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
MacCarthy
Name
Parents
From
Until
Relationship with predecessor
Tadhg Mac Carthaigh
son of Muireadach Mac Carthaigh
1118
1123
son of Muiredach mac Carthach, representing the Eóganacht Chaisil
MacCarthy claimants
Name
Parents
From
Until
Relationship with predecessor
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
Name
Parents
From
Until
Relationship with predecessor
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
Name
Parents
From
Until
Relationship with predecessor
Donal Mór na Corra Mac Carthaigh
son of Dermod Mór MacCarthy
1185
1206
son of Dermod Mór Mac Carthaigh
13th century
Name
Parents
From
Until
Relationship with predecessor
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
Name
Parents
From
Until
Relationship with predecessor
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
Name
Parents
From
Until
Relationship with predecessor
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
Name
Parents
From
Until
Relationship with predecessor
Domnall Mac Carthaigh
son of Tadhg Liath Mac Carthaigh
1503
1508
son of Tadhg Liath Mac Carthaigh
Claim I
Name
Parents
From
Until
Relationship with predecessor
Cormac Ladhrach Mac Carthaigh
son of Tadhg Liath Mac Carthaigh
1508
1516
brother of Domnall Mac Carthaigh
Claim II
Name
Parents
From
Until
Relationship with predecessor
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
Name
Parents
From
Until
Relationship with predecessor
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 chiefsThe 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]
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