MacCarthy, Domnall Got Cairprech
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MacCarthy, Finghín
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MacCarthy (Mac Carthaig), Domnall Máel
MacCarthy (Mac Carthaig), Domnall Máel (d. 1327), lord of Cairbre (Carbery), was probably the youngest son of Domnall Got MacCarthy (qv), lord of Cairbre, a successful warlord who consolidated and expanded the gains of his father and brothers at the expense of…...
MacCarthy (Mac Carthaig), Domnall Ruad
MacCarthy (Mac Carthaig), Domnall Ruad (d. 1302), king of Desmond, son of Cormac Finn MacCarthy (d. 1247), king of Desmond, should not be confused with his cousin and contemporary Domnall Ruad, son of Domnall Gall mac Cormaic Óic Liathánaig MacCarthy. Nothing is known of his mother…...
MacCarthy (Mac Carthaig), Fingen
MacCarthy (Mac Carthaig), Fingen (d. 1261), king of Desmond, was for the five years before his death the most prominent Irish ruler of Munster. He apparently succeeded his father, Domnall Got Cairprech MacCarthy (d. 1252), as king of Desmond on the latter's death; his mother's name…...
MacCarthy (Mac Carthaigh), Cormac Óg Láidir
MacCarthy (Mac Carthaigh), Cormac Óg Láidir (d. 1536), 9th MacCarthy lord of Muskerry, was the son of Cormac, 6th lord of Muskerry, and his wife Mary Fitzmaurice, daughter of Edmund, 9th baron of Lixnaw. Within six years of his father's death (1495), Cormac Óg had succeeded to the…...
MacCarthy (Mac Carthaigh), Diarmaid an Dúna
MacCarthy (Mac Carthaigh), Diarmaid an Dúna (d. 1473), lord of Cairbre (Carbery), was probably the youngest son of Domhnall Riabhach MacCarthy (qv), lord of Cairbre. Diarmaid (nicknamed ‘of the fortress’) succeeded his brother Donnchadh…...
MacCarthy (Mac Carthaigh), Domhnall
MacCarthy (Mac Carthaigh), Domhnall (d. 1531), lord of Carbery, was eldest son of Finghín MacCarthy (qv), lord of Cairbre, and (probably) Katherine, daughter of Thomas fitz James FitzGerald (qv),…...
MacCarthy Mór, Domhnall Dána
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MacCarthy Mór, Donal
MacCarthy Mór, Donal (d. 1596), 26th MacCarthy Mór and 1st earl of Clancare , Gaelic lord, was second but eldest surviving son of Domhnall MacCarthy Mór (qv), 25th MacCarthy Mór. Nothing is known of his…...
MacCarthy Mór (Mac Carthaigh Mór), Cormac
MacCarthy Mór (Mac Carthaigh Mór), Cormac (d. 1359), king of Desmond, probably the third son of Domnall Óc MacCarthy (d. 1306), king of Desmond, is a shadowy figure whose reign (1328–59) reflects the decline of the MacCarthy overkings of Desmond during the early decades of the…...
MacCarthy MóR (Mac Carthaigh Mór), Domhnall Óg
MacCarthy MóR (Mac Carthaigh Mór), Domhnall Óg (d. 1391), king of Desmond, eldest of the three recorded sons of Cormac MacCarthy Mór (qv) (d. 1359), king of Desmond, was a little-known king whose reign (1359–91)…...
MacCarthy Mór (Mac Carthaigh Mór), Tadhg na Mainistreach
MacCarthy Mór (Mac Carthaigh Mór), Tadhg na Mainistreach (d. 1428), king of Desmond, was probably eldest son of Domhnall Óg MacCarthy Mór (qv), king of Desmond, and succeeded his father on the latter's…...
MacCarthy Reagh, Donnchadh
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MacCarthy Reagh, Florence (Finian, Finghín)
MacCarthy Reagh, Florence (Finian, Finghín) (c.1562–c.1640), Gaelic chieftain and scholar, was born probably at Kilbrittan castle, eldest son of Sir Donough MacCarthy Reagh (d. 1576). His mother was a Geraldine, being the sister of Maurice of Desmond and the aunt…...
MacCarthy Reagh (Mac Carthaigh Riabhach), Domhnall Glas
MacCarthy Reagh (Mac Carthaigh Riabhach), Domhnall Glas (d. 1442), lord of Carbery, was probably the eldest son of Domhnall Riabhach MacCarthy (qv), lord of Carbery. Fragmentary evidence suggests that throughout his life he had to struggle to maintain his…...
MacCarthy, Sir Cormac mac Dermond (Mac Carthaigh, Cormac Óg mac Diarmada)
MacCarthy, Sir Cormac mac Dermond (Mac Carthaigh, Cormac Óg mac Diarmada) (1552–1616), Gaelic lord, was eldest son of Sir Dermond mac Teig (Diarmaid mac Taidhg) MacCarthy, lord of Muskerry, and his wife Ellen, daughter of Maurice fitz John Fitzgerald of Kerrycurrihy. After his…...
MacDermot, Brian
MacDermot, Brian (d. 1592), lord of Moylurg in north Roscommon and patron of the Annals of Loch Cé, was the son of Ruaidhri MacDermot (d. 1568), lord of Moylurg, and Sadhb, daughter of Richard Óg Mac William, lord of Clanricard. Brian's father, Ruaidhri, was inaugurated as MacDermot in…...
MacDermot, Brian Óg
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MacDermott (Mac Diarmata), Maolruanaidh (Máelruanaid)
MacDermott (Mac Diarmata), Maolruanaidh (Máelruanaid) (d. 1331?), king of Magh Luirg, was the second son of Gilla Críst MacDermott Mac Diarmata (d. 1260), king of Mag Luirg (north Roscommon), who was killed at the battle of Down on 16 May 1260 fighting with Áed O'…...
MacDonnell, Alasdair (Alexander) MacColla
MacDonnell, Alasdair (Alexander) MacColla (d. 1647), Gaelic lord, was the third son of Coll MacGillespie and (most probably) Mary, daughter of Ranald MacJames of Smerby: both parents were MacDonnells, but the use of fixed hereditary surnames was not normal practice in Gaelic…...
MacDonnell (Nic Dhomhnaill), Fiona (Fionnghuala) (‘Iníon Dubh’)
MacDonnell (Nic Dhomhnaill), Fiona (Fionnghuala) (‘Iníon Dubh’) (d. 1611?), lady of Tír Conaill (Tyrconnell), was daughter of James MacDonnell (qv), lord of the Western Isles of Scotland, and his wife Lady…...
MacDonnell, Randell
MacDonnell, Randell (c.1633–1711), naval commander and Jacobite, was second son of Sir James MacDonnell, 2nd baronet of Moye, a cousin of Randal MacDonnell (qv), 2nd earl and later marquis of Antrim. His mother was Mary…...
MacDonnell, Sir James MacSorley
MacDonnell, Sir James MacSorley (d. 1601), Gaelic chieftain, was the third son of Sorley Boy MacDonnell (qv) and Mary O'Neill, daughter of Con O'Neill (qv), 1st earl of…...
MacDonnell, Sir Randal mac Sorley
MacDonnell, Sir Randal mac Sorley (d. 1636), Gaelic lord and 1st earl of Antrim , was fourth son of Sorley Boy MacDonnell (qv) and as such was born into a resilient dynastic offshoot (known as the MacDonnells) of the…...