List of monarchs of Desmond explained

The following is a list of monarchs of the Kingdom of Desmond.[1] Most were of the MacCarthy Mór ("great MacCarthy"), the senior branch of the MacCarthy dynasty.

12th century

MacCarthy

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Tadhg Mac Carthaighson of Muireadach Mac Carthaigh11181123son of Muiredach mac Carthach, representing the Eóganacht Chaisil

MacCarthy claimants

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Cormac Mac Carthaighson of Muireadach Mac Carthaigh11231127brother of Tadhg Mac Carthaigh
Donogh Mac Carthaighson of Muireadach MacCarthaigh11271127brother of Cormac MacCarthy
Cormac Mac Carthaigh
(restored)		son of Muireadach MacCarthaigh11271138brother of Donogh Mac Carthaigh
Donogh Mac Carthaigh
(restored)		son of Muireadach Mac Carthaigh11381143brother of Cormac Mac Carthaigh
Dermot Mór na Cill Baghain Mac Carthaighson of Cormac Mac Carthaigh11431185nephew of Donogh Mac Carthaigh

O'Brien claimants

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Tadhg Gláe macDiarmata O'Brienson of Diarmait mac Toirrdelbaig O'Brien11221154son of Diarmait mac Toirrdelbaig O'Brien, claimant to the Kingdom of Munster
Muirchertach mac Toirrdelbaig O'Brienson of Toirrdelbach mac Diarmata O'Brien11671168cousin of Tadhg Gláe mac Diarmata O'Brien

MacCarthy

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Donal Mór na Corra Mac Carthaighson of Dermod Mór MacCarthy11851206son of Dermod Mór Mac Carthaigh

13th century

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Fingen Mac Carthaighson of Dermod Mór Mac Carthaigh12061207brother of Donal Mór Mac Carthaigh
Diarmait Duna Droignein Mac Carthaighson of Donal Mór na Corra Mac Carthaigh12071229nephew of Fingen Mac Carthaigh
Cormac Fionn Mac Carthaighson of Donal Mór na Corra Mac Carthaigh12291247brother of Diarmait Duna Droignein Mac Carthaigh
Domnall Got Mac Carthaigson of Donal Mór na Corra Mac Carthaigh12471251brother of Cormac Fionn Mac Carthaigh
Finghin MacCarthyson of Domnall Got Cairprech Mac Carthaigh12511261son of Domnall Got Cairprech Mac Carthaigh
Cormac Mac Carthaigson of Domnall Got Cairprech Mac Carthaigh12611262brother of Fingen Mac Carthaigh
Domnall Ruad Mac Carthaighson of Cormac Fionn Mac Carthaigh12621302cousin of Cormac Mac Carthaigh

14th century

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Donal Oge Mac Carthaighson of Domnall Ruad Mac Carthaigh13021306son of Domnall Ruad Mac Carthaigh
Donogh Carrthain Mac Carthaighson of Cormac Fionn Mac Carthaigh13061310uncle of Donogh Carrthain Mac Carthaigh
Diarmait Oge Mac Carthaighson of Donogh Carrthain Mac Carthaigh13101326son of Donogh Carrthain Mac Carthaigh
Cormac Mac Carthaighson of Donogh Carrthain Mac Carthaigh13261359brother of Diarmait Oge Mac Carthaigh
Donal Oge Mac Carthaighson of Cormac Mac Carthaigh13591390son of Cormac Mac Carthaig
Tadhg na Mainistreach Mac Carthaigh Mórson of Donal Oge Mac Carthaigh13901428son of Donal Oge Mac Carthaigh

15th century

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Domhnall an Dana Mac Carthaighson of Tadhg na Mainstreach Mac Carthaigh hMór14281469son of Tadhg na Mainstreach Mac Carthaigh Mór
Tadhg Liath Mac Carthaighson of Domhnall an Dana Mac Carthaigh Mór14691503son of Domhnall an Dana Mac Carthaigh

16th century

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Domnall Mac Carthaighson of Tadhg Liath Mac Carthaigh15031508son of Tadhg Liath Mac Carthaigh

Claim I

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Cormac Ladhrach Mac Carthaighson of Tadhg Liath Mac Carthaigh15081516brother of Domnall Mac Carthaigh

Claim II

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Tadhg na Leamhna Mac Carthaighson of Domnall Mac Carthaigh15081514son of Domnall Mac Carthaigh, nephew of Cormac Ladhrach Mac Carthaigh who he disputed the throne with

Final

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Domhnall an Druiminin Mac Carthaighson of Cormac Ladhrach Mac Carthaigh15161558son of Cormac Ladhrach Mac Carthaig
Domhnall Mac Carthaighson of Domhnall an Druiminin Mac Carthaigh15581596son of Domhnall an Druiminin Mac Carthaigh

Later MacCarthy Mór chiefs

The title Chief of the Name MacCarthy Mór, heir of the historical chief, was claimed by Terence Francis MacCarthy and recognised in 1992 by the Chief Herald of Ireland. In 1999 recognition was withdrawn after it emerged that evidence for the claim had been fabricated.

In June 2009, Liam Trant MacCarthy (born 27 December 1957) of Southern Rhodesia received recognition from Garter Principal King of Arms at the College of Arms in London as the senior descendant and claimant to the title MacCarthy Mór.[2] He is the son of Cormac Trant McCarthy (1931-1999), the son of William, otherwise Liam, Trant McCarthy, Solicitor (1894-1967), the son of William Patrick Trant McCarthy (1853-1901), the son of Daniel McCarthy of Srugrena and his wife Ellen, the daughter of Patrick Trant of Waterford. The top two generations of this pedigree appear on a pedigree in the former Ulster Office of Arms.[3] The family pedigree was also published in Burke's Irish Landed Gentry under the heading MacCarthy of Srugrena Abbey Co. Kerry.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Descent of the Crown of Desmond, 1118-1596. Terence Francis McCarthy. 2008-11-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20080512004425/http://mccarthy.montana.com/Articles/TheLastKing4.html. 2008-05-12. dead. Retrieved on 13 November 2008.
  2. Norfolk 51,162. College of Arms London.
  3. Irish Recorded Pedigrees Volume 28 pages 77-8.
  4. Burke's Irish Landed Gentry (1912).

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