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The language of the Rheged ruling classes, and quite likely of the majority of the population, was a Brythonic languageBrythonic is one of two major divisions of Insular Celtic languages (the other being Goidelic). It is known loosely as P-Celtic for the way it uses p for an old kw in Proto-Indo-European; however, this nomenclature usually implies an acceptance of the P-C somewhat similar to WelshWelsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. For other meanings, see Wales (disambiguation). Welsh Cymraeg y Gymraeg , not to be confused with the Welsh dialect of English, is a Brythonic branch of Celtic spoken natively in the wes.
Place-name evidence and Taliesin's poems suggest that Rheged included all of what is now Dumfries and GallowayDumfries and Galloway is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. To the north it borders onto South Ayrshire, East Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire; in the east the Borders; and to the south the county of Cumbria in England. It lies to the north of t and CumbriaCumbria is a county located in the northwest area of England. The boundaries are along the Irish Sea to the west, and along the Pennines to the east. Cumbria's northern boundary stretches from the Solway Firth to Morecambe Bay along the Scotland border., plus LancashireLancashire (archaically, the County of Lancaster is a county palatine of England, lying on the Irish Sea. Its name is sometimes abbreviated to Lancs . Its traditional county town was Lancaster, but the county council is now based in Preston. The county bo at least as far south as OldhamOldham is a town in North West England, on the north-eastern edge of the Greater Manchester conurbation. Traditionally part of Lancashire, it began as a mill town, and is most recently well-known for inter-racial problems. It is the largest settlement in, and the Dales including WensleydaleWensleydale is a dale or valley in the North Yorkshire Dales, England. The principal towns are Hawes in Upper Wensleydale and Leyburn in Lower Wensleydale. Wensleydale cheese originates from Wensleydale. North Yorkshire. and Catterick. It may well also have included Northumberland and Durham prior to the conquest of these lands by Bernicia and later Northumbria. The royal family apparently had two principal caers (castles / capital cities), one at Caer Llewelyd (identified with Carlisle), and one at Catraeth (Catterick).
The language of Northumbria was Old English.
There is considerable evidence for an Irish presence as well. It is known that Irish Christian missionaries were active in Rheged (although the region was at least nominally Christian even in Roman times) and there were likely Irish traders, pirates and settlers unconnected with the church as well.
One of the more accessible sources for Rheged history (and dark ages British history generally) is the works of the Venerable Bede.
The name Rheged has been adopted by the Rheged Centre close to Penrith, Cumbria. The centre, apart from having a number of retail outlets, boasts the largest turf roof in Europe and a giant cinema screen which shows films including one about the history of Rheged.
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