Donald MacCarthy Mór, 1st Earl of Clancare (died 1596) was the eldest surviving son of Donald MacCormac Ladrach MacCarthy Mor. He was the last

King of Desmond The following is a list of monarchs of the Kingdom of Desmond. Most were of the MacCarthy Mór ("great MacCarthy"), the senior branch of the MacCarthy dynasty. 12th century MacCarthy MacCarthy claimants O'Brien claimants MacCarthy 13th ...

. He married Lady Honora FitzGerald, daughter of

James FitzGerald, 13th Earl of Desmond James fitz John FitzGerald, 13th Earl of Desmond (died 1558), also counted as the 14th, ruled 22 years, the first 4 years as ''de facto'' earl until the death of James FitzGerald, de jure 12th Earl of Desmond, called Court Page, who was murder ...

and Móre O'Carroll. They had two children,

Teige McCarthy Mór, Lord Valentia Teige is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Karel Teige (1900–1951), Czech graphic artist, photographer, and typographer * Lisa Teige Lisa Teige (born 19 January 1998)Florence MacCarthy Finnin MacCarthy () (1560–1640), was an Irish clan chief and member of the Gaelic nobility of Ireland () of the late 16th-century and the last credible claimant to the Mac Carthaig Mór title before its suppression by English authority. Mac ...

. Donald MacCarthy was knighted by Thomas Radcliffe on 26 June 1558 in

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, County Limerick,

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. McCarthy was created 1st Earl of Clancare and 1st Baron of Valentia in the

Peerage of Ireland The peerage of Ireland consists of those Peerage, titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lordship of Ireland, Lord or Monarchy of Ireland, King of Ireland, or later by monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great B ...

on 24 June 1565. McCarthy renounced his title as Earl of Clancare in 1569, having joined the first Desmond Rebellion with James fitz Maurice Fitzgerald. His son Teige died in 1587, leaving him without a male heir. In 1588 he sold the McCarthy clan estates to

Sir Valentine Browne Sir Valentine Browne (died 1589), of Croft, Lincolnshire, was auditor, treasurer and victualler of Berwick-upon-Tweed. He acquired large estates in Ireland during the Plantation of Munster, in particular the seignory of Molahiffe. He lived at ...

. He died without surviving male issue and was buried at Murcuss Abbey.

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