Cormac na Haoine MacCarthy Reagh, 13th Prince of Carbery (1490–1567) was an Irish chieftain who owned almost half a million acres in south west Ireland.

Birth and origins

Cormac was born in

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about 1490, the eldest son of

Donal MacCarthy Reagh Donal MacCarthy Reagh ( ga, Domhnall Mac Carthaigh Riabhach) (1450/1460–1531) was the 12th Prince of Carbery from 1505 to his death in 1531. He belonged to the MacCarthy Reagh dynasty,Prince of Carbery. His father's family were the MacCarthy Reagh, a Gaelic Irish dynasty that branched from the MacCarthy-Mor line with

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, a medieval King of Desmond, whose sixth son Donal Maol MacCarthy Reagh was the first independent ruler of Carbery. His mother was a daughter of Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare. Her family, the Geraldines, were an

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Battle of Mourne

The Battle of Mourne or of

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, also called of Cluhar and Moor, was fought in 1520 or 1521. It was part of an internecine strife of the Geraldines of Desmond in which Thomas FitzThomas FitzGerald defeated his nephew

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, and succeeded him as the 11th Earl. Carbery was drawn into this as Thomas Fitzthomas was allied with MacCarthy's father-in-law, Cormac Oge Laidir MacCarthy. MacCarthy therefore led his father's troops against the 11th Earl of Desmond, who was defeated.

Prince

MacCarty succeeded his father in 1530 as the 13th prince of Carbery.

Marriage and children

MacCarthy married Julia, daughter of

Cormac Oge Laidir MacCarthy, 10th Lord of Muskerry Cormac Oge Laidir MacCarthy, 10th Lord of Muskerry (1447–1536) was an Irish chieftain, styled Lord of Muskerry. In 1520 he defeated James FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Desmond in the battle of Mourne Abbey. Birth and origins ...

. It was his first but her second marriage. She was the widow of

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, who had died in 1550. Cormac and Julia had two sons: # Donal na Pipi, became the 17th Prince # Dermond na-Glac MacCarthy —and four daughters: # Catherine, married

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, father of Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond # Honoria, married her distant cousin Owen MacDonogh MacCarthy, Prince of

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# Ellinor, married her cousin Dermod MacCarthy of

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# Ellen, married first in 1572 Sir James FitzGerald, Lord of Decies (died 1581), and secondly James FitzRichard de Barry, Lord Ibane and 4th

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, ancestor of the

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. Ellen seems to have been an illegitimate child. After MacCarthy's death his wife would marry thirdly

Edmund Butler, 1st/11th Baron Dunboyne Edmund is a masculine given name or surname in the English language. The name is derived from the Old English elements ''ēad'', meaning "prosperity" or "riches", and ''mund'', meaning "protector". Persons named Edmund include: People Kings an ...

(died 1566)

Death

Carbery, as he now was, died in 1567. He was succeeded according to Brehon law and tanistry by his brother Finghin as the 14th prince.

Ancestry

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* * * * – Dacre to Dysart (for Dunboyne) * – to 1603 * * – Earls * – Irish stem {{DEFAULTSORT:MacCarthy Reagh, Cormac Na Haoine, 10th Prince Of Carbery 1490 births 1567 deaths 16th-century Irish people De Barry family Irish lords MacCarthy dynasty People of Elizabethan Ireland