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Carney was born in Detroit, Michigan to Irish immigrant parents, both of whom were medical doctors. [3] [4] His father was a County Mayo Gaelic football player, Pádraig Carney. The elder Carney immigrated to the United States to further his medical career. Cormac was raised in Long Beach, California, where he attended St. Anthony High School. [3]
Judge Carney may refer to: Cormac J. Carney (born 1959), judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California Susan L. Carney (born 1951), judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Cormac McCarthy (born Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr.; July 20, 1933 – June 13, 2023) was an American author who wrote twelve novels, two plays, five screenplays, and three short stories, spanning the Western, postapocalyptic, and Southern Gothic genres. His works often include graphic depictions of violence, and his writing style is ...
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He was the eldest son of Cormac MacDermot MacCarthy and his wife Mary Butler. [10] As his father's name also was Cormac, he was distinguished as "Cormac oge", the younger, [c] whereas his father usually included the patronymic "MacDermot" (son of Dermot) in his name. MacDermot (Charles's father) was the 16th Lord of Muskerry.
Cormac MacDermot married Mary Butler, a daughter of Theobald Butler, 1st Baron Cahir. [23] His wife's family, the Butler Dynasty, was Old English and descended from Theobald Walter, who had been appointed Chief Butler of Ireland by King Henry II in 1177. [24] Dermot and Mary had three sons: Charles (died 1641), his successor
Cormac is a masculine given name in the Irish and English languages. The name is ancient in the Irish language [ 1 ] and is also seen in the rendered Old Norse as Kormákr . Mac is Irish for "son", and can be used as either a prefix or a suffix.
Cormac was born in 1411, [4] the eldest son of Teige MacCarthy.His father was the 6th Lord of Muskerry.His father's family were the MacCarthys of Muskerry, [5] a Gaelic Irish dynasty that had branched from the MacCarthy-Mor line in the 14th century [6] [7] [8] when a younger son received Muskerry as appanage. [9]