Kings of Osraige
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The Kings of Osraige reigned over what was largely a buffer state between Leinster and Munster. Its southern border were the Suir and Barrow rivers, though it originally extended to the sea and its rulers had some influence over the Norse kings of Waterford. In the north it may have once stretched over the Slieve Bloom and reached the Shannon, but in the historic era it generally stayed to the south of these mountions, the boundary generally being the river Nore.
In a clockwise direction (starting at 12:00) it was bordered by the kingdoms or lordships of Ele, Ui Duach, Loigis, Ui Drona, Uí Cheinnselaig, Desi Mumhain, and Eóganachta Caisel.
Its main town and dynastic capital was Kilkenny.
The name Osraige is said to be from the Usdaie, a tribe that Ptolemy's map of Ireland places in roughly the same area that Osraige would later occupy. Other tribes in the vicinity were the Brigantes and the Cauci. The Osraighe themselves claimed to be descended from the Érainn people.
Modern day County Kilkenny and part of west County Laois comprise the core area of what was this kingdom.
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[edit] Early Kings of Osraige to 800
- Feradach Finn mac Daui, ???-584
[edit] List of Kings from 842 to 1172
- Dungal/Dunlaig ???-842
- Cerball mac Dunlainge 842-888
- Riacan mac Dunlainge 888-894
- Diarmait mac Cerbaill 894-905
- Cellach mac Cerbaill 905-908
- Diarmait mac Cerbaill 908-928
- Cuilen mac Cellaig 928-933
- Donnchad mac Cellaig 934-976
- Gilla Patraic mac Donnchada 976-996
- Cellach mac Diarmata 996-1103
- Donnchad mac Gilla Patraic 1003-1039
- 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
- Cerball 1103-c.1113
- Domnall mac Donnchada Mac Gilla Patraic ????-1113
- Finn Ua Caellaide ????-????
- Donnchad Balc mac Gilla Patraic Ruaid after 1119-1123
- 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
- Cerball mac Domnaill Mac Gilla Patraic 1146-1163
- Murchad Ua Caellaide ????-????
- Donnchad mac Gilla Patric Mac Gilla Patraic after 1151-1162
- Domnall Mac Gilla Patraic 1162/63-1165
- Domnall Mac Gilla Patraic 1165-1176
- Diarmait Ua Caellaide 1170-1172
[edit] References
- "Kings of Osraige, a.842-1176", pages 202-203, in "A New History of Ireland", volume IX, ed. Byrne, Martin, Moody, 1984.
- "The FitzPatricks of Ossory", T. Lyng, Old Kilkenny Review, Vol. 2, no. 3, 1981.
