The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory, Volume 1Sealy, Bryers & Walker, 1905 - Ireland The Catholic Diocese of Ossory includes most of County Kilkenny, a portion of Leix, and one parish in Offaly. |
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Abbey Abbot Aengus Aengus Osrithe Aghaboe ancient Annals of Clonmacnoise Annals of Ulster appointed Archbishop Archdeacon Ballyragget Barnaby Baron of Upper Barony battle Bishop of Ossory Book of Leinster Brian brother Burke Butler Callan Canice Canon Cashel castle Castletown Catholic Ceallach Cearbhall century church city of Kilkenny clergy College County Kilkenny Daton daughter death Dermot Diaecesis Diarmaid died Diocese of Ossory Domhnall Donnchadh Donnogh Dublin Durrow Earl of Ormond English Episcopate father Fitzpatrick Four Masters Freshford Galmoy Geoffry Gillapatrick Gowran heir Holy Ibid Inistioge Ireland Irish James John Kieran Kildare Kilmanagh King of Ossory Kingdom lands Lanigan Leix Lord Baron Lord of Ossory Lord of Upper MacGillapatrick MacMurrough Magh married Mary's Munster O'Kealy Ossorians Ossoriensis parish Parochus Patrick Phelan priest Queen's County Rathdowney Richard Rothe Saighir Shee slain successor Teige territory Thomas Tuaisceart Osraighe Upper Ossory Vicar Waterford William
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Page 14 - Liuen' was the name of his mother, according to his own Life, chap. 21. Countless were the signs and miracles which God performed on earth through him. It was he that used to order the stones to kindle with a puff of his breath. It was he also that made fish, honey, and oil, of the little bit of meat in the time of the fast, when Brenainn of Birr and Ciaran of Cluain came on a visit to him, as appears from his Life ; together with many other miracles. He used to be often [immersed] in a vat of cold...
Page 214 - That we entertain a firm persuasion that a complete and entire union between Great Britain and Ireland, founded on equal and liberal principles, on the similarity of laws, constitution, and government, and on a sense of mutual interests and affections...
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Page 214 - Majesty's faithful subjects of Great Britain and Ireland, and may unite them inseparably in the full enjoyment of the blessings of our free and invaluable constitution, in the support of the honour and dignity of his Majesty's crown, and in the preservation and advancement of the welfare and prosperity of the whole British empire.
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Page 14 - Masters, it is mentioned4 that in "the Age of Christ 928, Godfrey, grandson of Imhar, with the foreigners of Athcliath [Dublin], demolished and plundered Dearc-Fearna, where one thousand persons were killed in this year, as is stated in this quatrain" — " Nine hundred years without sorrow, twenty-eight, it has been proved, Since Christ came to our relief, to the plundering of Dearc-Fearna.
Page 10 - ... chieftains for the sovereignty of the island. " After Enna Airgtheach had spent twenty-seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland he fell by Raitheachtaigh, son of Maen, ... in the battle of Raighne. It was by this Enna Airgtheach that silver shields were made at Airget-Ros ; so that he gave them to the men of Ireland.
Page 84 - ... once he disappeared into the fastnesses of Kerry and raised a little army, but nothing came of this and he promised to dismiss his men. Rory Oge O'Moore, again in revolt, was, after some successes and many burnings, routed and slain by Barnaby Fitzpatrick, Baron of Upper Ossory, in 1578. He had been 'the head of the plunderers and insurgents of the men of Ireland in his time; and for a long time after his death', say the annalists, 'no one was desirous to discharge one shot against the Crown'.