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Gangani (Ireland)

100 CE – 200 CE (approx.)

People of western Ireland recorded by Ptolemy near the Shannon estuary, sharing their name with the Gangani of north-west Wales.

Origins

Ptolemy's Geography of about 150 places the Gangani on the west coast of Ireland, south of the Auteini and north of the Velabri, usually located in County Clare or around the mouth of the Shannon. The same name is given to a headland in Wales, home of the Gangani (Britain), on the Llŷn peninsula.

Rule and society

Nothing is recorded of their rulers or customs. The shared name on both sides of the Irish Sea has been taken as evidence of migration, of an Irish group settled in Wales, or simply of a common Celtic word, perhaps connected with Irish legends of the Gamanrad, but none of these ideas can be proven.

Decline and legacy

The Gangani of Ireland do not appear in later sources. Their region later formed part of the Kingdom of Munster and the lands of peoples such as the Ui Fidgenti.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Gangani (Ireland). In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/gangani-ireland
MLA
“Gangani (Ireland).” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/gangani-ireland. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Gangani (Ireland).” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/gangani-ireland.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Gangani (Ireland)’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/gangani-ireland (Accessed: ).

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