I know that we as medieval historians will use literally any scrap of evidence we can get our hands on, but I am thoroughly perturbed about the use of Ptolemy's map of Ireland to discuss early medieval Ireland.
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But the same paper linked "brecc" and "bric" to Brigit so...yeah.
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The argument being that "brecc" meaning speckled wasn't a good epithet for a king so the placenames and population groups with Brecc or variants MUST be from Brigit/Brigantia.
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