{"id":20132,"count":1,"description":"The surname Fitzpatrick is the translation of Mac Giolla Ph\u00e1draig from the original Irish to English. It is the only surname of native Gaelic-Irish origin with the Norman French Fitz prefix. All others are of Hiberno-Norman descent. Giolla Ph\u00e1draig (the devoted of St. Patrick) was King of Ossory, a kingdom in Leinster in Ireland. According to Carrigan, this kingdom was founded by Aengus Osrith who flourished some time about the latter half of the 2nd century of the Christian era. Giolla Ph\u00e1draig's reign commenced some eight centuries later in 976 AD and he reigned until he was slain in 996 AD. His sons were styled Mac Giolla Ph\u00e1draig (son of Giolla Ph\u00e1draig). As part of the colonisation of Ireland by England, natural Irish names had to be restyled in the English format. Mac Giolla Ph\u00e1draig was anglicised as Fitzpatrick. By far the most important branch of the sept is the family whose Chief was known as Lord of Upper Ossory. At one time he was almost royal ruler over Laois and...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/fitzpatrick\/","name":"Fitzpatrick","slug":"fitzpatrick","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/20132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=20132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}