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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 or 1340, second son of Cormac MacCarthy Mor, King of Desmond.

Children

MacCarthy had at least three sons:

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

Later life and death

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

He died a violent death in 1367, 1368 or 1381, killed by the O'Mahonys or by his uncle Fitzmaurice. He died in 1381 or in 1367, killed by the O'Mahonys. Otherwise, he was killed by his maternal uncle Lord Fitzmaurice in 1368. 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 and corresponding written genealogies of the MacCarthy Mor and on genealogies of the MacCarthys of Muskerry, as well as on a tree of the Lords of Muskerry. Also see the list of children in the text.

Citations

1. O'Hart 1892, p. 122, left column, line 2. "b. 1310;"
2. ^ O'Byrne 2009, 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. McCarthy 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 1892, 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 (1892). "Historical Pedigree 1380 to 1641 A.D., of MacCarthys, Lord of Muskerry, Co. Cork" (PDF). Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological 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. Tome cinquième. Paris: Imprimerie de Bethune et Plon. pp. 1–102. OCLC 865941166.
• McCarthy, Samuel Trant (1922). The MacCarthys of Munster. Dundalk: The Dundalgan Press. OCLC 1157128759.
• O'Byrne, Emmett (October 2009). McGuire, James; Quinn, James (eds.). "MacCarthy Mór (Mac Carthaig Mór), Domhnail Óg". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
• O'Hart, John (1892). Irish Pedigrees: Or, the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation. Vol. I (5th ed.). Dublin: James Duffy & Co. OCLC 7239210. – Irish stem

• 14th-century births
• 1367 deaths
• MacCarthy dynasty