The following is a list of monarchs of the

Kingdom of Desmond The Kingdom of Desmond () was a historic kingdom in southwestern Ireland. It was founded in 1118 by Tadhg Mac Cárthaigh, King of Munster when the Treaty of Glanmire formally divided the Kingdom of Munster into Desmond and Thomond (, "North ...

. Most were of the MacCarthy Mór ("great MacCarthy"), the senior branch of the

MacCarthy dynasty MacCarthy (), also spelled Macarthy, McCarthy or McCarty, is an Irish Irish clans, clan originating from Kingdom of Munster, Munster, an area they ruled during the Middle Ages. It was divided into several septs (branches) of which the MacCarthy ...

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The title

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''MacCarthy Mór'', heir of the historical chief, was claimed by

Terence Francis MacCarthy Terence Francis MacCarthy (born 21 January 1957), formerly self-styled Tadhg V, The MacCarthy Mór, Prince of Desmond and Lord of Kerslawny, is a genealogist, historian, and writer, best known for being a pretender to the Irish chiefly title o ...

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 In 1999 recognition was withdrawn after it emerged that evidence for the claim had been fabricated.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

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received recognition from

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at the

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in London as the senior descendant and claimant to the title MacCarthy Mór. 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

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. The top two generations of this pedigree appear on a pedigree in the former Ulster Office of Arms. The family pedigree was also published in ''Burke's Irish Landed Gentry'' under the heading MacCarthy of Srugrena Abbey Co. Kerry. Burke's Irish Landed Gentry (1912).

12th century

MacCarthy

MacCarthy claimants

O'Brien claimants

MacCarthy

13th century

14th century

15th century

16th century

Claim I

Claim II

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Later MacCarthy Mór chiefs

References

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