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"...They continued to act thus till they ravaged the district of Cuailgne—a deed from which sprang much mischief and contention between the two provinces; and in this manner they passed seven years without an hour's truce between them. Within that time Fearghus knew Meadhbh, and she conceived of him, and bore him three sons at one birth, namely, Ciar, and Corc, and Conmhac, as the poet says:
1. Meadhbh conceived in fair Crunchain Of Fearghus, who deserved not reproach, And brought forth triplets faultless, strong, Ciar and Corc and Conmhac.
From this Ciar is named Ciarraidhe in Munster, and O Conchubhair Ciarraidhe is of his progeny..."- The History of Ireland, Book I, p.195
Tuath na Ciarraide is a tuath, a clan or “tribe”, of the Sinnsreachd faith based in Southeast Texas. We are Gael Meiriceánach, the Gael in Diaspora in America, descended from the branch of the Ó Ciarraí family which hails from Ciarraí (Co. Kerry), Éire (Ireland). As mentioned in the above passage, the Ciarraí are among the descendants of Ciar, son of Queen Méabh of Connacht and deposed Ulster king Feargus Mac Roith, who founded the kingdom of the same name in the southwest of Ireland. Tuath na Ciarraide was founded in 1989 after a decade of research by members of this family who chose to embrace the Sinnsreachd faith and a more traditional way of living.
Tuath na Ciarraide is part of the Sinnsreachd faith, which is a polytheistic religious movement and culture that bases its core cultural, social, and religious doctrine off of the extant customs and superstitions of rural Ireland and Scotland combined with modern restorations of society, culture, and customary law gleaned through our research. Our traditions are descended from the Éireannach (Irish) culture and are seen as sacral teachings given to our ancestors by the Gods of the Tuatha de Dannan, teachings that we are meant to follow as a living, breathing way of life. Sinnsreachd is a Gàidhlig (Scottish) term that means “Ancestral Custom” in this particular use and, much like the tribalist Ásatrú, Þéodisc Geléafa, Forn Siðr, and other similar Germanic cultural religions, Sinnsreachd is a hybrid between the extant native culture and the indigenous beliefs- as found in folklore, customs, and traditions combined with research to fill in the gaps to create a whole entity- that is not a pure religion, but a culture with religious elements entwined within it. More about Sinnsreachd can be found on the ACTG website.
Tuath na Ciarraide is a founding member of An Cónaidhm na dTuath Gaelach (the Confederation of Gaelic Tribes, roughly), or ACTG. The ACTG is a burgeoning alliance of tuatha dedicated to the preservation of Sinnsreachd Gaelic culture as a living, breathing, viable entity, and it's goals are our goals.
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