Daniel MacCarthy Reagh, 20th Chief of the Name MacCarthy Reagh ( – 1691), also called Donal, was an Irish Jacobite politician and soldier. He represented Bandonbridge in the

Patriot Parliament Patriot Parliament is the name commonly used for the Irish Parliament session called by King James II during the Williamite War in Ireland which lasted from 1688 to 1691. The first since 1666, it held only one session, which lasted from 7 May 16 ...

and fought and died for King

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at the

Battle of Aughrim The Battle of Aughrim ( ga, Cath Eachroma) was the decisive battle of the Williamite War in Ireland. It was fought between the largely Irish Jacobite army loyal to James II and the forces of William III on 12 July 1691 (old style, equivalent ...

. He was succeeded in the Chiefship by his nephew, Alexander, who himself was succeeded by Daniel's father's second-cousin, Finghin of Benduff.

Birth and origins

MacCarthy was the second son of Cormac MacCarthy Reagh and his wife Ellen MacCarty. His father was esquire of

Kilbrittain Kilbrittain or Killbrittain () is the name of a village, townland and parish in County Cork, Ireland. The village lies about southwest of Bandon, and near Courtmacsherry and Timoleague. The coastal route around the edge of the parish is the R6 ...

. His paternal grandfather was

Donal MacCarthy Reagh of Kilbrittain Donal MacCarthy Reagh of Kilbrittain (died 1636) was an Irish magnate who owned the extensive lands of Carbery (almost half a million acres) in south-western County Cork. Birth and origins Donal was born the son of Cormac MacCarthy Reagh an ...

. His father's family were the

MacCarthy Reagh The Mac Cárthaigh Riabhach (anglicised ''MacCarthy Reagh'') dynasty are a branch of the MacCarthy dynasty, Kings of Desmond, deriving from the Eóganacht Chaisil sept. History The Mac Cárthaigh Riabhach seated themselves as kings of Carbery in ...

, a Gaelic Irish dynasty that branched from the MacCarthy-Mor line with Donal Maol MacCarthy Reagh, the first independent ruler of

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. MacCarthy's mother was a daughter of

Charles MacCarthy, 1st Viscount Muskerry Sir Charles MacCarthy, 1st Viscount of Muskerry (died 1641), also called Cormac Oge, especially in Irish, was from a family of Irish chieftains but acquired a noble title under English law, becoming Viscount Muskerry instead of Lord of Muske ...

. His mother's family were the

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, who also had branched from the MacCarthy-Mor line. His uncle, Finghin, commonly mistaken as being his brother
see no. 125 in O'Hart's ''Pedigrees''
, was friends with John Churchill during the ascendency of King Charles II. It is through Finghin's descendants, that the family survives today.

Raised a regiment for James II

In 1688 MacCarthy raised an Irish regiment of infantry in support of King James II during the

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MP

In 1689 he was elected as one of the two

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for Bandonbridge in the

called by

James II of England James VII and II (14 October 1633 16 September 1701) was King of England and King of Ireland as James II, and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685. He was deposed in the Gloriou ...

, which met between May and July 1689.

Marriage

MacCarthy married Maria daughter of Richard Townsend, a Protestant. Daniel and Maria had two daughters who died unmarried.

Later career and death at the Battle of Aughrim

He served in the Jacobite Irish army during the

Williamite War in Ireland The Williamite War in Ireland (1688–1691; ga, Cogadh an Dá Rí, "war of the two kings"), was a conflict between Jacobite supporters of deposed monarch James II and Williamite supporters of his successor, William III. It is also called th ...

. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of

County Cork County Cork ( ga, Contae Chorcaí) is the largest and the southernmost county of Ireland, named after the city of Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. Its largest market towns are ...

in 1690. He was killed at the

on 12 July 1691.

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* – Infantry * – to 1603 * – Irish stem * – Normans, English, Huguenots etc. (for Patriot Parliament) * – Morres to O'Callaghan {{DEFAULTSORT:MacCarthy, Charles Year of birth unknown 1691 deaths 17th-century Irish people Deputy Lieutenants of County Cork Irish Jacobites Irish MPs 1689 Irish soldiers in the army of James II of England Irish soldiers in the French Army

Daniel Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength" ...

Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Cork constituencies