The Coriondi (Κοριονδοί) were a people of early Ireland, referred to in

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's 2nd century ''

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'' as living in southern

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. T. F. O'Rahilly, ''Early Irish History and Mythology'', Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1946, pp. 33-34

Name

The stem *''corio-'' ('army' or 'troop of warriors'), which is derived from

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*'' kóryos'' ('army, people under arms'), also occurs in

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and Brittonic personal and tribal names such as '' Coriosolites'', '' Petrucorii'', and '' Corionototae''.

Legacy

The Benntraige, a people dwelling in southern Ireland in pre-Christian times, might be a remnant of the tribe.

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identified another later Irish group, the Coraind, in the Boyne valley, as possibly the same people.

, "Early Irish population groups: their nomenclature, classification and chronology", ''Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy'' (C) 29, 1911, pp. 59–114 Other possibly related names include the Corcu Cuirnd, Cuirennrige and Dál Cuirind in early medieval Ireland, and in Britain, the Corionototae, known from an inscription in

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, and Corinion, the Brittonic name for

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References

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