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Kings of Osraige

December 15, 2023

The kings of Osraige (alternately spelled Osraighe and Anglicised as Ossory) reigned over the medieval Irish kingdom of Osraige from the first or second century AD until the late twelfth century. Osraige was a semi-provincial kingdom in south-east Ireland which disappeared following the Norman Invasion of Ireland. A number of important royal Ossorian genealogies are preserved, particularly MS Rawlinson B502, which traces the medieval Mac Giolla Phádraig dynasty back through Óengus Osrithe, who supposedly flourished in the first or second century.[1][2] and one in the Book of Leinster (also known as "Lebor na Nuachongbála").[3][4] Recent analysis of ninth and tenth century regnal succession in Osraige has suggested that in peaceful times, kingship passed primarily from eldest to youngest brother, before crossing generations and passing to sons and nephews.[5]

Map of Osraige (circa 900)

Early kings of Osraige edit

The following kings are listed in all major genealogies, but originate from an early period in Irish protohistory, and likely stem from oral tradition.[6]

Kings of Osraige to 1103 edit

The following is a synchronism of the kings of Osraige from historic times until the death Gilla Patraic Ruadh in 1103, after which the kingdom experienced some political fracturing.[7]

Kings of Osraige from 1103 to the Norman Invasion edit

Upon the death of king Gilla Patráic Ruadh in 1103, two smaller portions of the kingdom broke away from the central polity of Osraige; the area of Mag Lacha in the far north of Osraige became independently ruled by the Ua Caellaide clan, and Desceart Osraige ("South Osraige") in the very southern area of Osraige, ruled intermittently by rival members of the Mac Giolla Phádraig clan.

  • Cerball (1103-c.1113)
  • Domnall mac Donnchada Mac Gilla Patráic (????–1113)
  • Finn Ua Caellaide (????-????) (ruled Clarmallagh independently from the rest of Osraige)
  • Donnchad Balc mac Gilla Patráic Ruaid (after 1119–1123) Probably the same Donnchad who accompanied the great fleet led by Toirdhealbhach Ó Conchobhair, king of Ireland on a predatory excursion, along with king of Leinster Éanna son of Murchadh, to consume the food supplies of Munster.[12]
  • Donnchad Dub (c. 1121 – c. 1121)
  • Murchad Mac Murchada (c. 1123–1126)
  • Conchobar mac Cerbaill (1123 – c. 1126)
  • Gilla Patráic mac Domnaill Mac Gilla Patráic (c. 1126–1146) Killed by his distant relatives, the Uí Braonáin clan.[13]
  • Cerball mac Domnaill Mac Gilla Patraic (1146–1163)
  • Murchad Ua Caellaide (????–????)
  • Donnchad mac Gilla Patráic Mac Gilla Patráic (after 1151–1162)
  • Domnall Mac Gilla Patráic (1162/63–1165)
  • Donchadh Ua Donoghoe Mac Gilla Patráic (1162–1185) Blinded Éanna Mac Murchadha, crown-prince of Leinster.[14]
  • Diarmait Ua Caellaide (1170–1172) (lord of Clarmallagh, the northernmost part of Osraige)
  • Maelseachlainn Mac Gilla Patráic (1185–1194)[15]

Kings of Osraige from the Normans to the Tudors edit

The kingdom of Osraige did not fully disappear after the arrival of Norman mercenaries in Ireland, though it was greatly reduced in size. The lineage of Osraige's Lords remained in power in the northern third of their original territory, having been pushed back through the arrival of William Marshal who sought to consolidate his wife's huge claim to Leinster, including Osraige. The lords who ruled this area were sometimes also known in the annals as ‘Princes of Osraige’, ‘Kings of Upper Osraige’ (or ‘North Osraige’), or ‘Kings of Slieve Bloom’; it was a period when the concept of Irish ‘Kingship’ was being replaced with ‘Lordship’.[16] They generally maintained their independence from the Crown or any shire until the final submission of Barnaby McGillaPatrick in 1537[17] and his subsequent conversion to the title of 1st Baron Upper Osraige in 1541,[18] however, from the mid 1400s to the early 1500s they were at times in alliance with the House of Ormond[19] as well as the House of Kildare.[20] Fitzpatrick historians such as Carrigan [21] and Shearman [22] could not, in their day, access all available records, and their interpretations of succession are often confusing and ambiguous. The following list may include powerful members of different lines of the family, who may or may not necessarily have been inaugurated as the Mac Gilla Pátraic per se, but who were likely recognized nonetheless as the de facto ruler or potential heir, and noteworthy enough for reference by the annalists and in key records such as Liber Ruber,[23] the Ormond Deeds [24] and the Kildare Rental.[20]

  • Donnell Clannagh Mac Gilla Patráic (fl. 1212–1219) Edmund Campion hailed him as a "peerless warrior".[25]
  • Donnagh mac Anmchadh mac Donnogh Mac Gilla Pátraic (d. 1249) Hailed by the annalists as an outstanding captain and relentless foe of the English, he is recorded as often reconnoitering the English forces while wearing a variety of disguises.[26]
  • Jeffrey mac Donnell Clannagh Mac Gilla Patráic (d.1269) "King of Slieve Bloom".
  • Eochaghan Mac Gilla Patráic(?) (d. 1281)
  • Mollachlyn Mac Gilla Patráic(?) (fl. 1286) Paid the Crown £6 for peace in 1286, together with his brother Finn.
  • Donnogh Mac Gilla Patráic (d. 1324) Donnogh Mac Gilla Patráic,"Lord of Ossory" was summoned by Edward II to campaign with him in Scotland.
  • Donnell Duff Mac Gilla Patráic(?) (d. 1325) Slain by his own relatives.
  • Donough mac Jeffrey Mac Gilla Patráic (d. 1329–30)
  • Scanlan Mac Gilla Patráic (fl. 1333–6)
  • Carroll Mac Gilla Patráic (d. 1345)
  • Diarmaid Mac Gilla Pátraic (fl. 1346) Launched an attack on the English garrison at Aghaboe; the nearby Abbey of which was burned as collateral damage in 1346.
  • Maelechlainn mac Jeffrey Mac Gilla Patráic (d. 1367)
  • Finghin (Fineen) Mac Gilla Pátraic (d. 1383/86) Founded the Friary at the Abbey of Aghaboe for the Dominican Order in 1382.[27]
  • Mac Gilla Pátraic (d. 1383/96) ‘Lord of Osraige’.[28]
  • Finghin Óg (‘The Younger’) Mac Gilla Pátraic ‘Lord of Osraige’ (c.1396–c.1417). In 1394 was among a number of Irish who submitted to Richard II.[29] Married Art Óg mac Murchadha Caomhánach’s daughter Sadhbh.[30]
  • Donnchadh Mór Riabhach ‘The Great, The Swarthy’ Mac Gilla Pátraic ‘Lord of Osraige’ (c. 1417–c. 1448) he is largely overlooked by Carrigan and Shearman. Referred to as ‘Donatus magnus’ in the Ormond Deeds[31] and ‘Chief’ in Annála Connacht.[32] He was the father of three sons all slain by the Butlers in 1443: Finghin, Diarmaid and Maeleachlainn Ruadh.[28]
  • Finghin Mac Gilla Pátraic (d. 1443) Styled ‘Kinglet’ by Shearman.[33] He and his brother Diarmaid were murdered in Kilkenny at the behest of MacRichard Butler.[28]
  • Finghin Mór Mac Gilla Pátraic ‘Lord of Osraige’ (ca. 1448–1468). His wife was the daughter of Edmund Butler.[31] Died of the plague.[28]
  • Seághan (John) mac Finghin Mór Mac Gilla Patráic (d. 1468)[34][35] Said by Carrigan to be buried with his wife Katherine, along with his son Brian and his wife Noirin O'More in ‘Kilpatrick's’ mortuary chapel at the Priory of Fertagh, underneath a stone altar table carved with effigies of Seán and his wife Katherine O’Malloy in high relief.[36] The Annals of the Four Masters provide his pedigree as, ‘son of John, son of Fineen, son of Fineen, son of Fineen, son of Donnell’.[28]
  • Tadhg (Teague) Dubh (‘the Black’) mac Finghin Óg Mac Gilla Pátraic (d. 1487) Tanist of Osraige.[37] Once a cleric in training[38] he was rebuked by Pope Nicholas V for being among those, including the ‘White Earl’, as ‘more cruel than Pharaoh’.
  • Séafra (Geoffrey) mac Finghin Óg Mac Gilla Pátraic Styled ‘King of Osraige’ and ‘Lord of Osraige’[39] he was ‘Chief of his nation’[40] from 1468–1489; brother of Seán he likely lived to an old age since he was blind when he died.[37]
  • Brian na Luirech (‘of the mail coats’) Mac Gilla Pátraic (d. 1511), is said by Carrigan to be the son of Seághan (John) Mac Gilla Pátraic and Katherine O'Molloy; his wife being Noirin O'More, daughter of Uaithne O'More, and sister of Melaghlin O'More, Lords of Laois.[41] Carrigan also claimed Brian constructed the sarcophagus tomb carvings in the mortuary chapel at Fertagh,[41] but this is problematic given Carrigan’s claim Seághan died in 1468; the tomb is dated authoritatively as 1510–1540.[42] Carrigan[41] also claimed Brian descended from the line of Finghin Mór but without providing any primary reference. Rather, Carrigan miscited noteworthy historians, such as Keating[43] and Mac Fhirbhisigh,[44] and ignored the authoritative Annals of Ireland[45] as well as An Leabhar Muimhneach.[46] The authoritative sources referred to all have Brian (c.1478–1575) as the son of Seághan. It has been suggested that Carrigan may have confused Brian na Luirech with another clann chieftain, Brian mac Toirealach mac Donnchah Mór Mac Giolla Phádraig[47]
  • William Mac Giolla Phádraig, a much overlooked cleric and clann chieftain in the early 16th century.[47]
  • Brian mac Toirealach mac Donnchah Mór Mac Giolla Phádraig, clan spokesman in 1518.[48]
  • Brian Mac Gilla Pátraic (c.1478–1575) The last Lord of Osraige; he became the first great Irish lord to adopt the Tudor policy of ‘surrender and re-grant’, and thereby became Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 1st Baron Upper Ossory. From him spring the Barons and Earls of Upper Ossory and Gowran, and Barons Castletown. He had at least five wives and was the father of many sons,[47] including Brian the 2nd Baron Upper Ossory, and Florence Fitzpatrick, 3rd Baron Upper Ossory.

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Genealogies from Rawlinson B 502; CELT: http://www.ucc.ie/celt/online/G105003.html
  2. ^ Digital images of Rawlinson B502 folios from Oxford Bodleian Library (Ossorian Genealogy is found on folio 70v): http://image.ox.ac.uk/show?collection=bodleian&manuscript=msrawlb502
  3. ^ Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála, online through CELT: http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G800011A/index.html
  4. ^ Reges Ossairge ; 41 a (p. 191), found here: "MS 1339 (The Book of Leinster)". Irish Script on Screen. School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  5. ^ Early Irish Regnal Succession: A Case Study; by Jim Reid. https://www.academia.edu/6401329/Early_Irish_Regnal_Succession_A_Case_Study
  6. ^ "County Kilkenny Ireland – Rulers and Clans". Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  7. ^ From the Book of Leinster king lists and various Irish annals.
  8. ^ AM582, AU584, AT584, AI585 According to the sources, Feredach Finn and his son Colmán were the last of a line of Corcu Loígde kings of Osraige. At the same time there were Osraige kings of Corcu Loígde. The two kingdoms appear to have been closely allied, however relations had spoiled causing the Osraige to kill Feradach. See FA4 (583)
  9. ^ Duffy, Seán (15 January 2005). Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-94824-5.
  10. ^ The Annals of Tigernach, T1003.3
  11. ^ T1039.7
  12. ^ T1119.5
  13. ^ T1146.3
  14. ^ T1168.2
  15. ^ Annals of Loch Cé 1193.13, Four Masters 1194.6
  16. ^ Simms, Katherine (1987). From Kings to Warlords: The Changing Political Structure of Gaelic Ireland in the Later Middle Ages”, p. 191. Boydell, Wolfeboro, N.H.
  17. ^ Great Britain. (1830). State papers: Published under the authority of His Majesty's Commission. King Henry the Eighth. Volume II, Part III. London: G. Eyre and A. Strahan, printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, etc.
  18. ^ Great Britain. (1830). State papers: Published under the authority of His Majesty's Commission. King Henry the Eighth. Volume III, Part III. London: G. Eyre and A. Strahan, printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, etc.
  19. ^ Fitzpatrick, Mike (2020). "Mac Giolla Phádraig Osraí 1384–1534 AD: Part I". The Journal of the Fitzpatrick Clan Society. 1: 1–17. doi:10.48151/fitzpatrickclansociety00120.
  20. ^ a b Mac Niocaill, Gearóid (1992). “Crown surveys of lands 1540–41: with the Kildare Rental begun in 1518”, p. 191. Irish Manuscripts Commission, Dublin.
  21. ^ Carrigan, William (1 January 1905). The history and antiquities of the diocese of Osraige. Sealy, Bryers & Walker.
  22. ^ Shearman, John (1879). “Loca Patriciana: An Identification of Localities, Chiefly in Leinster, Visited by Saint Patrick and His Assistant Missionaries and of Some Contemporary Kings and Chieftains”. M. H. Gill, Dublin.
  23. ^ Lawlor, H. (1908). “Calendar of the Liber Ruber of the Diocese of Osraige”. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section C: Archaeology, Celtic Studies, History, Linguistics, pp. 159–208.
  24. ^ Curtis, E. (1932–37). “Calendar of Ormond deeds Vol. II-IV.” The Stationery Office, Dublin.
  25. ^ Ware, Sir James (1 January 1809). Ancient Irish Histories: The Works of Spencer, Campion, Hanmer, and Marleburrough. Reprinted at the Hibernia Press.
  26. ^ Annals of Clonmacnoise, 1249
  27. ^ Burke, T. (1762). Hibernia Dominicana. Sive historia provinciæ Hiberniæ Ordinis prædicatorum. Per P. Thomam de Burgo, Coloniæ Agrippinæ ex typographia Metternichiana.
  28. ^ a b c d e O'Clery, M., O'Clery, C., O'Clery, C., O'Mulconry, F., O'Duigenan, C., & O'Donovan, J. (1856). Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland, by the Four Masters, from the earliest period to the year 1616. Edited from MSS. in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy and of Trinity College, Dublin, with a translation, and copious notes, by John O'Donovan. Dublin, Hodges, Smith, and Co.
  29. ^ Johnston, D. (1977). Richard II and Ireland, 1395–9, [thesis], Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Department of History, pp 612.
  30. ^ O'Byrne, E. (2001). War, politics and the Irish of Leinster, 1156–1606, [thesis], Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Department of History, pp 218, pp 249.
  31. ^ a b Curtis, E. (Ed.). (1937). Calendar of Ormond deeds Vol. IV. Dublin: The Stationery Office.
  32. ^ Freeman, M. (1944). Annála Connacht, the annals of Connacht, A.D. 1224–1544. Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.
  33. ^ Shearman, J. (1879). Loca Patriciana: An Identification of Localities, Chiefly in Leinster, Visited by Saint Patrick and His Assistant Missionaries and of Some Contemporary Kings and Chieftains. Dublin: M. H. Gill.
  34. ^ Carrigan, "History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory, vol. 1; p. 78
  35. ^ See Shearman's Ossorian Genealogy table No. III
  36. ^ Fertagh Church Ruins (1905). Association for the Preservation of Memorials of the Dead in Ireland. Journal for the year. Printed for the Association, Dublin.
  37. ^ a b Mac Carthy, B. & Hennessy, W. (Eds.). (1895). Annála Uladh: Annals of Ulster, otherwise, Annála Senait, Annals of Senat; a chronicle of Irish affairs from A.D. 431, to A.D. 1540. Dublin: H. M. Stationery Office.
  38. ^ Bliss W. (Ed.). (1893). Calendar of entries in the Papal registers relating to Great Britain and Ireland. London: H. M. Stationery Office
  39. ^ Carrigan, W. (1905). The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Osraige. Dublin: Sealy, Bryers and Walker
  40. ^ Lawlor, H. (1908). Calendar of the Liber Ruber of the Diocese of Osraige. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section C: Archaeology, Celtic Studies, History, Linguistics, pp. 159–208.
  41. ^ a b c Carrigan, William (1905). The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory. Vol. 1. Dublin: Sealy, Bryers & Walker.
  42. ^ Rae, Edwin (1971). "Irish Sepulchral Monuments of the Later Middle Ages. Part II the O'Tunney Atelier". The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. 101: 1–39.
  43. ^ Keating, G (1857). The history of Ireland from the earliest period to the English invasion. Translated by John O'Mahony. new York: P.M. Haverty.
  44. ^ Ó Muraíle, N (2004). Leabhar mór na ngenealach: The great book of Irish genealogies. Compiled (1645–66) by Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh. Dublin: De Búrca.
  45. ^ O'Clery, M (1856). Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland, by the Four Masters, from the earliest period to the year 1616. Edited from MSS. in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy and of Trinity College, Dublin, with a translation, and copious notes, by John O'Donovan. Dublin: Hodges, Smith, and Co.
  46. ^ Ó Donnchadha, T (1960). An leabhar Muimhneach: maraon le suim aguisíní. Baile Átha Cliath: D'Oifig Díolta Foillseacháin Rialtais.
  47. ^ a b c Fitzpatrick, Mike (2020). "Mac Giolla Phádraig Osraí 1384–1534 AD Part II". The Journal of the Fitzpatrick Clan Society. 1: 40–71. doi:10.48151/fitzpatrickclansociety00320.
  48. ^ Hore, H (1862). "The Rental Book of Gerald Fitzgerald, Ninth Earl of Kildare. Begun in the Year 1518 (Continued)". The Journal of the Kilkenny and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society. 4(1)new series: 110–137.

References edit

  • "Kings of Osraige, a. 842–1176", pages 202–203, in "A New History of Ireland", volume IX, ed. Byrne, Martin, Moody, 1984.
  • Lyng, Tom P. (1981). "The FitzPatricks of Ossory". Old Kilkenny Review. 2 (3): 254–268.
  • Book of Leinster,Reges Ossairge at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
  • "Kilkenny..." John Hogan/P.M. Egan, 1884
  • "The Encyclopaedia of Ireland", B. Lawlor, Gill & McMillan, 2003. ISBN 0-7171-3000-2

External links edit

  • The Fitzpatrick – Mac Giolla Phádraig Clan Society
  • Kings of Osraige (Ossory) by Stewart Baldwin
  • Kings of Osraige (Ossory) by Dennis Walsh
  • Genealogical tables of medieval Irish royal dynasties by Bart Jaski (Osraige, pp 126–127)

December 15, 2023
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The kings of Osraige alternately spelled Osraighe and Anglicised as Ossory reigned over the medieval Irish kingdom of Osraige from the first or second century AD until the late twelfth century Osraige was a semi provincial kingdom in south east Ireland which disappeared following the Norman Invasion of Ireland A number of important royal Ossorian genealogies are preserved particularly MS Rawlinson B502 which traces the medieval Mac Giolla Phadraig dynasty back through oengus Osrithe who supposedly flourished in the first or second century 1 2 and one in the Book of Leinster also known as Lebor na Nuachongbala 3 4 Recent analysis of ninth and tenth century regnal succession in Osraige has suggested that in peaceful times kingship passed primarily from eldest to youngest brother before crossing generations and passing to sons and nephews 5 Map of Osraige circa 900 Contents 1 Early kings of Osraige 2 Kings of Osraige to 1103 3 Kings of Osraige from 1103 to the Norman Invasion 4 Kings of Osraige from the Normans to the Tudors 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksEarly kings of Osraige editThe following kings are listed in all major genealogies but originate from an early period in Irish protohistory and likely stem from oral tradition 6 oengus Osrithe ca 100 AD semi legendary founder of the kingdom of Osraige Loegaire Birn Buadach a quo Dal Birn Amhalgadh Echach Lamdoit Buan Niadh Corb Cairbre Caomh not named in the Book of Leinster Conall Rumaind Duach Laignich Faelad Bicne Caech Kings of Osraige to 1103 editThe following is a synchronism of the kings of Osraige from historic times until the death Gilla Patraic Ruadh in 1103 after which the kingdom experienced some political fracturing 7 Colman Mor died 574 son of Bicne Caech Feradach Finn mac Duach died 581 or 583 of the Corcu Loigde 8 Colman mac Feradaig died 603 Ronan Rigflaith died 624 son of Colman Mor Scannlan Mor mac Cinn Faelad died 644 Crundmaol died 656 son of Ronan Righfhlaith Faelan mac Crundmail died 660 Tuaim Snamha died 678 Faelchar Ua Maele odrain died 693 Cu Cherca mac Faelain died 712 Fland mac Congaile Ailill mac Faelain Cellach mac Faelchair died 735 Forbasach mac Ailella died 740 Anmchad mac Con Cherca died circa 761 Toim Snama mac Flainn died 770 Dungal mac Cellaig died 772 Faelan mac Forbasaig died 786 Mael Duin mac Cummascaig Fergal mac Anmchada died 802 Dungal mac Fergaile 802 842 Cerball mac Dunlainge 842 888 One of Osraige s most outstanding kings he reigned during a turbulent period of Irish history and amidst Viking invasions lead Osraige on a path to prominence in Ireland s politics even becoming militarily dominant over Leath Moga Leading his army he is recorded as having slaughtered 1 200 Danes at Carn Brammin Bramblestown in Co Kilkenny in 845 AD with many other victories besides In 847 AD it is proposed that he had Saint Canice s Round Tower built 9 Riacan mac Dunlainge 888 894 Diarmait mac Cerbaill 894 905 deposed Cellach mac Cerbaill 905 908 Diarmait mac Cerbaill 908 928 reinstated Cuilen mac Cellaig 928 933 Donnchad mac Cellaig 934 976 Gilla Patraic mac Donnchada 976 996 Cellach mac Diarmata 996 1003 Killed by his cousin Donnchadh son of Giolla Padraig 10 Donnchad mac Gilla Patraic 1003 1039 Also king of Leinster from 1033 to 1039 The Annals of Tigernach call Donnchad the champion of Ireland 11 Gilla Patraic mac Donnchada 1039 1055 Muirchertach mac Gilla Patraic 1041 Domnall mac Gilla Patraic 1055 after 1072 Donnchad mac Domnaill after 1072 1090 Gilla Patraic Ruad 1090 1103 Kings of Osraige from 1103 to the Norman Invasion editUpon the death of king Gilla Patraic Ruadh in 1103 two smaller portions of the kingdom broke away from the central polity of Osraige the area of Mag Lacha in the far north of Osraige became independently ruled by the Ua Caellaide clan and Desceart Osraige South Osraige in the very southern area of Osraige ruled intermittently by rival members of the Mac Giolla Phadraig clan Cerball 1103 c 1113 Domnall mac Donnchada Mac Gilla Patraic 1113 Finn Ua Caellaide ruled Clarmallagh independently from the rest of Osraige Donnchad Balc mac Gilla Patraic Ruaid after 1119 1123 Probably the same Donnchad who accompanied the great fleet led by Toirdhealbhach o Conchobhair king of Ireland on a predatory excursion along with king of Leinster Eanna son of Murchadh to consume the food supplies of Munster 12 Donnchad Dub c 1121 c 1121 Murchad Mac Murchada c 1123 1126 Conchobar mac Cerbaill 1123 c 1126 Gilla Patraic mac Domnaill Mac Gilla Patraic c 1126 1146 Killed by his distant relatives the Ui Braonain clan 13 Cerball mac Domnaill Mac Gilla Patraic 1146 1163 Murchad Ua Caellaide Donnchad mac Gilla Patraic Mac Gilla Patraic after 1151 1162 Domnall Mac Gilla Patraic 1162 63 1165 Donchadh Ua Donoghoe Mac Gilla Patraic 1162 1185 Blinded Eanna Mac Murchadha crown prince of Leinster 14 Diarmait Ua Caellaide 1170 1172 lord of Clarmallagh the northernmost part of Osraige Maelseachlainn Mac Gilla Patraic 1185 1194 15 Kings of Osraige from the Normans to the Tudors editThe kingdom of Osraige did not fully disappear after the arrival of Norman mercenaries in Ireland though it was greatly reduced in size The lineage of Osraige s Lords remained in power in the northern third of their original territory having been pushed back through the arrival of William Marshal who sought to consolidate his wife s huge claim to Leinster including Osraige The lords who ruled this area were sometimes also known in the annals as Princes of Osraige Kings of Upper Osraige or North Osraige or Kings of Slieve Bloom it was a period when the concept of Irish Kingship was being replaced with Lordship 16 They generally maintained their independence from the Crown or any shire until the final submission of Barnaby McGillaPatrick in 1537 17 and his subsequent conversion to the title of 1st Baron Upper Osraige in 1541 18 however from the mid 1400s to the early 1500s they were at times in alliance with the House of Ormond 19 as well as the House of Kildare 20 Fitzpatrick historians such as Carrigan 21 and Shearman 22 could not in their day access all available records and their interpretations of succession are often confusing and ambiguous The following list may include powerful members of different lines of the family who may or may not necessarily have been inaugurated as the Mac Gilla Patraic per se but who were likely recognized nonetheless as the de facto ruler or potential heir and noteworthy enough for reference by the annalists and in key records such as Liber Ruber 23 the Ormond Deeds 24 and the Kildare Rental 20 Donnell Clannagh Mac Gilla Patraic fl 1212 1219 Edmund Campion hailed him as a peerless warrior 25 Donnagh mac Anmchadh mac Donnogh Mac Gilla Patraic d 1249 Hailed by the annalists as an outstanding captain and relentless foe of the English he is recorded as often reconnoitering the English forces while wearing a variety of disguises 26 Jeffrey mac Donnell Clannagh Mac Gilla Patraic d 1269 King of Slieve Bloom Eochaghan Mac Gilla Patraic d 1281 Mollachlyn Mac Gilla Patraic fl 1286 Paid the Crown 6 for peace in 1286 together with his brother Finn Donnogh Mac Gilla Patraic d 1324 Donnogh Mac Gilla Patraic Lord of Ossory was summoned by Edward II to campaign with him in Scotland Donnell Duff Mac Gilla Patraic d 1325 Slain by his own relatives Donough mac Jeffrey Mac Gilla Patraic d 1329 30 Scanlan Mac Gilla Patraic fl 1333 6 Carroll Mac Gilla Patraic d 1345 Diarmaid Mac Gilla Patraic fl 1346 Launched an attack on the English garrison at Aghaboe the nearby Abbey of which was burned as collateral damage in 1346 Maelechlainn mac Jeffrey Mac Gilla Patraic d 1367 Finghin Fineen Mac Gilla Patraic d 1383 86 Founded the Friary at the Abbey of Aghaboe for the Dominican Order in 1382 27 Mac Gilla Patraic d 1383 96 Lord of Osraige 28 Finghin og The Younger Mac Gilla Patraic Lord of Osraige c 1396 c 1417 In 1394 was among a number of Irish who submitted to Richard II 29 Married Art og mac Murchadha Caomhanach s daughter Sadhbh 30 Donnchadh Mor Riabhach The Great The Swarthy Mac Gilla Patraic Lord of Osraige c 1417 c 1448 he is largely overlooked by Carrigan and Shearman Referred to as Donatus magnus in the Ormond Deeds 31 and Chief in Annala Connacht 32 He was the father of three sons all slain by the Butlers in 1443 Finghin Diarmaid and Maeleachlainn Ruadh 28 Finghin Mac Gilla Patraic d 1443 Styled Kinglet by Shearman 33 He and his brother Diarmaid were murdered in Kilkenny at the behest of MacRichard Butler 28 Finghin Mor Mac Gilla Patraic Lord of Osraige ca 1448 1468 His wife was the daughter of Edmund Butler 31 Died of the plague 28 Seaghan John mac Finghin Mor Mac Gilla Patraic d 1468 34 35 Said by Carrigan to be buried with his wife Katherine along with his son Brian and his wife Noirin O More in Kilpatrick s mortuary chapel at the Priory of Fertagh underneath a stone altar table carved with effigies of Sean and his wife Katherine O Malloy in high relief 36 The Annals of the Four Masters provide his pedigree as son of John son of Fineen son of Fineen son of Fineen son of Donnell 28 Tadhg Teague Dubh the Black mac Finghin og Mac Gilla Patraic d 1487 Tanist of Osraige 37 Once a cleric in training 38 he was rebuked by Pope Nicholas V for being among those including the White Earl as more cruel than Pharaoh Seafra Geoffrey mac Finghin og Mac Gilla Patraic Styled King of Osraige and Lord of Osraige 39 he was Chief of his nation 40 from 1468 1489 brother of Sean he likely lived to an old age since he was blind when he died 37 Brian na Luirech of the mail coats Mac Gilla Patraic d 1511 is said by Carrigan to be the son of Seaghan John Mac Gilla Patraic and Katherine O Molloy his wife being Noirin O More daughter of Uaithne O More and sister of Melaghlin O More Lords of Laois 41 Carrigan also claimed Brian constructed the sarcophagus tomb carvings in the mortuary chapel at Fertagh 41 but this is problematic given Carrigan s claim Seaghan died in 1468 the tomb is dated authoritatively as 1510 1540 42 Carrigan 41 also claimed Brian descended from the line of Finghin Mor but without providing any primary reference Rather Carrigan miscited noteworthy historians such as Keating 43 and Mac Fhirbhisigh 44 and ignored the authoritative Annals of Ireland 45 as well as An Leabhar Muimhneach 46 The authoritative sources referred to all have Brian c 1478 1575 as the son of Seaghan It has been suggested that Carrigan may have confused Brian na Luirech with another clann chieftain Brian mac Toirealach mac Donnchah Mor Mac Giolla Phadraig 47 William Mac Giolla Phadraig a much overlooked cleric and clann chieftain in the early 16th century 47 Brian mac Toirealach mac Donnchah Mor Mac Giolla Phadraig clan spokesman in 1518 48 Brian Mac Gilla Patraic c 1478 1575 The last Lord of Osraige he became the first great Irish lord to adopt the Tudor policy of surrender and re grant and thereby became Barnaby Fitzpatrick 1st Baron Upper Ossory From him spring the Barons and Earls of Upper Ossory and Gowran and Barons Castletown He had at least five wives and was the father of many sons 47 including Brian the 2nd Baron Upper Ossory and Florence Fitzpatrick 3rd Baron Upper Ossory See also editDal Birn Mac Giolla Phadraig Fitzpatrick name Kingdom of Osraige Irish kings Irish royal familiesNotes edit Genealogies from Rawlinson B 502 CELT http www ucc ie celt online G105003 html Digital images of Rawlinson B502 folios from Oxford Bodleian Library Ossorian Genealogy is found on folio 70v http image ox ac uk show collection bodleian amp manuscript msrawlb502 Book of Leinster formerly Lebar na Nuachongbala online through CELT http www ucc ie celt published G800011A index html Reges Ossairge 41 a p 191 found here MS 1339 The Book of Leinster Irish Script on Screen School of Celtic Studies Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Retrieved 17 November 2022 Early Irish Regnal Succession A Case Study by Jim Reid https www academia edu 6401329 Early Irish Regnal Succession A Case Study County Kilkenny Ireland Rulers and Clans Retrieved 16 March 2017 From the Book of Leinster king lists and various Irish annals AM582 AU584 AT584 AI585 According to the sources Feredach Finn and his son Colman were the last of a line of Corcu Loigde kings of Osraige At the same time there were Osraige kings of Corcu Loigde The two kingdoms appear to have been closely allied however relations had spoiled causing the Osraige to kill Feradach See FA4 583 Duffy Sean 15 January 2005 Medieval Ireland An Encyclopedia Routledge ISBN 978 1 135 94824 5 The Annals of Tigernach T1003 3 T1039 7 T1119 5 T1146 3 T1168 2 Annals of Loch Ce 1193 13 Four Masters 1194 6 Simms Katherine 1987 From Kings to Warlords The Changing Political Structure of Gaelic Ireland in the Later Middle Ages p 191 Boydell Wolfeboro N H Great Britain 1830 State papers Published under the authority of His Majesty s Commission King Henry the Eighth Volume II Part III London G Eyre and A Strahan printers to the King s Most Excellent Majesty etc Great Britain 1830 State papers Published under the authority of His Majesty s Commission King Henry the Eighth Volume III Part III London G Eyre and A Strahan printers to the King s Most Excellent Majesty etc Fitzpatrick Mike 2020 Mac Giolla Phadraig Osrai 1384 1534 AD Part I The Journal of the Fitzpatrick Clan Society 1 1 17 doi 10 48151 fitzpatrickclansociety00120 a b Mac Niocaill Gearoid 1992 Crown surveys of lands 1540 41 with the Kildare Rental begun in 1518 p 191 Irish Manuscripts Commission Dublin Carrigan William 1 January 1905 The history and antiquities of the diocese of Osraige Sealy Bryers amp Walker Shearman John 1879 Loca Patriciana An Identification of Localities Chiefly in Leinster Visited by Saint Patrick and His Assistant Missionaries and of Some Contemporary Kings and Chieftains M H Gill Dublin Lawlor H 1908 Calendar of the Liber Ruber of the Diocese of Osraige Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Section C Archaeology Celtic Studies History Linguistics pp 159 208 Curtis E 1932 37 Calendar of Ormond deeds Vol II IV The Stationery Office Dublin Ware Sir James 1 January 1809 Ancient Irish Histories The Works of Spencer Campion Hanmer and Marleburrough Reprinted at the Hibernia Press Annals of Clonmacnoise 1249 Burke T 1762 Hibernia Dominicana Sive historia provinciae Hiberniae Ordinis praedicatorum Per P Thomam de Burgo Coloniae Agrippinae ex typographia Metternichiana a b c d e O Clery M O Clery C O Clery C O Mulconry F O Duigenan C amp O Donovan J 1856 Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters from the earliest period to the year 1616 Edited from MSS in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy and of Trinity College Dublin with a translation and copious notes by John O Donovan Dublin Hodges Smith and Co Johnston D 1977 Richard II and Ireland 1395 9 thesis Trinity College Dublin Ireland Department of History pp 612 O Byrne E 2001 War politics and the Irish of Leinster 1156 1606 thesis Trinity College Dublin Ireland Department of History pp 218 pp 249 a b Curtis E Ed 1937 Calendar of Ormond deeds Vol IV Dublin The Stationery Office Freeman M 1944 Annala Connacht the annals of Connacht A D 1224 1544 Dublin Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Shearman J 1879 Loca Patriciana An Identification of Localities Chiefly in Leinster Visited by Saint Patrick and His Assistant Missionaries and of Some Contemporary Kings and Chieftains Dublin M H Gill Carrigan History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory vol 1 p 78 See Shearman s Ossorian Genealogy table No III Fertagh Church Ruins 1905 Association for the Preservation of Memorials of the Dead in Ireland Journal for the year Printed for the Association Dublin a b Mac Carthy B amp Hennessy W Eds 1895 Annala Uladh Annals of Ulster otherwise Annala Senait Annals of Senat a chronicle of Irish affairs from A D 431 to A D 1540 Dublin H M Stationery Office Bliss W Ed 1893 Calendar of entries in the Papal registers relating to Great Britain and Ireland London H M Stationery Office Carrigan W 1905 The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Osraige Dublin Sealy Bryers and Walker Lawlor H 1908 Calendar of the Liber Ruber of the Diocese of Osraige Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Section C Archaeology Celtic Studies History Linguistics pp 159 208 a b c Carrigan William 1905 The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory Vol 1 Dublin Sealy Bryers amp Walker Rae Edwin 1971 Irish Sepulchral Monuments of the Later Middle Ages Part II the O Tunney Atelier The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 101 1 39 Keating G 1857 The history of Ireland from the earliest period to the English invasion Translated by John O Mahony new York P M Haverty o Muraile N 2004 Leabhar mor na ngenealach The great book of Irish genealogies Compiled 1645 66 by Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh Dublin De Burca O Clery M 1856 Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters from the earliest period to the year 1616 Edited from MSS in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy and of Trinity College Dublin with a translation and copious notes by John O Donovan Dublin Hodges Smith and Co o Donnchadha T 1960 An leabhar Muimhneach maraon le suim aguisini Baile Atha Cliath D Oifig Diolta Foillseachain Rialtais a b c Fitzpatrick Mike 2020 Mac Giolla Phadraig Osrai 1384 1534 AD Part II The Journal of the Fitzpatrick Clan Society 1 40 71 doi 10 48151 fitzpatrickclansociety00320 Hore H 1862 The Rental Book of Gerald Fitzgerald Ninth Earl of Kildare Begun in the Year 1518 Continued The Journal of the Kilkenny and South East of Ireland Archaeological Society 4 1 new series 110 137 References edit Kings of Osraige a 842 1176 pages 202 203 in A New History of Ireland volume IX ed Byrne Martin Moody 1984 Lyng Tom P 1981 The FitzPatricks of Ossory Old Kilkenny Review 2 3 254 268 Book of Leinster Reges Ossairge at CELT Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork Kilkenny John Hogan P M Egan 1884 The Encyclopaedia of Ireland B Lawlor Gill amp McMillan 2003 ISBN 0 7171 3000 2External links editThe Fitzpatrick Mac Giolla Phadraig Clan Society Kings of Osraige Ossory by Stewart Baldwin Kings of Osraige Ossory by Dennis Walsh Genealogical tables of medieval Irish royal dynasties by Bart Jaski Osraige pp 126 127 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kings of Osraige amp oldid 1181811590, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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