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, 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…...
Mac Duinnsléibe, Ruaidrí
Mac Duinnsléibe, Ruaidrí (d. 1201), son of Cú-Ulad and overking of Ulaid, belonged to the dynasty of Dál bhFiatach. His family descended from Donn-Sléibe (d. 1091), in turn a grandson of the illustrious Niall (qv) (d. 1063) son of Eochaid.…...
Mac Fáeláin, Fáelán
Mac Fáeláin, Fáelán (c.1125–1203), king of Uí Fáeláin, was the son of Cerball Mac Fáeláin (d. 1127), king of the Kildare kingdom of Uí Fáeláin, and Mór, daughter of Cú Aifne O'Connor Faly (Ó Conchobair Failge) of Offaly. Both Cearball and Fáelán's half-brother Domnall Mac…...
Mac Gilla Mo Cholmóc, Diarmait
Mac Gilla Mo Cholmóc, Diarmait (d. 1216), king of Uí Briúin Chualann, was the son of Domnall Mac Gilla Mo Cholmóc (qv) (d. c.1185) and his wife, Derbforgaill, and succeeded to the kingship on his father's death.…...
Mac Gilla Mo Cholmóc, Domnall
Mac Gilla Mo Cholmóc, Domnall (d. 1185), king of Uí Briúin Chualann, is of obscure origins, except that the branch of the Mac Gilla Mo Cholmóc dynasty to which he belonged was closely allied to Diarmait Mac…...
Mac Gilla Pátraic (MacGillapatrick), Domnall
Mac Gilla Pátraic (MacGillapatrick), Domnall (d. 1185), king of North Osraige (Ossory), was probably the eldest son of Donnchad Mac Gilla Pátraic (d. 1162), king of Osraige. When Donnchad died the kingdom was divided into northern and southern portions; North Osraige passed to…...
Mac Gilla Pátraic (MacGillapatrick), Máel Sechlainn
Mac Gilla Pátraic (MacGillapatrick), Máel Sechlainn (d. 1193/4), king of North Ossory, son and heir of Domnall MacGillapatrick (qv) (d. 1185), was the last MacGillapatrick king to live on the rich lands of…...
MacGillapatrick, Brian
MacGillapatrick, Brian (c.1500–75), was the son of Brian MacGillapatrick, lord of North Ossory, and probably Honora O'More. It is unknown when exactly Brian succeeded his father as lord of North Ossory, but at first he tried to maintain his family's attachment to…...
MacGillapatrick (Mac Gilla Pátraic), Donnchad
MacGillapatrick (Mac Gilla Pátraic), Donnchad (d. 1249/50), king of North Ossory, is of unknown parentage, but grew up in the aftermath of the eviction of the MacGillapatricks from their ancestral lands in 1192–4 by William Marshal (…...
Mac Lochlainn, Muirchertach
Mac Lochlainn, Muirchertach (d. 1166), son of Niall, king of Ailech and high-king of Ireland, belonged to the dynasty of Cenél nÉogain. His father Niall, king of Tír Chonaill, was slain at the age of 28 just before Christmas 1119 in an intra-dynastic squabble within Cenél nÉogain.…...
MacLoughlin (Mac Lochlainn), Domnall
MacLoughlin (Mac Lochlainn), Domnall (d. 1241), last of the MacLoughlin kings of Ulster, may have been a son of Muirchertach MacLoughlin (d. 1196), king of Cenél nEógain. Even during the latter's reign, MacLoughlin domination of Ulster was in doubt. The seeds of this decline in…...
MacMahon, Ardghal
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MacMahon, Brian
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MacMahon, Glaisne Óg
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MacMahon (Mac Mathghamhna), Aodh Ruadh
MacMahon (Mac Mathghamhna), Aodh Ruadh (d. 1453), king of Oriel, was eldest son of Ruaidhrí MacMahon, king of Oriel; nothing is known of his mother. On his father's death (1446), Aodh Ruadh was appointed successor by Eóghan O'…...
MacMahon (Mac Mathghamhna), Brian Mór
MacMahon (Mac Mathghamhna), Brian Mór (d. 1372), king of Oriel, was probably the eldest son of Áodh MacMahon (d. 1344); after Áodh's death Murchadh Óg MacMahon succeeded him but died within a week. Maghnus (qv) son of Eochaidh MacMahon became king, but the…...