Mac Giolla Phádraig dynasty
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Mac Giolla Phádraig is a native Irish dynastic surname which translates into English as "Son of the Devotee of Patrick". In the medieval period, the Mac Giolla Phádraigs were hereditary kings of Osrai
Jerpoint Abbey was founded by Domnall Mac Gilla Pátraic I (died 1176) ca. 1160.
Upper Ossory
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Upper Ossory was an administrative barony in the south and west of Queen's County in Ireland. In late Gaelic Ireland it was the túath of the Mac Giolla Phádraig family and a surviving remnant of the o
Mac Giolla Phádraig dynasty
…scholars speculate a Norse influence on the name. In 1537, as part of the surrender /submission of Brian Mac Giolla Phádraig (then the ruling chief of Upper Ossory and a lineal descendant of Gilla Pátraic mac Donnchada) to King Henry VIII, Brian took the anglicised name of Fitz-Patrick - Fitz is a Norman French…
Cullahill Castle; once the most formidable five-story stronghold of the Fitzpatricks. It fell to Cromwellian guns by 1650.
Cloburren Castle, once home to Teige Fitzpatrick, 4th Baron Upper Ossory.
Ballagharrahin (Ballagh Castle) is a 15th-century five-story towerhouse in Rathdowny parish, Co. Laois used by the Fitzpatricks.