Cormac na Haoine MacCarthy Reagh

Carbery in Tudor times

Cormac na Haoine (Irish: Cormac na Haoine Mac Carthaigh Riabhach) (1490–1567) was the 10th Prince of Carbery from 1531–1567.^[1] He belonged to the MacCarthy Reagh dynasty.^[2]

He was the eldest son of Donal MacCarthy Reagh, 9th Prince of Carbery (r. 1505–1531) by his second wife Lady Eleanor, daughter of Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare.

Career

Of other exploits little is now known, but Cormac na Haoine did command the forces of his father in the celebrated victory at Mourne Abbey, also known as the Battle of Cluhar and Moor, in 1521, against the Earl of Desmond, James FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Desmond, who was wasting much of Munster. The Earl of Desmond was slain in the battle. Cormac was under the command of his distant kinsman and future father-in-law Cormac Laidir Oge MacCarthy, Lord of Muskerry.^[3]

Marriage and issue

Cormac na Haoine married Julia, daughter of Cormac Laidir Oge MacCarthy, Lord of Muskerry, and they had issue:

1. Donal of the Pipes, 13th Prince of Carbery
2. Catherine, married John Butler of Kilcash, father of Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond
3. Honoria, married her distant cousin Owen MacDonogh MacCarthy, Prince of Duhallow
4. Ellinor, married her cousin Dermod MacCarthy of Enniskean
5. Ellen, married 1) Sir James FitzGerald, Lord of Decies, 2) James FitzRichard de Barry, Lord Ibane and 4th Viscount Buttevant, ancestor of the Earls of Barrymore. Ellen is stated to have been illegitimate in the sources,^[4] and so her mother may have been different from Julia.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Cormac na Haoine MacCarthy Reagh

16. Donal Reagh MacCarthy               8. Dermod an Duna MacCarthy Reagh                       17. Joanna FitzMaurice               4. Finghin MacCarthy Reagh                             18. Teige MacCarthy, Lord of Muscry               9. Ellen MacCarthy                       2. Donal MacCarthy Reagh                                   20. James FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Desmond               10. Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Desmond                       21. Mary de Burgh               5. Catherine FitzGerald                             22. William de Barry, 8th Baron Barry               11. Ellice de Barry                       23. Ellen de la Roche               1. Cormac na Haoine                                         24. John FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Kildare               12. Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Kildare                       25. Rose Basset               6. Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare                             26. James FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Desmond               13. Jane FitzGerald                       27. Mary de Burgh               3. Eleanor FitzGerald                                   14. Rowland FitzEustace, 1st Baron Portlester                       7. Alison FitzEustace

References

1. Famille MacCarthy Reagh
2. Irish Pedigrees: MacCarthy Reagh, Prince of Carbery #120
3. MacCarthy, Lords of Muskerry #120
4. Barry, E., Barrymore: Records of the Barrys of County Cork. Cork: Guy and Co. Ltd. 1902. (Reprinted from the Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society)