Kings of Desmond

The Kingdom of Desmond

The Kingdom of Desmond was an historic kingdom located on the southwestern coast of Ireland. The name is Gaelic in origin - Deas-Mhumhain - which means South Munster. The Kingdom of Desmond originated in 1118, based on the Treaty of Glanmire, when the major parts of the prior Kingdom of Munster fractured into the Kingdom of Desmond and the Kingdom of Thomond (Irish: Tuadh-Mhumhain, meaning North Munster).

Kings of Desmond

From its inception in 1118, through 1596, the Kingdom of Desmond was ruled by the family of the MacCarthy Mór

• Tadgh MacCarthy , eldest son of Muiredach, 1118–1123
• Cormac Mac Carthaig brother of Tadgh 1123-1127 & 1127-1138
• Donogh, his brother, 1127 & 1138-1143
• Dermod, his nephew, 1143–1185
• Donal, his son, 1185–1206
• Fingen, his brother, 1206–1207
• Dermod, son of Donal , 1207–1229
• Cormac, his younger brother, 1229–1247
• Donal Gott MacCarthy, 1247–1252
• Fínghin of the Battle of Callann, 1252–1261
• Cormac, younger brother , 1261–1262
• Donal, eldest surviving son of Cormac, 1262–1302
• Donal, eldest son of Donal, 1302–1306
• Donogh, brother of Donal, 1306–1310
• Dermod, son of Donal, 1310–1326
• Cormac, brother of Dermod, 1326–1359
• Donal, son of Cormac, 1359–1390
• Tadgh, son of Donal, 1390–1428
• Donal, eldest son of Tadgh, 1428–1469
• Tadgh, brother of Donal, 1469–1503
• Donal, son of Tadgh, 1503–1508
• Cormac, brother of Donal , 1508-1516 & Tadgh IV, son of Donall, 1508–1514
• Donal, son of Cormac, 1516-ante 1558
• Donal, ante 1558-1596

MacCarthy Mor scandal

See Terence Francis MacCarthy and Chief of the Name

References

• Burke, Bernard and Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, Burke's Irish Family Records, or Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland. London: Burke's Peerage Ltd. 5th edition, 1976.
• Byrne, Francis J., Irish Kings and High-Kings. Four Courts Press. 2nd edition, 2001.
• Cronnelly, Richard F. Irish family historyPart II: A History of the Clan Eoghan, or Eoghanachts. Dublin. 1864
• O'Hart, John, Irish Pedigrees Dublin. 5th edition, 1892