page_title: Upper Ossory
hierarchical_section_title: Upper Ossory
caption_attribution_description: English: Detail of w:Upper Ossory from w:Daniel Augustus Beaufort's 1797 map of Ireland. Durrow was an exclave of w:County Kilkenny until 1842. Contributors: w:Daniel Augustus Beaufort (1739–1821) w:William Faden (1749–1836) Samuel John Neele (1758–1824)
context_page_description: 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 surviving remnant of the once larger kingdom of Ossory. The northernmost part of the Diocese of Ossory and medieval County Kilkenny, it was transferred to the newly created Queen's County in 1600. In the 1840s its three component cantreds, Clarmallagh, Clandonagh, and Upperwoods, were promoted to barony status, thereby superseding Upper Ossory.
context_section_description: Upper Ossory (Irish: Osraighe Uachtarach) was an administrative barony in the south and west of Queen's County (now County Laois) in Ireland. In late Gaelic Ireland it was the túath of the Mac Giolla Phádraig (Fitzpatrick) family and surviving remnant of the once larger kingdom of Ossory. The northernmost part of the Diocese of Ossory and medieval County Kilkenny, it was transferred to the newly created Queen's County in 1600. In the 1840s its three component cantreds, Clarmallagh, Clandonagh, and Upperwoods, were promoted to barony status, thereby superseding Upper Ossory.
caption: Upper Ossory in Daniel Beaufort's 1797 map of Ireland; it encloses Durrow, a detached part of County Kilkenny until 1842.
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