Donal MacCarthy Reagh ( ga, Domhnall Mac Carthaigh Riabhach) (1450/1460–1531) was the 12th Prince of
Carbery from 1505 to his death in 1531. He belonged to the
MacCarthy Reagh dynasty,
Irish Pedigrees: MacCarthy Reagh, Prince of Carbery
(#119) and was the son of Finghin MacCarthy Reagh, 10th Prince of Carbery, and Lady Catherine FitzGerald, daughter Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Desmond.
In some sources and pedigrees he is known as Donal (Donnell) ''MacFineere'' MacCarthy Reagh, although it is not known if this refers to his father or to some other aspect of his upbringing.
Life
Donal's troops, commanded by his son Cormac na Haoine, assisted his kinsman Cormac Laidir Oge MacCarthy, Lord of Muskerry in the Battle of Mourne Abbey in 1521 against James FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Desmond. The MacCarthys were victorious.
He was also an enlightened patron of the arts and letters, like his father.
Marriages and issue
Donal first married Lady Ellen MacCarthy Muskerry
The MacCarthy dynasty of Muskerry is a tacksman branch of the MacCarthy Mor dynasty, the Kings of Desmond.
Origins and advancement
The MacCarthy of Muskerry are a cadet branch of the MacCarthy Mor, ...
, daughter of Cormac Laidir MacCarthy, 9th Lord of Muscry
Cormac is a masculine given name in the Irish language, Irish and English language, English languages. The name is ancient in the Irish language and is also seen in the rendered Old Norse as ''Kormákr''.
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, and they had issue two sons and one daughter:
# Dermod, slain by Walter FitzGerald, son of the Earl of Kildare
# Donal, who died without issue
# Ellen, married Teige Mor O'Driscoll
He married secondly Lady Eleanor FitzGerald, daughter of Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare, and they had issue four sons and three daughters:
# Cormac na Haoine MacCarthy Reagh, 13th Prince of Carbery
# Finghin, married Lady Catherine MacCarthy Mor, daughter of Donal an Drumin MacCarthy Mor
Donald is a masculine given name derived from the Gaelic name ''Dòmhnall''.. This comes from the Proto-Celtic *''Dumno-ualos'' ("world-ruler" or "world-wielder"). The final -''d'' in ''Donald'' is partly derived from a misinterpretation of the ...
, King of Desmond, but they left no issue
# Donogh MacCarthy Reagh, 15th Prince of Carbery, father of Florence MacCarthy
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and Dermot Maol MacCarthy
Diarmaid () is a
masculine given name in the Irish language, which has historically been anglicized as Jeremiah or Jeremy, names with which it is etymologically unrelated. Earlier forms of the name include Diarmit and Diarmuit. Variations of the ...
# Owen MacCarthy Reagh, 16th Prince of Carbery
# Catherine, married Teige MacCarthy, 6th Lord of Muscry
# Shely, married Dermod An-Phudar O'Sullivan Beare
# Ellinor, married Connor-Fin O'Meagher
Notes
References
*MacCarthy, Samuel Trant, ''The MacCarthys of Munster''. 1922.
* – Irish stem
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Medieval Gaels from Ireland
MacCarthy dynasty
Irish lords
15th-century births
1531 deaths
16th-century Irish people
Year of birth missing