- magic,
trickery and guile. The
account mentions that at this defeat, the
Ossorians fled like wild deer ("ossa" in Irish), a pun on
their tribal name. It...
- in
Bodleian Library, MS
Rawlinson B 502. In
addition to all the
native Ossorian kings (not
counting the
Corcu Loígde), a
number of
other notable family...
-
Ballaghmore Castle,
Cullahill Castle,
amongst other places. An
important Ossorian genealogy for
Domnall mac
Donnchada mac
Gilla Patric is
preserved in the...
-
following the
Norman Invasion of Ireland. A
number of
important royal Ossorian genealogies are preserved,
particularly MS
Rawlinson B502,
which traces...
- Ossory: His Period, &c., &c.:
Notices of Some
Saints of the
Raceof the
Ossorians". The
Journal of the
Royal Historical and
Archaeological ****ociation of...
-
Osraige from 802
until his
death in 842. Dúngal mac
Fergaile was of the old
Ossorian lineage called the Dál Birn, who
traced their descent from Óengus Osrithe...
-
Banshenchas thus: "The
mother of
Diarmait son of Cerball, hero of the
brilliant Ossorians, and of Tadg son of
perfect Concobar (noble, wealthy,
destructive and...
-
remote ancestor of the
Ossorians.
Bressail Bricc had two sons; Lughaidh,
ancestor of the Laigan, and Connla, from whom the
Ossorians sprang,
through Óengus...
- of the
kings of Leinster. In 1039,
Donnchadh led a
combined force of
Ossorians and the Leinstermen,
raiding and
burning as far as
Knowth and Drogheda...
- a list of the most
prominent rulers in Viking-age Europe,
listing this
Ossorian king
alongside other well-known
rulers of that era,
specifically Popes...
