Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ossory

Ossory, diocese, in SW. of Leinster province; was joined to Ferns and Leighlin in 1833. The bishop's seat is at Kilkenny.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "diocese"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 2nd order divisions")
Administrative units: Kilkenny IrlC
Place: Ossory

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