The Gangani (Γαγγανοι) were a people of ancient
Ireland
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who are referred to in
Ptolemy
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's 2nd-century ''
Geography
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'' as living in the south-west of the island, probably near the mouth of the
River Shannon, between the
Auteini to the north and the
Uellabori to the south. There appears to have been a people of the same name in north-west
Wales
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, as Ptolemy calls the
Llŷn Peninsula
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the "promontory of the Gangani" (Γαγγανὤν ἄκρον).
Barry Cunliffe
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, ''Iron Age Communities in Britain'', Routledge, 2005, p. 206
See also
*
Conganchnes mac Dedad, a name of perhaps some relation.
Cú Roí, Conganchnes' nephew, was based in Irish legend not far from the Gangani.
References
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Medieval history of Ireland
Prehistoric Ireland
Tribes of ancient Ireland