Ossory (anglicised)

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Ossory is the anglicised name for the medieval Irish kingdom and region of Osraige, located in what is now parts of County Kilkenny and surrounding areas.

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Ossory (anglicised) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical kingdom
historical region
medieval Irish kingdom
alsoExtendedInto County Laois
County Tipperary
County Waterford
anglicisedFrom Osraige
associatedEcclesiasticalTitle Diocese of Ossory
associatedModernTitle King of Ossory
linked to: Lord of Ossory

Prince of Ossory
linked to: Lord of Ossory
associatedSaint St Canice
linked to: Saint Canice

St Ciarán of Saigir
borderedBy Kingdom of Leinster
Kingdom of Munster
capitalTraditionallyAt Kilkenny
coreAreaNowIn County Kilkenny
culture Gaelic Irish culture
existedInPeriod Early Middle Ages
High Middle Ages
governedBy Gaelic kings
hasAlternativeName Osraige
hasAnglicisedFormOf Osraige
hasEcclesiasticalSeeAt St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny
hasModernEcclesiasticalSuccessor Church of Ireland Diocese of Cashel, Ferns and Ossory
Roman Catholic Diocese of Ossory
linked to: Diocese of Ossory
historicalImportance frontier kingdom between major Irish provinces
historicalStatus sub-kingdom between Munster and Leinster
historicalTerritoryType tuath
integratedInto Lordship of Ireland
languageHistoricallySpoken Middle Irish
Old Irish
laterIntegratedInto Kingdom of Ireland
legalSystem Brehon law
locatedIn Ireland
Leinster
nameEtymologyRelatedTo Irish word for deer (osraighe)
nameUsedIn ecclesiastical titles
medieval Irish annals
nowCorrespondsLargelyTo County Kilkenny region
linked to: County Kilkenny
partOf Gaelic Ireland
peopleCalled Osraige
politicalStructure hereditary monarchy
religionHistorically Celtic paganism
Christianity
ruledByDynasty Dál Birn
Mac Giolla Phádraig

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Osraige peopleCalled Ossory (anglicised)