Niadh Nask
The Niadh Nask was a self-styled nobiliary association devised by the self-styled MacCarthy Mór, Terence Francis MacCarthy. It was alleged to be a nobiliary fraternity which developed from the old warrior-guard of the Kings of Munster. The group dissolved when it was proven that its Grand Master claimed a false pedigree. He resigned in 1999. It was also determined at this time that the association had no historical precedent.
In 2007, a site was set up by an unknown McCarthy to re-commission the Niadh Nask as a Chivalric order but failed. The site - www.niadhnask.weebly.com - has been shut down. However, the order has recently been reformed under the basis of a non-profit organization designed to promote Gaelic culture.
[edit] Nia Naisc
The Nia Naisc was a Scottish re-creation of the fake Irish order created by MacCarthy in the 1980s.
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[edit] Bibliography
- Twilight of the chiefs: the Mac Carthy Mór hoax, Sean Murphy, Maunsel & Co., 2004, ISBN 1930901437
- Three Centuries of Niadh Nask Bookplates, Black Eagle Press 1997, ISBN 0952383829
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