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The Cruithne or Cruthin were a semi-mythical people, with occasional historic reference in Irish sources, that lived within the British Isles during the Iron Age. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... 3753 Cruithne (pronounced , Modern Irish ) is an asteroid in orbit around the Sun. ... This article describes the archipelago in north-Western Europe. ... In the British Isles, the Iron Age lasted from about the 7th century BC until the Roman conquest and until the 5th century 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,^[1] which is the origin of the Latin word Britannia 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. ... This article is about the European people. ... This article describes the archipelago in north-Western Europe. ... A replica of the Hilton of Cadboll Stone. ... This article is about the country. ... Dionysius Exiguus invented Anno Domini years to date Easter. ... For other uses, see Iron (disambiguation). ... Brythonic is one of two major divisions of Insular Celtic languages (the other being Goidelic). ... For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ... Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon[1], Old English: ) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the mid-fifth century and the mid-twelfth century. ...

More recent theories, 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.^{[citation needed]} 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. This July 2007 does not cite any references or sources. ... The term indigenous people has no universal, standard or fixed definition, but can be used about any ethnic group who inhabit the geographic region with which they have the earliest historical connection. ... An array of Neolithic artifacts, including bracelets, axe heads, chisels, and polishing tools. ... This article describes the archipelago in north-Western Europe. ... Diodorus Siculus was a Greek historian, born at Agyrium in Sicily (now called Agira, in the province of Enna). ... Dionysius Exiguus invented Anno Domini years to date Easter. ...

It should be noted that Pytheas in about 325 BC is credited with first recording the local name of the islands, in Greek as Prettanike - apparently in connection with the Cornish region - which Diodorus later rendered Pretannia. Pytheas (Πυθέας(Pitheas), ca. ... Diodorus Siculus was a Greek historian, born at Agyrium in Sicily (now called Agira, in the province of Enna). ...

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 uses, see Roman Empire (disambiguation). ... A replica of the Hilton of Cadboll Stone. ... 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. ...

The existence of the Cruithne in Ireland as a pre-Gaelic people has led some (particularly unionists) to advocate the theory that they were not, as some 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. ...

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

Notes

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. ...

External links

• The Cruithne at Electric Scotland