Dermot MacCarthy, 1st Lord of Muskerry

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Dermot MacCarthy
Lord of Muskerry
Tenure1353–1367
SuccessorCormac MacCarthy, 2nd Lord of Muskerry
Born1310 or 1340
Died1367, 1368, or 1386
Issue
Detail		Cormac, Felim, Donough & others
FatherCormac MacCarthy Mor, King of Desmond

Dermot MacCarthy (1310–1367) was the 1st Lord of Muskerry. He was an Irish magnate who owned extensive lands in central Munster. He was the first of the long line of the MacCarthy of Muskerry dynasty.

Birth and origins[]

Dermot was born in 1310[1] or 1340,[2] second[3] son of Cormac MacCarthy Mor, King of Desmond.

Family tree
Dermot MacCarty with father, son, and other selected relatives.[a]
Donal Og
d. 1306
Dermot
d. 1326		Cormac
1271–1359
Donal Og
d. 1391		Dermot
1st Lord
1310–1367
Tadh na
Mainistreach
1340–1413		Cormac
2nd Lord
d. 1374
Donal
Dana
d. 1469		Teige
6th Lord
1380–1448		Cormac
7th Lord		Owen
8th Lord
Teige
Liath
1407–1490		Cormac
Laidir
9th Lord
1411–1494		Mary
Fitzmaurice
Legend
XXXSubject of
the article		XXXLords of
Muskerry		XXXKings of
Desmond

Children[]

MacCarthy had at least three sons:

  • Cormac (d. 1374), 2nd Lord of Muskerry[8]
  • Felim
  • Donough

Later life and death[]

MacCarthy was granted the Muskerry area as appanage[9] in 1353 and received the English title Lord of Muskerry.[10]

He died a violent death in 1367, 1368 or 1381, killed by the O'Mahonys or by his uncle Fitzmaurice. He died in 1381[2] or in 1367, killed by the O'Mahonys.[11] Otherwise, he was killed by his maternal uncle Lord Fitzmaurice in 1368.[12] He is the founder of the MacCarthy of Muskerry dynasty. He was probably succeeded by his eldest son Cormac as the 2nd Lord. His grandson Teige was the 6th Lord, but the 3rd, 4th and 5th lords are not known by name and might have succeeded by primogeniture or might have been chosen by tanistry.

Notes, citations, and sources[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ This family tree is based on a tree[4] and corresponding written genealogies of the MacCarthy Mor[5] and on geneologies of the MacCarthys of Muskerry,[6] as well as on a tree of the Lords of Muskerry.[7] Also see the list of children in the text.

Citations[]

  1. ^ O'Hart 1892, p. 122, left column, line 2: "b. 1310;"
  2. ^ a b O'Byrne, "MacCarthy Mór, Domhnail Óg", 1st paragraph, 4th sentence: "A little more is known of Domhnall Óg's brother Diarmait (1340–81), lord of Múscraige (Muskerry), who was treacherously slain by the O'Mahonys in 1381."
  3. ^ O'Hart 1892, p. 122, top: "Cormac MacCarty Mor, Prince of Desmond (see the MacCarty Mór Stem, No. 115,) had a second son, Dermod Mór, of Muscry (now Muskerry) who was the ancestor of MacCarthy, lords of Muscry and earls of Clan Carthy."
  4. ^ MacCarthy 1922, p. between pages 32 and 33.
  5. ^ O'Hart 1892, pp. 107–117: "Genealogies of the MacCarthies of Muskerry"
  6. ^ O'Hart 1892, pp. 122–125: "Genealogies of the MacCarthy Mor"
  7. ^ Gillman 1892b, fold-out.
  8. ^ Lainé 1836, p. 72, line 30: "Cormac Mac-Carthy, chef de Muskery, fut assassiné à Cork en 1374, par les Barry, et enterré en l'abbaye de Gill ..."
  9. ^ Lainé 1836, p. 72, line 20: "Dermod-Môr, Mac-Carthy, fils puiné de Cormac-Môr, prince de Desmond et d'Honoria Fitz-Maurice, eut en apanage la baronnie de Muskery ..."
  10. ^ O'Hart 1892, p. 122, left column, line 3: "... created, by the English, in 1353 'Lord of Muskerry';"
  11. ^ Lainé 1836, p. 72, line 24: "Il fut tué en 1367, par les ô Mahony ..."
  12. ^ O'Hart 1892, p. 122, left column, line 9: "This Dermod was taken prisoner by MacCarthy of Carbery, by whom he was delivered up to his (Dermod's) mother's brother the Lord Fitzmaurice, who put him to death, A.D. 1368."

Sources[]

  • Gillman, Herbert Webb (1892b). "Historical Pedigree 1380 to 1641 A.D., of MacCarthys, Lord of Muskerry, Co. Cork" (PDF). Journal of the Cork Historical and Archeological Society. 1 (10): fold–out.
  • Lainé, P. Louis (1836). "Mac-Carthy". Archives généalogiques et historiques de la noblesse de France [Genealogical and Historical Archives of the Nobility of France] (in French). Vol. 5. Paris: Imprimerie de Bethune et Plon. pp. 1–102. OCLC 865941166.
  • MacCarthy, Samuel Trant (1922). The MacCarthys of Munster. Dundalk: The Dundalgan Press. OCLC 1157128759.
  • O'Byrne, Emmett. "MacCarthy Mór (Mac Carthaig Mór), Domhnail Óg". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 16 October 2021. – (online edition)
  • O'Hart, John (1892). Irish Pedigrees: Or, the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation. Vol. 1 (5th ed.). Dublin: James Duffy & Co. OCLC 7239210. – Irish stem
Peerage of Ireland
New creation Lord of Muskerry
1353–1367 		Succeeded by
Cormac, MacCarthy
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