Notable nobility Osraige

an important ossorian genealogy domnall mac donnchada mac gilla patric preserved in bodleian library, ms rawlinson b 502, tracing medieval mac giolla phádraig dynasty Óengus osrithe, supposedly flourished in first or second century.

Óengus osrithe first recorded king , namesake of kingdom semi-legendary Óengus osrithe, lived in either first or second century.
loegaire birn buadach gave epithet ruling lineage amongst ossorian people, dál birn (lit. portion of birn ).


cerball mac dúnlainge (king of osraige 846 888; king of dublin 872 887; earl of orkney prior 888)

a celebrated king of osraige (and osraige s famous monarch) cerball mac dúnlainge, ruled osraige vigorously c. 846 death in 888 , direct male progenitor of later medieval mac giolla phádraig dynasts. icelandic landnámabók describes cerball (kjarvalur) ruler of dublin , earl of orkney , opens list of prominent rulers in viking-age europe, listing ossorian king alongside popes adrian ii , john viii; byzantine emperors leo vi wise , son alexander; harald fairhair, king of norway; eric anundsson , son björn eriksson rulers of sweden; gorm old king of denmark; , alfred great, king of england. cerball features prominently in annals , other historical texts, in fragmentary annals of ireland archetype of christian king consistently vanquishes enemies, pagan vikings. in chronicle, cerball recorded allying rival bands of vikings defeat them during career king. close enough norse–gaels features under name kjarvalr Írakonungr in several medieval icelandic pedigrees through daughters. cerball powerful king of day in ireland, plundering lands of brother-in-law high king, resulted in kingdom of osraige being officially dis-joined province of munster. during lifetime recorded have ruled on dublin (from 872 888) , far orkneys due interconnections viking neighbors.

land ingen dúngaile (princess of osraige; daughter of king dúngal mac cellaig)

princess land (sometimes spelled lann) noteworthy figure in irish politics during critical time in osraige s history, witnessing dramatic rise power under rule of brother cerball mac dúnlainge, in had hand. married famous high king of ireland, máel sechnaill mac máele ruanaid (who reigned 846 862) , gave birth formidable son flann sinna high king 879 916. (she grandmother of high king donnchadh donn mac flainn.)

gilla pátraic mac donnchada (king of ossory 976 996)

king cearbhall s descendant, gilla pátraic mac donnchada, king of osraige 976 996, , source of patronymic mac giolla phádraig. wife máel muire ingen arailt, uí Ímair bride. implacable opponent of brian boruma in expansion on southern ireland, being captured him in 983 , released following year. later in reign devastated mide, , killed in battle against donnduban mac imair, prince of limerick , domnall mac fáelán, king of déisi.

donnchad mac gilla pátraic (king of osraige 1003 1039; king of leinster 1033 1039)

in 1003, killed cousin, king cellach. in 1016, killed donn cuan mac dúnlaing, king of leinster, , tadc ua riain, king of uí drona. in 1022, killed sitriuc mac Ímair, king of port lairge (waterford). in 1026, donnchad spent easter coarb of patrick , donnchad mac briain. in 1027, blinded relative tadc mac gilla pátraic. in 1033, donnchad took kingship of leinster , held fair of carman celebrate over-kingship. in 1039, led hosting far knowth , drogeda., , died same year. gofraid mac arailt, king of isles, through daughter mael muire, appears have been maternal grandfather of donnchad mac gilla pátraic, osraige king of leinster. mac giolla phádraigs or fitzpatricks of ossory matrilineal descendants of uí Ímair. king cerball ally of (probable) founder Ívar boneless, viking king of waterford. possible donnchad s father, gilla pátraic mac donnchada, somehow relation of Ívar boneless, had son named gilla pátraic.

derbforgaill ingen tadhg mac giolla pádraig (princess of osraige, died 1098)

derbforgaill, daughter of tadhg mac giolla pádraig married toirdelbach ua briain, king of munster , de facto high king of ireland. him, bore 2 sons: tadhg , muirchertach ua briain, later became high king. reposed in 1098 in glendalough.