Fitzpatrick Family of Ossory

Fitzpatrick Ancestors of Thady Fitzpatrick. Family Maker chart with Fitzpatrick ancestors from Shearman, J. F. “Loca Patriciana: Part XII. The Early Kings of Ossory, 1978, between pp. 402-403.

I found this source when I searched for John E Fitzpatrick, 14th Hussars.  There is extraordinary detail about the ancient Lords of Ossory.  The Fitzpatricks of Ballogh are linked to the Fitzpatricks of Ballybodan through John, son of Thady Fitzpatrick (d.1674) and father of Joseph Fitzpatrick (born about 1702).  Some of the Fitzpatrick Earls of Ossory, were driven out of their land from Queen's County Laois and settled in about 1156 in County Cavan.  

Shearman, J. F. “Loca Patriciana: Part XII. The Early Kings of Ossory: The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, vol. 4, no. 33/34, 1878, pp. 336–408, page 402.  JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25506726. Accessed 16 Nov. 2023,

  

Our ancestor John Fitzpatrick 1786-1838 is listed in a remarkable data base in the website of the Fitzpatrick One Name Study.  This links backwards from John and Matthew to their 3x great grandfather Thady, and then back to the Ossorian Genealogy in the Appendix of the Shearman journal article in 1878. The list includes John and his ancestors as part of the Breifne Fitzpatrick clan.  The Kingdom of Breifne is further north of Ossory (Osraige) and includes the present County Cavan.

Why are they Breifne Fitzpatricks when their Ballagh lands are in County Laois in the former Kingdom of Ossory?  Birthplace may not accord with ancestry or the One-Name Study assigned John and his ancestors to the Breifne Clan based on the DNA results for descendants of Mathew Fitzpatrick FGC11134 ... BY12234.  

Sources: Ronan Fitzpatrick, Fitzpatrick List 2 July 2024 and Mike Fitzpatrick, 3 July 2024.

It has now been confirmed that John Fitzpatrick's ancestors were from County Laois, so the Breifne Clan link would be worth further research.

Fitzpatrick Evidence 1747 - 1847

Kingdom of Ossory
Source: Wikipedia, 4 May 2024

 

The Fitzpatrick Society and Fitzpatrick Clan Society websites contains a lot of information, including Newsletters.  Articles warn about errors in the Shearman family tree.  In an article in 2023, Mike Fitzpatrick suggests that “the Fitzpatricks of Ballogh are not with certainty related to the Fitzpatricks of Ballyboodan”. The Will of Thady Fitzpatrick (M. Fitzpatrick, "The Carrigan Manuscripts: the will of Thady Fitzpatrick, MD, 1674".  The Journal of the Fitzpatrick Clan Society S1, pp.1-10.)