Celtic tribes in the British Isles
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Some of the known Celtic tribes in Britain and Ireland were as follows:
- The Brigantes were an important tribe in northern England.
- The Caledonians inhabited present-day Scotland.
- The Belgae settled various places in eastern and southern England.
- The Dobunni lived in the Cotswolds and the Severn valley.
- The Dumnonii occupied what are now Devon, Cornwall and Somerset.
- The Durotriges inhabited Dorset and south Wiltshire.
- The Iceni, who under Boudicca rebelled against the Roman rule of ancient East Anglia.
- The Ordovices who waged guerrilla warfare from the north Wales hills.
- The Parisii settled east Yorkshire and Humberside.
- The Scotti lived in northern Ireland and settled the western portion of Scotland which then became known as the Dalriada.
- The Silures likewise resisted the Romans in present-day south Wales.
- The Trinovantes and the Catuvellauni were tribes neighbouring the Iceni, and who joined in their rebellion.