BRIGANTES
Eth.
BRIGANTES (
Βρίγαντες).
1.
A people of Britain, the subjects of Cartismandua, reduced by Ostorius, occupants of the parts between the
Humber and
Tyne. (
Tac. Ann. 12.32,
Hist. 3.45,
Agr. 17;
Ptol. 2.3.16.)
2.
Of Ireland, mentioned by Ptolemy (
2.2.7) as the most south-eastern Hibernians: their probable locality being the county
Kilkenny. [
R.G.L]