The Coriondi (Κοριονδοί) were a people of early Ireland, referred to in Ptolemy's 2nd century Geography as living in southern Leinster. [1]
The stem *corio- ('army' or 'troop of warriors'), which is derived from Proto-Indo-European * kóryos ('army, people under arms'), also occurs in Gaulish and Brittonic personal and tribal names such as Coriosolites, Petrucorii, and Corionototae. [2]
The Benntraige, a people dwelling in southern Ireland in pre-Christian times, might be a remnant of the tribe. [3] Eoin MacNeill identified another later Irish group, the Coraind, in the Boyne valley, as possibly the same people. [4]
Other possibly related names include the Corcu Cuirnd, [4] Cuirennrige and Dál Cuirind in early medieval Ireland, and in Britain, the Corionototae, known from an inscription in Hexham, Northumberland, and Corinion, the Brittonic name for Cirencester, Gloucestershire. [1]
The Coriondi (Κοριονδοί) were a people of early Ireland, referred to in Ptolemy's 2nd century Geography as living in southern Leinster. [1]
The stem *corio- ('army' or 'troop of warriors'), which is derived from Proto-Indo-European * kóryos ('army, people under arms'), also occurs in Gaulish and Brittonic personal and tribal names such as Coriosolites, Petrucorii, and Corionototae. [2]
The Benntraige, a people dwelling in southern Ireland in pre-Christian times, might be a remnant of the tribe. [3] Eoin MacNeill identified another later Irish group, the Coraind, in the Boyne valley, as possibly the same people. [4]
Other possibly related names include the Corcu Cuirnd, [4] Cuirennrige and Dál Cuirind in early medieval Ireland, and in Britain, the Corionototae, known from an inscription in Hexham, Northumberland, and Corinion, the Brittonic name for Cirencester, Gloucestershire. [1]