NEW BRANCH DISCOVERED

June 2023

It is a rarity that a whole branch of the clan is discovered, but thanks to a whole team of cousins and researchers, and some recent discoveries made in the last few months, we can confidently say welcome to this "new" family!

We are pleased to announce that the McCarthy family of Drinagh, has recently been determined to bear a traceable descent from Col. Finghin MacCarthy Reagh (1625-1676), who has until now actually been misplaced on the family tree for centuries!

Finghin was a good friend of John Churchill, who would later become the Duke of Marlborough. Indeed, Finghin is mentioned in the State Papers of Charles II and Queen Anne, as having received a pension from Charles. This pension was halted by King William III, but the Duke of Marlborough was able to petition Queen Anne on Finghin's wife's (Mary's) behalf, restoring his pension to her in 1704.