List of monarchs of Desmond

The following is a list of monarchs of the Kingdom of Desmond.[1] Most were of the MacCarthy Mór ("great MacCarthy"), the senior branch of the MacCarthy dynasty.

## 12th century

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### MacCarthy

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Tadhg Mac Carthaigh | son of Muireadach Mac Carthaigh | 1118 | 1123 | son of Muiredach mac Carthach, representing the Eóganacht Chaisil

### MacCarthy claimants

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Cormac Mac Carthaigh | son of Muireadach Mac Carthaigh | 1123 | 1127 | brother of Tadhg Mac Carthaigh
Donogh Mac Carthaigh | son of Muireadach MacCarthaigh | 1127 | 1127 | brother of Cormac MacCarthy
Cormac Mac Carthaigh
(restored) | son of Muireadach MacCarthaigh | 1127 | 1138 | brother of Donogh Mac Carthaigh
Donogh Mac Carthaigh
(restored) | son of Muireadach Mac Carthaigh | 1138 | 1143 | brother of Cormac Mac Carthaigh
Dermot Mór na Cill Baghain Mac Carthaigh | son of Cormac Mac Carthaigh | 1143 | 1185 | nephew of Donogh Mac Carthaigh

### O'Brien claimants

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Tadhg Gláe macDiarmata O'Brien | son of Diarmait mac Toirrdelbaig O'Brien | 1122 | 1154 | son of Diarmait mac Toirrdelbaig O'Brien, claimant to the Kingdom of Munster
Muirchertach mac Toirrdelbaig O'Brien | son of Toirrdelbach mac Diarmata O'Brien | 1167 | 1168 | cousin of Tadhg Gláe mac Diarmata O'Brien

### MacCarthy

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Donal Mór na Corra Mac Carthaigh | son of Dermod Mór MacCarthy | 1185 | 1206 | son of Dermod Mór Mac Carthaigh

## 13th century

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Fingen Mac Carthaigh | son of Dermod Mór Mac Carthaigh | 1206 | 1207 | brother of Donal Mór Mac Carthaigh
Diarmait Duna Droignein Mac Carthaigh | son of Donal Mór na Corra Mac Carthaigh | 1207 | 1229 | nephew of Fingen Mac Carthaigh
Cormac Fionn Mac Carthaigh | son of Donal Mór na Corra Mac Carthaigh | 1229 | 1247 | brother of Diarmait Duna Droignein Mac Carthaigh
Domnall Got Mac Carthaig | son of Donal Mór na Corra Mac Carthaigh | 1247 | 1251 | brother of Cormac Fionn Mac Carthaigh
Finghin MacCarthy | son of Domnall Got Cairprech Mac Carthaigh | 1251 | 1261 | son of Domnall Got Cairprech Mac Carthaigh
Cormac Mac Carthaig | son of Domnall Got Cairprech Mac Carthaigh | 1261 | 1262 | brother of Fingen Mac Carthaigh
Domnall Ruad Mac Carthaigh | son of Cormac Fionn Mac Carthaigh | 1262 | 1302 | cousin of Cormac Mac Carthaigh

## 14th century

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Donal Oge Mac Carthaigh | son of Domnall Ruad Mac Carthaigh | 1302 | 1306 | son of Domnall Ruad Mac Carthaigh
Donogh Carrthain Mac Carthaigh | son of Cormac Fionn Mac Carthaigh | 1306 | 1310 | uncle of Donogh Carrthain Mac Carthaigh
Diarmait Oge Mac Carthaigh | son of Donogh Carrthain Mac Carthaigh | 1310 | 1326 | son of Donogh Carrthain Mac Carthaigh
Cormac Mac Carthaigh | son of Donogh Carrthain Mac Carthaigh | 1326 | 1359 | brother of Diarmait Oge Mac Carthaigh
Donal Oge Mac Carthaigh | son of Cormac Mac Carthaigh | 1359 | 1390 | son of Cormac Mac Carthaig
Tadhg na Mainistreach Mac Carthaigh Mór | son of Donal Oge Mac Carthaigh | 1390 | 1428 | son of Donal Oge Mac Carthaigh

## 15th century

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Domhnall an Dana Mac Carthaigh | son of Tadhg na Mainstreach Mac Carthaigh hMór | 1428 | 1469 | son of Tadhg na Mainstreach Mac Carthaigh Mór
Tadhg Liath Mac Carthaigh | son of Domhnall an Dana Mac Carthaigh Mór | 1469 | 1503 | son of Domhnall an Dana Mac Carthaigh

## 16th century

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Domnall Mac Carthaigh | son of Tadhg Liath Mac Carthaigh | 1503 | 1508 | son of Tadhg Liath Mac Carthaigh

### Claim I

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Cormac Ladhrach Mac Carthaigh | son of Tadhg Liath Mac Carthaigh | 1508 | 1516 | brother of Domnall Mac Carthaigh

### Claim II

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Tadhg na Leamhna Mac Carthaigh | son of Domnall Mac Carthaigh | 1508 | 1514 | son of Domnall Mac Carthaigh, nephew of Cormac Ladhrach Mac Carthaigh who he disputed the throne with

### Final

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Domhnall an Druiminin Mac Carthaigh | son of Cormac Ladhrach Mac Carthaigh | 1516 | 1558 | son of Cormac Ladhrach Mac Carthaig
Domhnall Mac Carthaigh | son of Domhnall an Druiminin Mac Carthaigh | 1558 | 1596 | son of Domhnall an Druiminin Mac Carthaigh

## Later MacCarthy Mór chiefs

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The title Chief of the Name MacCarthy Mór, heir of the historical chief, was claimed by Terence Francis MacCarthy and recognised in 1992 by the Chief Herald of Ireland. In 1999 recognition was withdrawn after it emerged that evidence for the claim had been fabricated.

In June 2009, Liam Trant MacCarthy (born 27 December 1957) of Southern Rhodesia received recognition from Garter Principal King of Arms at the College of Arms in London as the senior descendant and claimant to the title MacCarthy Mór.[2] He is the son of Cormac Trant McCarthy (1931-1999), the son of William, otherwise Liam, Trant McCarthy, Solicitor (1894-1967), the son of William Patrick Trant McCarthy (1853-1901), the son of Daniel McCarthy of Srugrena and his wife Ellen, the daughter of Patrick Trant of Waterford. The top two generations of this pedigree appear on a pedigree in the former Ulster Office of Arms.[3] The family pedigree was also published in Burke's Irish Landed Gentry under the heading MacCarthy of Srugrena Abbey Co. Kerry.[4]

## References

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1. ^ [unreliable source?]"The Descent of the Crown of Desmond, 1118-1596". Terence Francis McCarthy. Archived from the original on 12 May 2008. Retrieved 14 November 2008. Retrieved on 13 November 2008.
2. ^ [original research?]Norfolk 51,162. College of Arms London.
3. ^ Irish Recorded Pedigrees Volume 28 pages 77-8.
4. ^ Burke's Irish Landed Gentry (1912).

## See also

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* Earl of Clancarty
* Earl of Desmond
* Eóganachta
* FitzGerald dynasty
* Kings of Munster
* MacCarthy of Muskerry
* MacCarthy Reagh

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Eóganachta

Kindreds
and septs|

| Eóganacht Chaisil|

* MacCarthy Mor dynasty
* MacCarthy Mór
* MacCarthy Duhallow
* MacCarthy Reagh
* MacCarthy Muskerry
* MacAuliffe
* O'Sullivan Mór
* O'Sullivan Beare
* MacGillycuddy
* O'Callaghan
* O'Dennehy
* O'Donoghue

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Eóganacht Glendamnach|

* O'Keeffe

Eóganacht Locha Léin|

* O'Cahill
* O'Flynn
* O'Moriarity
* MacAngus
* O'Carroll
* O'Scannell

Eóganacht Raithlind|

* O'Mahony
* O'Donoghue
* O'Long
* O'Duggan
* O'Feehin
* O'Leary
* O'Donnell
* O'Connell
* O'Linchy (Lynch)
* O'Hea
* O'Cahalane
* O'Coughlan
* O'Cannifee
* O'Bogue
* O'Cronin
* O'Flynn
* O'Flahiffe
* O'Connelly
* O'Callaghan
* O'Mingane (Mongan)
* O'Neill

Eóganacht Áine|

* O'Irwin
* O'Kirby
* O'Kerwick
* O'Muldoon
* O'Kenealy
* O'Gunning

Related
peoples|

| Corcu Loígde|

* O'Driscoll
* O'Leary
* Coffey
* O'Flynn
* O'Connor
* O'Hennessey
* O'Cronin
* O'Hea
* Dennehy
* O'Dinneen
* Leahy
* Irwin
* O'Donovan
* O'Collins

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Uí Fidgenti|

* Uí Chairpre (O'Donovan, O'Hea, O'Regan, MacCarthy Reagh)
* Uí Chonaill (O'Collins, O'Connell)
* Ua Laogaire

Uí Liatháin|

* O'Curran
* O'Lehane (Lyons)
* O'Gleeson
* Mac Tíre

Personalities|

* Dego Deirgtine
* Lugaid
* Muinemón
* Nia Segamain
* Mug Nuadat
* Ailill Aulom
* Éogan Mór
* Fiachu Muillethan
* Crimthann mac Fidaig
* Mongfind
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* Aimend
* Óengus Bolg
* Óengus mac Nad Froích
* Coirpre Cromm mac Crimthainn
* Fíngen mac Áedo Duib
* Mór Muman
* Faílbe Flann mac Áedo Duib
* Cathal mac Finguine
* Óengus mac Fergusso
* Fedelmid mac Crimthainn
* Ólchobar mac Cináeda
* Cormac mac Cuilennáin
* Máel Muad mac Brain
* Cormac Mac Cárthaigh
* Finghin Mac Cárthaigh

Places|

* Knockainy
* Ardmore
* Rock of Cashel
* Garranes Ringfort
* Lough Leane
* Bat's Castle
* Kingdom of Desmond
* Carbery
* Blarney Castle
* Ross Castle
* Beara

Battles|

* Mag Mucrama
* Carn Feradaig
* Callann
* Dunboy

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