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author, on the contrary, speaking of the Cauci and Menapii of 

 Ireland, says, ' the Cauci were a maritime people of Germany, who 

 lived near the Menapii, but not at the same distance as in Ger- 

 many.' And, he says, ' it is probable from the name, that these 

 people are derived from the 3Ienapu, a maritime nation of Bel- 

 gium."^^- Exclusive of the fact, that neither of these tribes had set- 

 tled in Britain, we have the authority of Richard, Ware, and Clu- 

 verius, in favour of their emigration to Ireland from Brabant and 

 the W. coast of Germany ; and, as the first asserts, a little before 

 CjEsar's invasion of Britai'n. With regard to their history, we are 

 informed by Tacitus, that Tiberius subdued the Cauci ; and Uiat 

 they were again defeated ij> Gabinus under the empire of Clau- 

 dius. 



The territories of the Menapians were attacked by Cssar and his 

 officers ;•«• and some of that tribe were also defeated on their confe- 

 deratioil with the Veneti and Diablinta3.'«- Conformably with the 

 account of Richard, I should suppose, that, at this time or soon 

 after, when Titurius and Cotta'« had laid waste their territories 

 with 'fire and sword, a part of this tribe, impelled by the conse- 

 quences of a devastating war, had steered for the nearest shore of 

 Ireland ; and, like the former colonies, preferring a maritime situ- 

 • ation. planted themselves on the E. coast, and occupied the 

 S. parts of Wicklow and Wexford ; in which latter county they 

 erected, on the E. of Modona, or the river Slaine, (Slane,) a 

 town called Menapia after the tribe.'^^- Mr. Whitacre must have 

 been driven to the last resource, when he adopted the expedient 

 of collecting the present names of towns and villages of the region 



1«. Cr.mden, p. 324., U+. J"!- Cacs. lib. 3. 29. 1 15. lb. 3. H. 



liG. lb. lib, 4. 3t. 14.7. Hist, of Mane. v. 2. p. 243, and Camden, p. 327. 



