De Cruithne of Cruithinen waren een half-mytisch volk dat op de Britse eilanden leefde tijdens de ijzertijd.
In 773 AD stopten de annalen met het gebruik van de term Cruthinen ten gunste van de term Dál nAraidi,Ó Cróinín 1995, p. 48 die hun overheersing van de Cruthinen had veiliggesteld.
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