The Sliocht Cormaic of Dunguile, otherwise known as the MacCarthys of Srugrena Abbey, or the Srugrena sept, as well as the Trant McCarthys, are a
sept of the
MacCarthy Mór dynasty, the
Kings of Desmond. They are descendants of a younger son, Cormac of Dunguile, of
Tadhg na Mainistreach Mac Carthaigh Mór
Tadhg na Mainistreach Mac Carthaigh Mór reigned as King of Desmond from 1390/2 to his death in 1428.''Annals of Inisfallen'' 1428.1 He was the son of the previous king Domhnall Óg Mac Carthaigh Mór (r. 1359–1390/2). According to the ''Annals ...
, King of Desmond (r. 1390/2–1428).
[Ellis, p. 125] The line of the later kings of Desmond, to Donal IX MacCarthy Mór (d. 1596) has long been extinct.
[Ellis, ''passim'']
It was into the pedigree of the Srugrena sept that the famous impostor
Terence Francis McCarthy inserted himself.
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Modern representatives
Playing a crucial role in exposing the impostor Terence McCarthy was the claim by Barry Trant McCarthy, a great nephew of Samuel Trant McCarthy, whose pedigree was accepted and registered in 1906 by the Ulster King of Arms, Sir Arthur Vicars, who also determined the McCarthys of Srugrena to be the senior surviving descendants of the medieval royal family.[Ellis, pp. 124–6]
See also
* Gaelic nobility of Ireland
This article concerns the Gaelic nobility of Ireland from ancient to modern times. It only partly overlaps with Chiefs of the Name because it excludes Scotland and other discussion. It is one of three groups of Irish nobility, the others being ...
* Chief of the Name
The Chief of the Name, or in older English usage Captain of his Nation, is the recognised head of a family or clan (''fine'' in Irish and Scottish Gaelic). The term has sometimes been used as a title in Ireland and Scotland.
In Ireland
In Eliza ...
* Eóganachta
The Eóganachta or Eoghanachta () were an Irish dynasty centred on Cashel which dominated southern Ireland (namely the Kingdom of Munster) from the 6/7th to the 10th centuries, and following that, in a restricted form, the Kingdom of Desmond, an ...
Notes
References
* Ellis, Peter Berresford, ''Erin's Blood Royal: The Gaelic Noble Dynasties of Ireland''. Palgrave. Revised edition, 2002.
* MacCarthy, Samuel Trant, ''The MacCarthys of Munster''. 1922.
External links
MacCarthy Clan Foundation
Kingdom of Desmond Association
- An Association Devoted to the Study and Preservation of the History and Legacy of the Kingdom and its Rulers
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MacCarthy dynasty
Irish royal families