McCarthy (surname)
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The MacCarthy dynasty was one of Ireland's greatest medieval dynasties. It was and continues to be divided into several great branches. The MacCarthy Reagh
, MacCarthy of Muskerry
, and MacCarthy of Duhallow dynasties were the three most important of these, after the central or MacCarthy Mór line.
MacCarthy Reagh
The MacCarthy Reagh dynasty are a branch of the great MacCarthy dynasty, Kings of Desmond, deriving from the ancient Eóganachta, of the central Eóganacht Chaisil sept. The MacCarthys Reagh seated themselves as Princes of Carbery in what is now southwestern County Cork in the 13th century...
, MacCarthy of Muskerry
MacCarthy of Muskerry
The MacCarthy dynasty of Muskerry is a branch of the great MacCarthy Mor dynasty, the Kings of Desmond. Their branch descends from Dermod Mor MacCarthy, 1st Lord of Muscry , second son of Cormac MacCarthy Mor , King of Desmond....
, and MacCarthy of Duhallow dynasties were the three most important of these, after the central or MacCarthy Mór line.
Notable people
- Florence MacCarthyFlorence MacCarthyFinnian or Fínghin mac Donnchadh Mac Cárthaigh , known to the English as Florence MacCarthy, was an Irish prince of the late 16th century and the last credible claimant to the MacCarthy Mór title before its suppression by English authority...
, Irish prince, 1563–1640 - Counts of ToulouseCounts of ToulouseThe first Counts of Toulouse were the administrators of the city and its environs under the Merovingians. No succession of such royal appointees is known, though a few names survive to the present...
- Cormac MacCarthy, Lord of Muskerry, Irish noble, d. 1536
- Sir Cormac MacCarthy, great-grandson of Cormac MacCarthy, Lord of Muskerry, d. 1616
- Cormac MacCarthy, Viscount Muskerry and Baron of Blarney, son of Sir Cormac MacCarthy, d. 1640
- Donagh MacCarthy, Viscount MuskerryDonagh MacCarthy, Viscount MuskerryDonagh [Donough] MacCarthy, 1st Earl of Clancarty, 2nd Viscount Muskerry was an Irish noble. He married Ellen Butler , who was the sister of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde). The Earl served as a Munster general during the Irish Confederate Wars...
and Earl of ClancartyEarl of ClancartyEarl of Clancarty, in the Irish counties of Cork and of Galway, is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland.-First creation: MacCarty family of Muskerry:...
, son of Sir Cormac MacCarthy, d. 1665 - Charles MacCarthy (Irish soldier), soldier in French and later English service, d. 1665
- Justin MacCarthy, Viscount Mountcashel, younger son of Donough MacCarthy, Viscount Muskerry, d. 1694
- Donough MacCarthy, 4th Earl of Clancarty, grandson of Donough MacCarthy, Viscout Muskerry, 1670–1734
- Nicholas Tuite MacCarthyNicholas Tuite MacCarthyNicholas Tuite MacCarthy was a renowned Jesuit preacher in late eighteenth and early nineteenth century France. He was known also as the Abbé de Lévignac. He was of noble birth, being a member of the MacCarthy Reagh family of Springhouse, Bansha, Co...
, renowned Jesuit Preacher, 1769–1833 - Charles MacCarthy (governor)Charles MacCarthy (governor)Brigadier-General Sir Charles MacCarthy KCMG was an Irish-born soldier who served in the French, Dutch and British armies, and was a governor of various British territories in West Africa....
, Irish-born soldier who served in the French, Dutch and British armies, 1764–1824 - Charles MacCarthy (Irish soldier), soldier in French and later English service, d. 1665
- Robert MacCarty, Viscount Muskerry, Irish Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator, 1685–1769
- Liam Trant MacCarthySliocht Cormaic of DunguileThe Sliocht Cormaic of Dunguile, otherwise known as the MacCarthys of Srugrena Abbey, or the Srugrena sept, as well as the Trant McCarthys, are the principal and today perhaps only known surviving sept of the MacCarthy Mór dynasty, the Kings of Desmond...
, modern representative of the dynasty, 1957-
Kings of Desmond 1118-1596
- Tadgh, eldest son of Muiredach, 1118–1123
- Cormac Mac Carthaigh, his brother, 1123-1127 & 1127-1138
- Donogh, his brother, 1127 & 1138-1143
- Dermod, his nephiew, 1143–1185
- Donal, his son, 1185–1206
- Fingen, his brother, 1206–1207
- Dermod, son of Donal , 1207–1229
- Cormac, his younger brother, 1229–1247
- Donal Gott MacCarthyDonal Gott MacCarthyDonal Gott MacCarthy was the ancestor of the MacCarthy Reagh dynasty of Carbery in the south of Munster in Ireland, and King of Desmond from 1247 or 1248 until the time of his death, after holding the position of tánaiste from 1230. He was a younger son of Donal Mor na Curra, King of Desmond ,...
, 1247–1252 - Fínghin of the Battle of CallannBattle of CallannThe Battle of Callann was fought in 1261 between the Normans, under John FitzGerald, 1st Baron Desmond, and the Gaelic forces of Fínghin Mac Carthaigh, King of Desmond, ancestor of the MacCarthy Reagh dynasty. MacCarthy was victorious...
, 1252–1261 - Cormac, younger brother , 1261–1262
- Donal, eldest surviving son of Cormac, 1262–1302
- Donal, eldest son of Donal, 1302–1306
- Donogh, brother of Donal, 1306–1310
- Dermod, son of Donal, 1310–1326
- Cormac, brother of Dermod, 1326–1359
- Donal, son of Cormac, 1359–1390
- Tadgh, son of Donal, 1390–1428
- Donal, eldest son of Tadgh, 1428–1469
- Tadgh, brother of Donal, 1469–1503
- Donal, son of Tadgh, 1503–1508
- Cormac, brother of Donal , 1508-1516 & Tadgh IV, son of Donall, 1508–1514
- Donal, son of Cormac, 1516-ante 1558
- Donal, ante 1558-1596
See also
- Sliocht Cormaic of DunguileSliocht Cormaic of DunguileThe Sliocht Cormaic of Dunguile, otherwise known as the MacCarthys of Srugrena Abbey, or the Srugrena sept, as well as the Trant McCarthys, are the principal and today perhaps only known surviving sept of the MacCarthy Mór dynasty, the Kings of Desmond...
- Gaelic nobility of Ireland
- EóganachtaEóganachtaThe Eóganachta or Eoghanachta were an Irish dynasty centred around Cashel which dominated southern Ireland from the 6/7th to the 10th centuries, and following that, in a restricted form, the Kingdom of Desmond, and its offshoot Carbery, well into the 16th century...
- Kings of MunsterKings of MunsterThe name Munster is derived from the Gaelic God, Muman. The province of Munster was once divided into six regions: Tuadh Mhuman , Des Mhuman , Aur/Ur Mumhan , Iar mumhan or Iarmuman , Ernaibh Muman , and Deisi Muman...
- Kings of Desmond