• Depiction of the werewolves of Ossory, from Topographia Hibernica by Gerald of Wales, c. 1200. The legendary werewolves of Ossory, a kingdom of early medieval Ireland...
  • He does, however, do us one justice: he records a tale of two werewolves of Ossory, which a priest had personally encountered, and Giraldus was requested to...
  • Accounts of the fabled werewolves of Ossory are recorded in Medieval Irish, English and Norse sources.
  • The legendary werewolves of Ossory, a kingdom of early medieval Ireland, are the subject of a number of accounts in medieval Irish, English and Norse works.
  • According to Giraldus, it was recorded, that a curse against the people of Ossory by St. Natalias was responsible for the werewolf lore that we know today.
  • De Ingantaib Érenn speaks of the werewolves as living in Ossory, but this detail is omitted in the 13th century Norse work Konungs Skuggsjá (King’s Mirror).
  • Here, Gerald records a monk’s account of encountering two werewolves while travelling through Ossory (between the Kingdoms of Leinster and Munster).
  • Every seven years, two of our clan are transformed into werewolves and banished to the forest.
  • Every seven years, two of our clan are transformed into werewolves and banished to the forest.