if not political, independence well into the Christian era. By then they were identified as Cruithne, P-Celtic linguistic descendants of the Priteni. For other senses of this name, see Roman Empire (disambiguation). ... The Pictish Strathpeffer eagle stone, Highland, Scotland. ... This article is about the tattoo, a design in ink or some other pigment, usually decorative or symbolic, placed permanently under the skin. ... The Iverni, later Érainn, were an ancient people of Ireland attested in Ptolemys 2nd century Geography. ...

Among the Cruthnian tribes that survived were the Loíges and Fothairt in Leinster. The name of the first of these tribes - modernized as Laois - has been revived and given to one of the counties of Leinster (formerly known as Queen's County). Statistics Area: 19,774. ... Laois (pronounced Leash), also spelt Laoighis or Leix, is a county in the midlands of Ireland. ...

Cruithne is the name of the Picts in Scottish Gaelic. The Pictish Strathpeffer eagle stone, Highland, Scotland. ... Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ...

The language of the inhabitants of the British Isles is called Cruithne in Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy series. Jacqueline Carey (1964 – ) is an author and novelist, primarily of fantasy fiction. ... Kushiels Legacy is a trilogy of fantasy novels by Jacqueline Carey, comprised of Kushiels Dart, Kushiels Chosen, and Kushiels Avatar. ...

The existence of the Cruthin in Ireland as a pre-Gaelic people has led some (particularly unionists) to advocate the theory that they were not, as many nationalists consider, a "non-native" people. In the Irish context, Unionists form a group of largely (though not exclusively) Protestant people in Ireland, of all social classes, who wish to see the continuation of the Act of Union, as amended by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, under which the Northern Ireland provincial state created in... An Irish nationalist is generally one who seeks (greater) independence of Ireland from Great Britain, including since 1921 the goal of a United Ireland. ...

External links

• The Cruithne at Electric Scotland
• The Dalriada Celtic Heritage Trust