Mac Carthy Mor
Mac Carthy
or Mac Carty or Mac Cartie or Mac Cartney - Irish / Mac Carrthaig (Carrthach - The Loving One.) Heberian Eoghanacht Chaisil Sept / Family branch who were Kings in Co. Tipperary in the north - east of Aur Mhumhain / Ormond / North Eastern Munster and Kings and Princes / Tanaistes as the Mac Carthys of Dunhallow in the north - west of Co. Cork, and in the south - west of Co. Cork, Mac Carthy Reagh / Riabach and Co. Kerry / Mac Carthy Mor, and on the Co. Cork / Co. Kerry border as Mac Carthy Muscry / Muskerry in Des Mhumhain / Desmond / Southern Munster. Clann Teague Ruadh, Mac Donogh Carties, Clann Donnell Fionn, Clan Dermod Oge, Mac Carthy na Mona, Mac Carthy Clough Ruadh, Mac Carthy Aglish, Mac Carthy Rath Duane, Mac Carthy Drishane, Mac Carthy of Carrignavar, Mac Carthy Rabagh, Clann Dermod Reamhar, Mac Carthy na Duna, Mac Carthy Glas, Mac Carthy of Springhouse and Mac Carthy of Ballynoodie.
Ancestors: 84.Ailill Oluimm / Olomm the Heberian 1st King of Munster. 85.Eoghan Mor, his son ancestor of all of the Eoghanacht Septs in the Munster Province, 86.Fiachu Mullethan, his son, was the first 1st King of Southern Munster and 3rd King of Munster, 87.Ailill Fland Bec, 88.Lugthech, 89.Conall Corc the 1st King of Cashel / Munster, 90.Nad Froich the 2nd King of Cashel / Munster, 91.Angus / Oengus the 3rd King of Cashel / Munster, 92.Felim / Feidlimid the 4a King of Cashel / Munster, 93.Criffan / Crimthann, 94.Aed Dubh, 95.Failbe Fland / Falvey the 11th / 16th King of Munster who reigned for 40 years until 837 / 9 AD, whose older brother 95.Fingin reigned as King with Cairbre after Awley died and is the ancestor of the O Sullivans and O Keeffes.
95.Fingin was among those who attended the Royal Assembly at Drumceat / Mulough in Roe Park near Limavady in Co. Derry instigated by Aodh O Niall the Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain King of Ireland where St. Columbcille attended also.
96.Colgan / Colgu the son of 95.Failbhe Fland was the 15th / 21st King of Munster who reigned for 13 years whose son
97.Nad Fraich / Nathfraoch was the King of Cashel / Munster in 954 AD and father of
98.Daolgach / Daologach who had 2 brothers, 98.Faolghusa and 98.Sneaghra,
99.Donngal / Dungal / Dungalach is the direct ancestor of the Clann Dunghaille / ORiordans and he also had a brother 99.Sneidh, 100.Snedgus / Sneidh / Sneadhghus who also had 5 brothers, 100.Algernon who was the 32nd King of Munster, 100.Maolguala who was the 33rd King of Munster, whose son 101.Maol Foghartach was also the 34th King of Munster who was taken prisoner and stoned to death by the Danes, while his other sons were 100.Foghartach, 100.Driscoll / Eidersceol and 100.Dunghus.
101.Artgal was the father of
102.Lachtnae / Lachtna who lived during the 7 year reign of Cormac mac Cuilennain the sincere pious 31st King of Cashel / Munster,
103.Buadchan / Bouchan was to be the father of 104.Gormflaith who married Donnell the King of the Heremonian Deisi Septs and produced Mothla O Felan who was to be killed in the Battle of Clontarf,
104.Callaghan / Ceallachan Chaisil the 34th / 42nd King of Munster who reigned for 10 years and died in 952 / 4 AD after taking the Viking Danes head on and driving them out of the Munster Province altogether after the Battle of Knock Saingal in Co. Limerick were he killed Aulaf the Danish commander with a single blow.
105.Donough / Donnchad his son was to be the first Prince of Des Muma / Desmond / Southern Munster and the the 38th King of Cashel / Munster,
106.Saerbrethach his son, had 2 brothers, 106.Foghartach / Maol Fogartach who was the 43rd King of Munster and 106.Murcha the ancestor of the O Callaghans / Ui Ceallachain of Cloonmeen.
106.Saerbrethach's son 107.Carthy / Carrthach was the Prince / Tanaiste / heir apparent of Desmond / Southern Munster who was a great commander against the Viking Danes, but came into conflict with the Dal gCais / Dalcassians led by a son of 107.Lonergan a grandson of 105.Donncuan, a brother to *105.Brian Boru / Boroimhe who was the previous Heberian Dal gCais 175th High King of Ireland,
107.Carthy was to be burnt to death along with his followers in 1045 AD and he became the direct male line ancestor of all of the Mac Carthys of Munster Province,
108.Murray / Muireadach mac Carthy, his son, who had been born in 1011 AD was the first to use their surname, and he became an Eoghanacht Chaisil King also in his own right and ruled on the death of his father in 1045 AD, and was to die in 1092 AD, He had a brother, 108.Teague / Tadhg mac Carthy who succeeded to the Kingship of Cashel / Munster also after him, and was to die in 1123 AD, leaving a daughter 109.Sadhbh who married Dermod / Diarmaid O Briain.
108.Murray Mac Carthy left 3 sons, 109.Donogh, 109.Teague and
109.Cormac Magh Tamnagh Mac Carthy who was the Bishop / King of Desmond / Southern Munster and Cashel / Munster who succeeded his uncle 108.Teague, and married 109.Sadhbh the widow of Dermod O Briain who was also his uncle 108.Teague's daughter produced 110.Dermod Mac Carthy Mor na Cill Baghain, 110.Teague, and 110.Finghin Lic Lachtna who was killed in 1207 AD when he was treacherously slain at his residence by Turlough O Brian the son of Dermod O Brian and Dermod Lugdach O Connor Kerry. His son;110.Dermod Mac Carthy Mor na Cill Baghain was born in 1098 AD and was to be the Prince of Desmond and King of Cork from 1144 AD until 1185 AD and would be the first of the Mac Carthys to submit in 1172 AD to Henry 11 the English King and at 75 years of age would marry for a second time a young Anglo - Norman woman, Petronella de Bleete / Bloet / Bluet whose family would produce the Stacks / Stac in Ireland giving them a great influence over the aged 110.Dermod and thereby gained vast territory in Co. Kerry. His Mac Carthy Sept rose up against him and took him prisoner for submitting to the foreign English Galls and his son, 111.Cormac Liathanach Mac Carthy was then proclaimed the King of Munster and they gathered a great army to drive his Gall allies out of Ireland. 111.Cormac Mac Carthy, his oldest son, was to be murdered in 1177 AD by Conor and Cathal O Donoghue for killing Mac Craith O Sullivan and Dermod was then released from captivity and slaughtered all those who were previously against him or who did not now submit to him. He was aided by Raymond Le Gross Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman Baron to whom he gave the Barony of Clan Maurice in Co. Kerry named for his son, Maurice who became the ancestor of the Fitz Maurices and the English Marquis of Lansdowne. Dermod Mac Carthy Mor himself was slain in 1185 AD near the City of Cork by Theobold Fitz Walter / Butler the Anglo - Norman Baron and his followers the foreign English Galls there while they were supposed to be having a conference. 110.Dermod Mac Carthy Mor na Cill Baghain had produced 5 sons, 111.Cormac Mac Carthy who was slain,111. Donnell Mac Carthy Mor na Curra who then succeeded him, 111.Murtough / Muirchertach Mac Carthy who was to be slain by the Gaelic Ithian O Driscolls in 1179 AD. 111.Teague Ruadh na Scairte - of the Bushes Mac Carthy who became the ancestor of the Clan Teague Roe Mac Carthys and the Skerrets, 111.Finin Mac Carthy who was a Prince of Desmond who was also slain by his nephews in 1208 AD.
111.Donnell Mor na Curra -
of the Planting who was born in 1138 AD became the
Prince / heir apparent of Desmond from 1185 AD to
1205 AD who was able to defeat the Anglo - Norman Galls in the
Munster Province, driving
them out of Limerick in 1196 AD and again in 1203 AD killing
160 of them. He had 3 sons,112.Dermod
of Dun Droghain who
died in 1217 AD who left 2 sons,
113.Teague and
113.Finin who were to be also
slain by their uncles, 112.Teague
in 1257 AD and 112.Finin
in 1235 AD, 2.Donnell Oge / Goth Mac Carthy
Lord of Carbery who is the ancestor of the Mac Carthy Glas
Sept
and Mac Carthy
Riabach Sept. Mor
/ Greater who was now designated to be the elder
Sept
of the Mac
Carthys. His other son;
112.Cormac
Fionn Mac
Carthy who was born in 1170 AD who was also to be the
Prince
of Desmond / Southern
Munster
who founded the Abbey
at Tracton near Kinsale and was inaugurated as The
Mac Carthy Mor at
Lisban na Cahir in
Co. Kerry where
The O Sullivan Mor and
The O Donoghue Mor
presided. His
Marshalls were the Heremonian O Rourkes,
his Brehons / Lawyers the Heremonian Mac Egans,
and the O Dalys
and O Duinns were his
poets and historians.
Henry 111 who was by then the English King had him assist him in his Scottish Wars.
He had 6 sons
and was to die in 1242 AD,
1.Donnell Ruadh
/ Roe Mac Carthy, 2.Donn Mac
Carthy
of
Inis Droighan who is the
ancestor of the
Mac Carthys of Acharassy,
3.Dermod was his third son
who is the ancestor of the
Mac Carthy Mac Donoghs and
Mac Carties of Duhallow as
his son
114.Donogh was to be the
father of
115.Cormac the father of
116.Donogh the father of
117.Donogh Oge who died in
1501 AD whose son was
118.Cormac in 1520 AD who
had their territory at Duhallow
/ Duthaidh Ealla
on the River Allo and their Castle at Kanturk, which was
so well constructed that the English Galls banned its completion.
4.Donnell Fionn - the Fair
his fourth son is the ancestor of the
Mac Carthys / Clan Donnell Fionn
of Evenalish,
5.Donogh an Druim - the
Drummer his fifth son is the ancestor of the
Mac Donnells of Barotto and
the
O Drums, O Drumins
and
O Drummonds, 6.Donogh Cairtneach Mac Carthy
was to be
the
King of Desmond whose descendants were to be created by the English
Galls the Viscounts
Mac Cartney
and Barons of Lisanoure and he produced
2 sons, Donnell Mac
Carthy who supported Edward Bruce in
Ireland,
and later served under Robert The Bruce the King of
Scotland against the
English and was granted territory in
Scotland in Argylshire.
Some of his descendants there then migrated to Galloway from there where one of
their
Septs
then migrated back into
Ireland into
Co. Antrim in the
Ulster Province
where the English gave an English title to
George Mac Cartney in 1776
AD of Viscount
Mac Cartney and Baron of
Lisanoure,
Teague
of
Dun Mac Tomain had a
daughter,
Sadhbh who married
Turlough O Brian the
Prince
of Thomond /
Northern Munster.
112.Cormac' Fionn Mac Carthy's daughter,
113.Catherine married
Murtough Mor O Sullivan Mor.
113.Donnel Roe
/ Ruadh Mac Carthy,
his oldest son, was was born in 1239 AD and was also a
Prince of Desmond and married
Margaret the daughter of Nicholas Fitz Maurice the third English Lord of Kerry
and her mother was
Slaine the daughter of
O Brian the
Prince of Thomond. He was to be the father of
114.Donnell Oge - the Younger,
and
114.Dermod Oge
of Tralee who was to be slain in 1325 AD by his cousin, Maurice
Fitz Nicholson Fitz Maurice the fourth English appointed Lord of Kerry.
114.Dermod Oge Mac Carthy
was to become the ancestor of the
Mac Finghin Carthys
of Cetherne and Gleneroughty from whom descends
Randal Mac Finghin Mor
who was the Catholic Bishop of
Kerry
in 1880 AD.
114.Donnell Oge Mac Carthy Mor
who was born in 1239 AD was a
Prince of Desmond
and he entered Carbery in 1306 AD and took his father's
cousin, 113.Donnell Maol Mac Carthy
prisoner and then released him and both
Mac Carthy Princes
combined their forces against the Anglo - Norman Barons
and the foreign Galls in Desmond. His daughter,
115.Orflaith was to marry
Turlough Mor O Brian
and
114.Donnell Oge Mac Carthy
was to die in 1307 AD.
115.Cormac Mac Carthy Mor, his son, was the
Prince of Desmond who was born in 1271 AD and married Honoria the daughter
of Maurice Fitz Maurice the sixth English Lord of Kerry whose mother was
Elizabeth Condon and was to die in 1359 AD after producing
Donnell / Dermod Mac Carthy Mor
who the English created the Lord of Muscry in 1353 AD who then became the
ancestor of the
Mac Carthy
Lords of Muscry and English Earls of Clan Carty.
116.Feach
/ Fiacha Mac Carthy who
became the ancestor of the
Mac Carthys
of Maing,
116.Donough Mac Carthy who
became the ancestor of the
Mac Carthys of Ardcanaghty,
116.Fingin, 116.Eoghan, 116.Donnell Buidhe, 116.Teague
of Leamhain and a daughter 116.Catherine who married
The O Sullivan Mor.
116.Donnell Mac Carthy
Mor
was the
Prince of Desmond
who was born in 1303 AD and died in 1371 AD who had
married Joanna the daughter of Maurice Oge Fitz Gerald the fourth English Earl
of Kildare, who became known as the Countess of Desmond and died in 1391 AD and
they produced
117.Teague
na Mainistreach
and 117.Donnell
who died in 1409 AD.
117.Teague na Mainistreach
- of the Monastery was born in 1340 AD and died in
1413 AD in the City of Cork and was interred in the Franciscan Monastery which
he had supported. His son;
118.Donnell an Daimh - the
Poet who was born in 1373 AD was a
Prince of Desmond who rebuilt the
Franciscan Abbey of Irreelagh / Muckross on the borders of Loch Lene where it
had previously been constructed by his ancestor
Cormac Mac Carthy Mor
dedicated to the Holy Trinity. His daughter119. Eleanor
/ Nell married
Geoffrey O Donoghue the
Eoghanacht Chief of Glenflesk.
119.Teague Liath Mac Carthy
who was born in 1407 AD was killed in battle between his
Irish
forces and Fitz Gerald
the English Earl of Desmond in 1490 AD.
120.Cormac Ladhrach Mac Carthy was born in 1440 AD
was a Prince
of Desmond / Southern
Munster who married Eleanor the daughter of Edmond Fitz Maurice
the ninth English Lord of Kerry whose mother was
Mora
the daughter of
O Connor Kerry.
121.Donnell an Druim the
Prince of Desmond was born in 1481 AD and made peace with Leonard Grey
the English appointed Lord Deputy in Ireland
and delivered up Teague
and Dermod O Mahony,
who were his kinsmen, as hostages to ensure his co - operation.
His children where; 122.Donnell
Mac Carthy,
Teague who had a daughter,
122.Catherine who married Thomas
Fitz Maurice the English Lord of Kerry, 122.Catherine
who married Finghin Mac
Carthy Reagh, 122.Honoria who was the fourth wife of James
Fitz Gerald the fifteenth English Earl of Desmond.
122.Donnell Mac Carthy Mor who had been born
in 1518 AD was the Prince
of Desmond who married
Honoria the daughter of his brother - in - law, James Fitz Gerald the English
Earl of Desmond and in 1565 AD he was created the English Earl of Clancare /
Glencar in Co. Kerry
by
Elizabeth 1st,
and also Viscount Valentia. In 1568 AD he was seen as the
King
of Munster and when he died in 1596 AD he left no
legitimate male heir.
123.Donnell who was one of his
illegitimate sons, claimed the position of The Mac
Carthy Mor, but was unsuccessful and his only heir was
his daughter 123.Elana
who married Florence
/ Finghin Mac Carthy Reagh / Riabach
in 1588 AD who was the Prince
of Carbery who is the ancestor also the
Reas, Rays
and
Wrays. Their sons were 123.Teague
who was imprisoned and died in the Tower of London,
123.Donnell, 123.Florence and
123.Cormac.
123.Elana's
husband, Finghin / Florence Mac Carthy Reagh
was a son of Sir Donogh Mac
Carthy Reagh, and he had been born in Carbery in 1579 AD,
and would die in London in 1640 AD, as he was twice imprisoned by Elizabeth 1st
in the Tower of London, first for 11 years for marrying
a Mac Carthy Irish Princess, and
secondly for reasons of State for 39 years without
any trials on both occasions. In 1600 AD the O
Nialls were camped at Inniscarra near Cork and
Florence Mac Carthy Reagh
was Inaugurated as The Mac Carthy Mor,
under the approval of Black Hugh / 126.Aodh O Niall.
Their son,
Donnell married
Sarah the daughter of
Randal Mac Donnell the
English Earl of Antrim, who had been the widow of
Niall Oge O Niall
of Killelah,
and also of Sir
Charles O Connor Sligo, and
they produced 2 sons, Florence who married Eleanor the daughter of John
Fitz Gerald the Knight of Kerry who died without issue. and
Cormac Mac Carthy Mor, who married Honoria the daughter
of John the Lord of Brittas, who became a Colonel in
James 11's army. Finghin Mac Carthy Mor
who married Mary
the daughter of Charles Mac Carthy
of Cloghroe and produced Randal who became a non - Catholic to survive,
Elizabeth who married
Geoffrey O Donoghue of the
Glen. Cormac, Donnell
and Eliza Jane. Cormac Mac Carthy
the second son,
leased land at Blackwater and Cork and married Dela the
daughter of Joseph Welby / Guelph who was from Wales who had settled in
Co. Cork and purchased the
Muscry Estates, which Cormac
later inherited back. Florence Mac Carthy, the third son, of Finghin
and 123.Elana married
Mary O Donovan and
produced Donogh who
married Margaret Finch and produced 2 sons,
Florence the eldest
followed
James 11 back to France and was the father of
Charles Mac Carthy in 1764 AD
and Justin Mac Carthy
their second son whose second wife was Catherine Hussey, the daughter of Colonel
Maurice Hussey of Cahirnane, who produced Randal Mac
Carthy of Castlelough who sold his Estate there to
Crosbie.
Mac Carthy / Cartie Mac Donogh -
Heberian Eoghanacht Chaisil
Sept / Family branch who were the Princes
of Duhallow
/ Duthaidh Ealla on the River Allo
in
Co. Cork.
Because it was so well constructed the English stopped the
Mac Carthy Mac Donogh Castle of
Kanturk from being finished.
Ancestors: 112.Cormac Fionn Mac Carthy Mor,
113.Dermod Mac Carthy who was his third son,
114.Donogh Mac Carthy, 115.Cormac Mac Carthy,
116,Donogh Mac Carthy, 117.Donogh Oge Mac Carthy who died
in 1501 AD, 118.Cormac Mac Carthy 1520 AD.