Possible Britain Map

[Ranika]

Cunnacht:
Tara
britons
Hibernians

Erain:
Menapia
britons
Hibernians

I JUST noticed this, but it should not be Cunnacht, it should be Cùinnacht (but doesn't necessarily need the accent if that simplifies things). It would later be called Cunnaght, which would eventually become the name Connacht, but that was until around the 4th century. Cuinnacht is so named as 'Cùinn Men' lived there. Cùinn itself means 'Coin'. This is possibly a reference to silver coins they produced, though currency was more for trading with outsiders, as cattle were preferrable within Hibernia for trading, but sometimes búarfiach (cattle worth) was used as well, in silver coins. The men of Erain, the Eoghanacht, didn't use coins as often, but did use, sometimes, similar stone tokens, but they were more of an 'IOU' than actual currency.

The later names for Cùinnacht all meant something different, literally, but most of them would relate their origin to the hero Cuinn (no accent, meaning Hound Faced in the very early Gaelic, though it possibly meant Hound Fighter or Hound Eyed at the time), who was a legendary king of Cùinnacht, when it was the whole of the north.

I'm aware they did not write, but in early Irish, Cun and Cùin have different pronunciations and meanings (Cun, like it looks, and Cwoin), Cun being a short form of Cunnart, meaning 'Dangerous' or 'Danger' (implying 'Dangerous Men'), and Cùin, as stated, meaning Coin.