Tá aithne arBhíodh ceithre ghéag na [[Ciarraige|gCiarraí]] ann suite i gcúige [[Connachta|Connacht]], atá aithne orthu.
* ''[[Ciarraige Óic Bethra]]'', weresuite locatedi in what was then the kingdom ofríocht [[Aidne]] ([[Contae na Gaillimhe]]), wherei theydteannta werele onedhá ofdhream theeile threesiar peoples living in Aidhne prior to the arrival of thetháinig [[Uí Fhiachrach]] in thesa 6th6ú centuryhaois.
* ''Ciarraige AíAoi, [[Ciarraige Airtig|Ciarraí Airtigh]] andagus [[Ciarraige Locha na nÁirne|Ciarraí Locha na nAirní]], were locatedsuite furtheró norththuaidh, adjacentin toaice eacha otherchéile along thein eastoirthear [[Contae Mhaigh Eo|Mhaigh Eo]]/west-central agus iarthar [[Contae Ros Comáin|Ros Comáin]] area. TheyMeastar werego thoughtraibh totuath haveabhainn onceacu formedtéimh athrácht singlechun over-kingdom which was broken up by the rise of thecinn [[Uí Bhriúin]] in thesna 8th8ú andagus 9th9ú centurieshaoiseanna.
''In 2000, [[Nollaig Ó Muraíle]] wrote of them (lch. 165):
