Etymology Cruthin
in medieval irish writings, name variously spelt cruthin, cruithin, cruthini, cruthni, cruithni or cruithini (modern irish: cruithne). thought relate irish word cruth, meaning form, figure, shape . name believed derive *qritani, goidelic/q-celtic version of brittonic/p-celtic *pritani. came britanni, roman name celtic britons.
it suggested cruthin not people called themselves, neighbours called them.
the name cruthin survives in placenames duncrun (dún cruithean, fort of cruthin ) , drumcroon (droim cruithean, ridge of cruthin ) in county londonderry, , ballycrune (bealach cruithean, pass of cruthin ) , crown mound (Áth cruithean, ford of cruthin ) in county down. these placenames believed mark edges of cruthin territory.
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