Ossory

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Ossory is a historic medieval kingdom and later ecclesiastical diocese in southeastern Ireland, centered around what is now County Kilkenny.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Lower Ossory 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Church of Ireland diocese
Roman Catholic diocese
historic diocese
historic kingdom
medieval Irish kingdom
absorbedInto Kingdom of Leinster NERFINISHED
associatedMonasticSite Aghaboe GENERATED
Jerpoint GENERATED
Kilkenny (early ecclesiastical settlement) GENERATED
associatedRiver River Nore NERFINISHED
borderedBy Munster (historical province) NERFINISHED
capital Kilkenny NERFINISHED
centeredOn County Kilkenny NERFINISHED
country Ireland NERFINISHED
dioceseEstablished 12th century
dioceseNowPartOf Roman Catholic Diocese of Ossory NERFINISHED
United Dioceses of Cashel, Ferns and Ossory (Church of Ireland) NERFINISHED
ecclesiasticalProvince Province of Dublin (Church of Ireland) NERFINISHED
Province of Dublin (Roman Catholic) NERFINISHED
governedBy Kings of Osraige NERFINISHED
hasCathedral St Canice's Cathedral NERFINISHED
hasCathedralCity Kilkenny NERFINISHED
hasCoatOfArms arms featuring a stag (associated with Osraige)
hasEcclesiasticalSee Kilkenny NERFINISHED
historicalRegionIncludes County Kilkenny NERFINISHED
parts of County Laois
parts of County Offaly
historicalSignificance important frontier kingdom between Leinster and Munster
kingdomFlourished early Middle Ages
language Middle Irish NERFINISHED
Old Irish NERFINISHED
locatedIn southeastern Ireland
medievalLaw Brehon law NERFINISHED
nameEtymology derived from Old Irish Osraige
nameMeaning people of the deer
notableRuler Cerball mac Dúnlainge NERFINISHED
Gilla Pátraic mac Donnchada NERFINISHED
partOf Leinster (historical province) NERFINISHED
patronSaint St Canice NERFINISHED
people Osraige NERFINISHED
preNormanPoliticalStructure tuath-based kingdom
religion Christianity
Church of Ireland NERFINISHED
Roman Catholicism
rite Latin Rite
successorEntity County Kilkenny NERFINISHED
modern Roman Catholic Diocese of Ossory NERFINISHED

Referenced by (8)

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

Osraige anglicisedName Ossory
Upper Ossory borderedBy Ossory
this entity surface form: Lower Ossory
Upper Ossory in present-day County Laois borderedBy Ossory
subject surface form: Upper Ossory
this entity surface form: Lower Ossory
Osraige exonym Ossory
Upper Ossory namedAfter Ossory