Domhnall Got Mac Cárthaigh
Domnall Got Mac Carthaigh (anglicised Donal Gott MacCarthy), died 1251, was the ancestor of the MacCarthy Reagh dynasty of Carbery in the south of Munster in Ireland, and King of Desmond from 1247 or 1248 until the time of his death, after holding the position of tánaiste from 1230.[1][2]
Life
Domnall Got Mac Carthaigh (also called Donal Óg) was a younger son of Donal Mór na Curra, King of Desmond (r. 1185-1206), and was preceded by his elder brothers Diarmit (r. 1206-1230) and Cormac Fionn (r. 1230-1247).
In 1232 Mac Carthaig was taken prisoner by his brother Cormac. Upon his release a few months later, he slew three sons of Muirchertach Ó Mathghamhna, plundering his land, and seizing the territory between Kinelmeky and Ivagha, thus divided the septlands into two disconnected areas. Dermait Ó Mathghamhna remained lord in Ivagha, and his brother Conchobar, lord in Kinelmeaky. According to the Annals of Innisfallen, Donal "remained in the South".[3] There on the southwestern coast of Munster he established the small, semi-independent kingdom of Carbery and acquired the additional sobriquet of Domhnall Cairbreach.
Children
Donal Gott left six sons:[2]
- Dermod Don (a quo, Clan Dermod), lord of Carbery,
- Teige Dall (a quo, Clan Teige Dall),
- Cormac,
- Fínghin Mac Carthaigh (d. 1261), victor at the Battle of Callann,[4]
- The Aithcleirach, who is yet unnamed, but was a druid.,
- Donal Maol, first Prince of Carbery.
DNA Testing
The McCarthy Y-DNA Surname Study has done tremendous work documenting and researching the genetic origins and evolution of the MacCarthy Reagh sept. They've managed to show that Donal Gott possessed the unique single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), ZS4598.[5] Hundreds of participants have been shown to descend from Donal Gott, but belong to other branches of the MacCarthy Reagh sept. One extensive test has revealed the existence of another unique SNP in one of the study's participants. The SNP BY7779 was determined by the study's researchers to "mark a specific McCarthy Reagh line of descent."[6] Indeed, "these results lead to the conclusion that it is highly probable [that the participant] is not recently related to the MacCarthy Mór, MacCarthy Muskerry, MacCarthy Glas, or any sept other than the MacCarthy Reagh."[6]
Notes
- ^ Famille MacCarthy Reagh
- ^ a b Irish Pedigrees: MacCarthy Reagh, Prince of Carbery
- ^ O'Mahony, John. "A History of the O'Mahony Septs of Kinelmeky and Ivagha", Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, 1908, p. 80
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ The Battle of Callan, A.D. 1261 Archived January 16, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ McCarthy, Nigel (26 May 2017). "The McCarthy Y-DNA Surname Study" (PDF).
- ^ a b McCarthy, Evan (2019). The History and Pedigree of the McCarthy Family of Drinagh (PDF). pp. 73–74.
References
- Butler, W.F.T., "The Barony of Carbery", in Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society Volume X, Second Series. 1904. pp. 1–10, 73-84.
- O'Hart, John, Irish Pedigrees. Dublin: James Duffy and Co. 5th edition, 1892.