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Osraige or Osraighe, Osraí, anglicized as Ossory, was a medieval Irish kingdom comprising what is now County Kilkenny and western County Laois, corresponding to the Diocese of Ossory. The home of the Osraige people, it existed from around the first century until the Norman invasion of Ireland in the 12th century. It was ruled by the Dál Birn dynasty, whose medieval descendants assumed the surname Mac Giolla Phádraig.
The source of the River Barrow in the Slieve Bloom Mountains
The River Nore
The River Suir
The Slieve Blooms
County Kilkenny
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County Kilkenny is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. Kilkenny County Council is the local authority for the county. At the 2022 census the population of the county was 103,685. The county was based on the historic Gaelic kingdom of Ossory (Osraighe), which was coterminous with the Diocese of Ossory.
The River Barrow at Graiguenamanagh
The River Nore at Kilkenny
Kilkenny countryside looking west near Graiguenamanagh.
Pasture at Listerlin, County Kilkenny.