The Mac Cárthaigh Riabhach (anglicised ''MacCarthy Reagh'') dynasty are a branch of the

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, deriving from the

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History

The Mac Cárthaigh Riabhach seated themselves as kings of

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in what is now southwestern

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including

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in the 13th century.Butler, "The Barony of Carbery" Their primary allies in the initially small territory itself were

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s, and members of the Ui Chairpre; both were recent arrivals, gaining their lands from the O'Mahonys of

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and the O'Driscolls of

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. The historical record for this period is very confused and a precise sequence of events cannot be reconstructed. A portion of Carbery was conquered around 1232 by

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, from whom the dynasty descend. His son Donal Maol Mac Carthaigh, was the first ruler of the new principality. Their descendants would expand their territories considerably and forge a small, wealthy kingdom distinct and independent from the larger

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, as well as largely independent from the

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and from England, which would last into the early-mid 17th century. Fínghin Mac Carthaigh, the victor for Gaelic Desmond in the

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and other campaigns, is considered to belong to the Mhic Carthaigh Riabhach, being a son of Donal Gott.Ó Murchadha 1961; 1996, p. 52 They were in frequent conflict with the line of the MacCarthy Mor, and the MacCarthys of Duhallow and Coshmaine, all of which were generally in conflict with the Fitzgeralds and FitzMaurices which comprised the lines of the Earl of Desmond and the Earl of Kildare, respectively. The dynasty became very successful during the 14th to 16th centuries, accumulating great wealth and possessing what was at times the most formidable, although not the largest army in the Desmond region. MacCarthy Reagh princes such as

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were highly active in the politics and wars of

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. A later branch from

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, descendants of Donal of the Pipes, would relocate to

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in France and be created the Counts MacCarthy Reagh of Toulouse (Comtes de Mac-Carthy Reagh). The renowned

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preacher

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was from this line. From another branch of the dynasty descended several more lines of counts and viscounts in France. Florence MacCarthy was the compiler of

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, and the

Book of Lismore The Book of Lismore, also known as the Book of Mac Carthaigh Riabhach, is a late fifteenth-century Gaelic manuscript that was created at Kilbrittain in County Cork, Ireland, for Fínghean Mac Carthaigh, Lord of Carbery (1478–1505). Defective ...

was commissioned by an earlier member of the dynasty. The controversial Blessed

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is believed to have belonged to the MacCarthys Reagh. The line of the Mac Carthaigh Riabhach was not represented among the

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granted courtesy recognition.

Princes of Carbery

Claimants to the title of Prince of Carbery have included: *

–

and founder of the dynasty ** Fínghin Mac Carthaigh, King of Desmond – victor at the

* Donal Maol MacCarthy, 1st Prince of Carbery – 1st Sovereign Prince of Carbery * Donal Caomh MacCarthy, 2nd Prince of Carbery * Donal Cairbreach MacCarthy, 3rd Prince of Carbery – eldest son of Donal Caomh * Cormac Donn MacCarthy, 4th Prince of Carbery – second son of Donal Caomh, and ancestor of the

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branch * Donal Reagh MacCarthy, 5th Prince of Carbery – a quo MacCarthy ''Reagh'', son of Donal Cairbreach *Donal Glas MacCarthy Reagh, 6th Prince of Carbery – eldest son of Donal Reagh * Donogh of Iniskean MacCarthy Reagh, 7th Prince of Carbery – second surviving son of Donal Reagh * Dermod an Duna MacCarthy Reagh, 8th Prince of Carbery – third surviving son of Donal Reagh *Cormac MacCarthy Reagh, 9th Prince of Carbery – son of Donogh of Iniskean * Finghin MacCarthy Reagh, 10th Prince of Carbery – commissioner of the

, eldest son of Dermod an Duna *Dermod MacCarthy Reagh, 11th Prince of Carbery – second son of Dermod an Duna * Donal MacCarthy Reagh, 12th Prince of Carbery – Dermod's nephew, the son of Finghin * Cormac na Haoine MacCarthy Reagh, 13th Prince of Carbery – eldest son of Donal *Finghin MacCarthy Reagh, 14th Prince of Carbery – second son of Donal * Donogh MacCarthy Reagh, 15th Prince of Carbery – third son of Donal **

* Owen MacCarthy Reagh, 16th Prince of Carbery – fourth son of Donal * Donal na Pipi, 17th Prince of Carbery – son of Cormac na Haoine, last Prince of Carbery ** Cormac MacCarthy Reagh *** Donal MacCarthy Reagh, "Comte de Carbery" & Lord of Kilbrittain m. Lady Ellen Roche of Fermoy **** Cormac, Lord of Kilbrittain (d. 1667) m. Ellen McCarthy Mor ***** Col. Finghin MacCarthy Reagh, Lord of Kilbrittain & "Comte Mac Carthy-Reagh" (1625-1676) m. Mary (a daughter of a French Count) ****** Cormac ******* Owen (1691-1775) ******** Cormac m. Catherine Bernard ********* Francis Bernard MacCarthy Reagh, from whom the "Longfield MacCarthys" stem. ****** Dermot (1658-1728) ******* Donal I MacCarthy Reagh of Gorteenasowna (1690-1758) m. Katherine O'Driscoll ******** Donal II MacCarthy (1735-1814) m. Anna MacCarthy Reagh of Gortnascreeny ********* Daniel Carty of Cashloura, from whom the McCarthys of Drinagh ******** Cormac McCarty Esq. (d. 1792) ******** Owen MacCarthy ******** Margaret m. Richard O'Neill of Kilmichael, Prince of Ulster (1743-1817) ***** Donal (1628-1691) ***** Catherine ***** Ellen ***** Donough *** Owen (d. 1641) *** Catherine ** Owen, a quo the Springhouse sept ** Donough, Proprietor of Kilbrittain ** Finghin of Bandubh ** Ellen ** Julia ** Teige, Chief of Kilgobane

MacCarthy Glas/Duna

As patrilineal descendants of the 4th Prince, but not the 5th Prince, the MacCarthys of

, belonging to the MacCarthy Glas and MacCarthy Duna septs, are not technically MacCarthys ''Reagh''. However, most historians and genealogists refer to all descendants of Donal Gott as MacCarthys Reagh, and it is the case that, should the "senior line", descendants of the 5th Prince, fail, then the MacCarthys of Dunmanway would become the "new" Princes of Carbery. * Teige-an-Fhorsa MacCarthy, Lord of Glean-na-Chroim *

Teige-an-Duna MacCarthy Teige-an-Duna MacCarthy ( ga, Tadhg an Duna Mac Carthaigh) (1584 – 24 May 1649), Lord of Glean-na-Chroim, was the last hereditary Prince of the Dunmanway branch of the MacCarthy Reagh dynasty of Carbery (barony), Carbery "who exercised the ri ...

, Lord of Glean-na-Chroim – ancestor of several surviving septs

Notes

References

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. 1947. * O'Keeffe, Eugene (ed. and tr.), ''Eoganacht Genealogies from the

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History

Princes of Carbery

MacCarthy Glas/Duna

See also

Notes

References