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Partraige
The Partraige were a people of early historic Ireland.
Several attested branches were found in Ireland, including the following:
- Partraige Cera - located at the northern end of Lough Mask (Loch Mask) and the region of Lough Carra (Loch Corrib), County Mayo.
- Partraige in Laca - at and around Cong, County Mayo
- Partraige in tSlebe - covering the area from Croagh Patrick to Lough Corrib, all of south-west Mayo
- Partraige Beca - located at Crossakell, south of Kells, County Meath.
Francis John Byrne has suggested that the Partraige may have been "a remnant of a pre- Celtic population, akin perhaps to the Illyrian tribe commemorated in the Bavarian resort of Garmish-Partenkirchen." He also suggests that the Fir Umaill found in Clew Bay (later the Uí Briúin) probably were a later branch.
They have given their name to the district of Partry.