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The Gangani (Γαγγανοι) were a people of ancient Ireland who are referred to in Ptolemy's 2nd-century Geography as living in the south-west of the island, probably near the mouth of the River Shannon, between the Auteini to the north and the Uellabori to the south. There appears to have been a people of the same name in north-west Wales, as Ptolemy calls the Llŷn Peninsula the "promontory of the Gangani" (Γαγγανὤν ἄκρον).

See also

• Conganchnes mac Dedad, a name of perhaps some relation. Cú Roí, Conganchnes' nephew, was based in Irish legend not far from the Gangani.

References

1. Ptolemy, Geography 2.1
2. Philip Freeman, Ireland and the Classical World, University of Texas Press, 2001, pp. 73-74
3. T. F. O'Rahilly, Early Irish History and Mythology, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1946, p. 2, 10
4. Barry Cunliffe, Iron Age Communities in Britain, Routledge, 2005, p. 206

• Medieval history of Ireland
• Prehistoric Ireland
• Tribes of ancient Ireland