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Clan Today
A Living Gaelic Community
The modern MacCarthy Reagh Clan is intended to be more than a genealogical association and more than a commemoration of historic lordship. Its present institutions are designed to turn heritage into community: to give descendants and friends meaningful ways to serve, study, preserve, gather, and contribute to the legacy of the clan.
Officers of Carbery
20ú Ceann Fine agus 24ú Prionsa Chairbre
The MacCarthy Reagh
Chief of the Name and Prince of Carbery
Head of the Clan and Chiefly House; responsible for stewardship of its institutions, heritage, and formal acts.
Reachtaire
Michael George Fitzpatrick, PhD
Chancellor
Principal administrator of the Chief; oversees streamlined operations within the Chancery.
Ceann Adchomairc
Oles Ihorevych Fylypiv
Chief Counsellor
Principal counsellor to the Chief; assists the Chancellor in daily operations of the Chancery.
Biatach
Dr. Karen Sue Cantrell
Almoner
Office associated with charitable service and assistance to those in need.
Ollamh
Simon Keegan, The MacAodhagáin of Tethbae
Brehon
Office reserved to the hereditary legal and learned tradition associated with the MacAodhagáin.
Maor
Reserved for The O'Regan of Carbery
Steward
A hereditary household office traditionally associated with The O'Regan.
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Caomhnóir na nGallóglach
Michael Joseph Quigley, The Quigley of Connacht
Constable of the Gallowglass
Coordinates charitable, community, heritage, and martial-tradition initiatives of the Gallowglass.
Aire Echtai
Vacant
Marshal
A traditional household and martial office; appointment pending.
Bard
Reserved for The O'Daly
Bard
A hereditary learned and cultural office historically associated with The O'Daly.
Phríomh-Aralt Chairbre
Sir Dennis Christopher McGoff
Chief Herald of Carbery
Custodian and adviser for the Clan's arms, insignia, banners, heraldic register, precedence, and ceremonial display.
Róisín Dubh Fo-oifigeach Armais
Thomas Falk, ASHA, AWCS, FHI
Black Rose Pursuivant of Arms
Principal heraldic artist, responsible for rendering armorial devices, badges, seals, and related designs.
The MacCarthy Reagh Clan
The MacCarthy Reagh Clan today is a worldwide community of descendants, relatives, researchers, and friends united by a shared connection to the historic family of Carbery. Centuries of migration have carried members of the wider McCarthy family far beyond West Cork, particularly to Britain, North America, Australia, and elsewhere throughout the Irish diaspora. The modern Clan therefore seeks to reconnect a family whose history is rooted in Carbery but whose descendants are now found throughout the world.
The restoration of the Chiefship has provided a renewed focal point for this community. Rather than attempting to recreate the political structures of medieval Ireland, the modern Clan seeks to preserve what remains meaningful in the Gaelic tradition: kinship, historical memory, cultural stewardship, service, hospitality, and a sense of responsibility toward future generations. The Chief and Officers of Carbery provide a framework through which these traditions may be represented and developed in a manner appropriate to the present day.
Genealogical and historical research remains central to this work. The documentation of MacCarthy Reagh families, ancestral townlands, family traditions, historical records, and surviving connections with Carbery is highly encouraged. Projects such as the reconstruction of pedigrees and the mapping of ancestral settlements help bring together information that was scattered through centuries of migration, political upheaval, and changes in record-keeping.
The Clan also seeks to preserve and encourage the cultural inheritance associated with Carbery and the wider Gaelic world. This includes Irish history and language, heraldry, music, literature, traditional customs, historic sites, and the memory of the families who once formed the social and learned community surrounding the MacCarthy Reagh chiefs.
Membership in this wider community is not confined to those bearing the McCarthy surname. Descendants through female lines, members of historically associated families, genealogists, historians, and friends of the Clan all have something to contribute. The object is not simply to remember what the MacCarthy Reagh Clan once was, but to ensure that its heritage remains a living inheritance—researched carefully, preserved responsibly, shared generously, and passed on to another generation.
