Upper Ossory

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Upper Ossory was a historic Gaelic-Irish lordship in what is now County Laois, traditionally ruled by the Mac Giolla Phádraig (Fitzpatrick) dynasty.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Upper Ossory canonical 25
Ossory 4
East Breifne 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gaelic-Irish territory ⓘ
historic lordship ⓘ
medieval Irish lordship ⓘ
anglicisedName Upper Ossory ⓘ
associatedClan Clan Giolla Phádraig ⓘ
associatedSurname Fitzpatrick ⓘ
Mac Giolla Phádraig ⓘ
borderedBy County Kilkenny ⓘ
County Tipperary ⓘ
Lower Ossory ⓘ
linked to: Ossory

Queen's County ⓘ
countryDuringMedievalPeriod Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
culturalIdentity Gaelic lordship of Leinster ⓘ
existedDuring Middle Ages ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ
feudalization incorporated into English-style barony ⓘ
governedUnder Brehon law ⓘ
governingFamilySeat Mac Giolla Phádraig ⓘ
governingTitle Baron Upper Ossory ⓘ
Lord of Upper Ossory ⓘ
linked to: Kings of Osraige
historicalAdministration Gaelic lordship before Tudor conquest of Ireland ⓘ
historicalCategory Gaelic-Irish kingdom or lordship ⓘ
former Irish territorial division ⓘ
historicalEthnicity Gaelic Irish ⓘ
historicalFunction territorial base of the Fitzpatrick lords ⓘ
historicalLanguage Irish language ⓘ
historicalReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
historicalStatus autonomous Gaelic territory ⓘ
lordship under Gaelic law ⓘ
laterAdministration integrated into Queen's County (Laois) ⓘ
laterGovernedUnder English common law ⓘ
linkedToTitle Baron Upper Ossory in the Peerage of Ireland ⓘ
locatedIn Province of Leinster ⓘ
linked to: Leinster

present-day County Laois ⓘ
namedAfter Ossory ⓘ
nativeName Uachtar Osraí ⓘ
partOf Kingdom of Ossory ⓘ
politicalStructure hereditary chieftaincy ⓘ
presentDayEquivalent parts of north and northwest County Laois ⓘ
regionType upland portion of Ossory ⓘ
rulingDynastyOrigin Ossory kingship line of Mac Giolla Phádraig ⓘ
successorTerritory County Laois ⓘ
traditionalRulers Fitzpatrick dynasty ⓘ
Mac Giolla Phádraig dynasty ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cavan → formerName → East Breifne ⓘ
linked to: Upper Ossory
Upper Ossory → anglicisedName → Upper Ossory ⓘ
Fitzpatrick dynasty → traditionalTerritory → Ossory ⓘ
linked to: Upper Ossory
Clan Mac Giolla Phádraig → ruledTerritory → Ossory ⓘ
linked to: Upper Ossory
Fitzpatrick → associatedTerritory → Ossory ⓘ
subject linked to: Fitzpatrick (surname)
linked to: Upper Ossory
Mac Giolla Phádraig dynasty → historicalSeat → Upper Ossory in present-day County Laois ⓘ
linked to: Upper Ossory
Uachtar Osraí → IrishNameOf → Upper Ossory ⓘ
Uachtar Osraí → hasEnglishName → Upper Ossory ⓘ
Baron Upper Ossory → locatedIn → Upper Ossory ⓘ
Baron Upper Ossory → hasTerritorialDesignation → Upper Ossory ⓘ
Fitzpatrick lordship → locatedIn → Upper Ossory ⓘ
Fitzpatrick lordship → centeredOn → Upper Ossory ⓘ
Fitzpatrick of Upper Ossory → governedTerritory → Upper Ossory barony ⓘ
linked to: Upper Ossory
FitzPatrick → associatedWithTerritory → Upper Ossory ⓘ
Fitzpatrick → hasGeographicOrigin → Ossory ⓘ
linked to: Upper Ossory