Florence Fitzpatrick, 3rd

Baron Upper Ossory Baron Upper Ossory was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 11 June 1541 for Barnaby Fitzpatrick. This was in pursuance of the Surrender and regrant policy of King Henry VIII. Under the policy, Gaelic chiefs were actively encou ...

(born ''Finghín

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''; also known as ''Fineen Fitzpatrick'') (died 3 February 1613), was the third son of

Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 1st Baron Upper Ossory Barnaby Fitzpatrick (born ) (c.1478–1575) was the last person to have claim to the kingship of Osraige; forfeiting his ancestral title in favour of being created the first Lord Baron Upper Ossory by King Henry VIII of England, by patent dated 1 ...

and his wife Margaret Butler, and inherited the title upon the death of his older brother Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 2nd Baron Upper Ossory in 1581. He married Catherine O'More, daughter of Patrick O'More of

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, and had six children, including his son Teige, who succeeded as 4th Baron, and Joan (died c.1596/7) who married John Butler of Dunboyne (murdered in 1602), by whom she was the mother of

Edmond Butler, 3rd/13th Baron Dunboyne Edmond Butler, 3rd/13th Baron Dunboyne (1595–1640) was an Anglo-Irish nobleman of the early seventeenth century. His short life was full of violence and disputes over the Dunboyne inheritance. His father was murdered when Edmond was a small chil ...

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The Fitzpatrick – Mac Giolla Phádraig Clan Society"It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend": Barnaby FitzPatrick and Gaelic Collaboration with the Tudor crown c.1535-1581
: By Diarmuid Wheeler (Laois Heritage Society)
Jettisoning faith, culture and identity to serve the Crown: Elizabethan grant of land and title to Florence Fitzpatrick, 3rd baron of Upper Ossory, 1581
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