of territorial maps of Ireland. The kingdom of Ossory features as a part of the kingdom of Ireland in the computer strategy-games Crusader Kings and Crusader Kings II, both published by Paradox Interactive. In Mount & Blade, Viking Conquest, Osraige appears as a Gaelic Christian faction; one of twenty one factions in the game. Osraige appears as a kingdom in Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia, where it has a deer as a totem, in obvious reference to the kingdom's name, along with other key historic locations in the kingdom. Flann Sinna, the historic half-Ossorian ruler whose mother was princess Land ingen Dúngaile, is a major player in the game as the king of Mide. Historic wargamers have aimed to re-create the pivotal battle of Achadh Úr (present-day Freshford, County Kilkenny) between the invading Cambro-Normans and the defending Ossorians. Ossory also appears as a kingdom in a map of medieval Ireland from Conquer Club. Additionally, the name of the kingdom and some of its symbolic elements appear to have been the inspiration for fictional nation-states in role-playing forums. News In 2014, a man from Mooncoin, Co. Kilkenny, laid a claim to residency in Kilkenny Castle as a supposed direct descendant of the kings of Osraige. In late February 2017, Kilkenny's new Medieval Mile Museum opened to the public, giving visitors a history of the kingdom, and featuring an exhibit which highlights king Cerball's role as a powerful patron of Osraige's early high cross carving tradition. See also Baron Upper Ossory Bishop of Ossory Earl of Ossory Earl of Upper Ossory Fitzpatrick (surname) The Fragmentary Annals of Ireland History of Kilkenny History of Laois Kilkenny Archaeological Society Kings of Leinster Kings of Osraige References Bibliography —. Annals of the Four Masters, volume 1. CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts. —. Annals of the Four Masters, volume 2. CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts. —. Annals of the Four Masters, volume 3. CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts. —. The Annals of Innisfallen. CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts. —. The Annals of Loch Cé, volume 1. CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts. —. The Annals of Tigernach. CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts. —. The Annals of Ulster, volume 1. CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts. —. Chronicon Scotorum. CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts. —. Fragmentary Annals of Ireland. CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts. —. Mac Carthaigh's Book. CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts. Carrigan, William. The History and