Viscount Muskerry
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Viscount Muskerry may refer to the following men, belonging to the MacCarthy of Muskerry
dynasty:
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....
dynasty:
- Charles MacCarty, 1st Viscount Muskerry (d. 1640)
- Donough MacCarty, 2nd Viscount Muskerry (1594–1665), an Irish noble (as well as the brother-in-law of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde) and served as a Munster general during the Irish Confederate Wars. Created 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:...
in 1658. - Robert MacCarty, Viscount Muskerry (1685–1769), was an Irish Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator.