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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Label Occurrences
Ossory (anglicised) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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

Osraige → peopleCalled → Ossory (anglicised) ⓘ