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The Princes of Carbery and
Chiefs of the Name MacCarthy Reagh

  • Domhnall 'Guid' Chairbreach MacCárthaigh, 1st Lord of Carbery, reigned 1232-1252, and King of Desmond, reigned 1247-1252, allied the Carbery McCarthys and the Norman de Cogan family in 1249

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  • Diarmaid Donn, 2nd Lord of Carbery, his first son, a quo “Clan Dermod,” reigned 1252-1262,

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  • Domhnall Maol Chairbreach, 3rd Lord of Carbery, younger brother of Diarmaid Donn and sixth son of Domhnall Chairbreach, reigned 1262-1281, he was ceded “Desmond south of the Lee” by King Donal III of Desmond in 1281, hence he reigned as the 1st Sovereign Prince of Carbery, 1281-1310. However King Donal IV of Desmond, The MacCarthy Mór, invaded Carbery in 1283 and as a consequence of this Donal Maol murdered Donal IV in 1306, after which it was decreed that he and any future MacCarthy Reagh would not be allowed to succeed as MacCarthy Mór

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  • Domhnall Caomh, 2nd Prince of Carbery, his eldest son, reigned 1310-1320

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  • Domhnall Cairbreach, 3rd Prince of Carbery, his first son, reigned 1320-1356

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  • Cormac Donn, 4th Prince of Carbery, his brother, reigned 1356-1366

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  • Domhnall Riabhach, 5th Prince of Carbery, 1st Chief of the Name MacCárthaigh Riabhach, his nephew and son of Domhnall Cairbreach, reigned 1366-1414

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  • Domhnall Glas MacCárthaigh Riabhach, 6th Prince of Carbery, 2nd Chief of the Name, his eldest son, reigned 1414-1442

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  • Donnchadh of Iniskean, 7th Prince of Carbery, 3rd Chief of the Name, his younger surviving brother, reigned 1442-1453

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  • Diarmaid an Dunaidh, 8th Prince of Carbery, 4th Chief of the Name, his younger surviving brother, reigned 1453-1473

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  • Cormac, 9th Prince of Carbery, 5th Chief of the Name, his nephew, reigned 1473-1478, died in 1503

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  • Finghin, 10th Prince of Carbery, 6th Chief of the Name, his eldest cousin and son of Diarmaid an Dunaidh, reigned 1478-1505

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  • Diarmaid, 11th Prince of Carbery, 7th Chief of the Name, his younger brother, reigned 1505-1506

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  • Domhnall MacFinghin, 12th Prince of Carbery, 8th Chief of the Name, his nephew and son of Finghin, reigned 1506-1531

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  • Cormac na hAoine, 13th Prince of Carbery, 9th Chief of the Name, his eldest son, reigned 1531-

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  • Finghin, 14th Prince of Carbery, 10th Chief of the Name, his younger brother, reigned -1566

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  • Donnchadh, 15th Prince of Carbery, 11th Chief of the Name, his younger brother, reigned 1566-1576

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  • Eoghan “of the Parliament”, 16th Prince of Carbery, 12th Chief of the Name, his younger brother, reigned 1576-1593

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  • Domhnall na bPíopaí, 17th Prince of Carbery, 13th Chief of the Name, his eldest nephew and son of Cormac na hAoine, reigned 1593-1606, died in 1612 after having surrendered to the English Crown

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  • Cormac, his eldest son, died before his father

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  • Domhnall of Kilbrittan, 18th Prince of Carbery, 14th Chief of the Name, his only son, reigned 1612-1636

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  • Cormac, 19th Prince of Carbery, 15th Chief of the Name, his eldest son, commander of the Munster Clans in 1641, reigned 1636-1667

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  • Finghin of France, 20th Prince of Carbery, 16th Chief of the Name, his younger brother, reigned 1667-1676

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  • Domhnall, 21st Prince of Carbery, 17th Chief of the Name, his nephew and eldest son of Cormac, reigned 1676-?

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  • Alexander, 22nd Prince of Carbery, 18th Chief of the Name, his nephew and eldest son of Cormac’s second son called Donnchadh, reigned ?-1691

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  • Finghin of Banduff, 23rd Prince of Carbery, 19th Chief of the Name, his second-cousin twice removed, great-grandson of Domhnall na bPíopaí, reigned 1691-1754

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  • The Interregnum, 1754-2025

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  • Evan, 24th Prince of Carbery, 20th Chief of the Name, 9th great-grandson of Finghin of France, elected Chief of the Name by the hereditary dearbhfhine of Finghin of Banduff, reigned 2025-present.

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