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In 1353 Muskerry, and Macroom with it, was given as appanage to Dermot MacCarthy, 1st Lord of Muskerry, second son of Cormac MacCarthy Mor, King of Desmond. The MacCarthys of Muskerry owned the castle until the middle of the 17th century. Teige MacCarthy, 11th Lord Muskerry, restored and enlarged the castle and died there in 1565. [9]
Ross Castle, Muskerry's last stand. Edmund Ludlow besieged Muskerry in Ross Castle, on the shore of Lough Leane. [439] The defenders were supplied by boat over the lake. [440] Ludlow brought boats of his own [441] whereupon Muskerry surrendered on 27 June 1652 [442] after a siege of three weeks. [443] The terms took a possible prosecution into ...
MacCarthy (Irish: Mac Cárthaigh), also spelled Macarthy, McCarthy or McCarty, is an Irish clan originating from Munster, an area they ruled during the Middle Ages. [1] It was divided into several septs (branches) of which the MacCarthy Reagh, MacCarthy of Muskerry, and MacCarthy of Duhallow were the most notable.
The MacCarthy of Muskerry are a cadet branch of the MacCarthy Mor, Kings of Desmond. This cadet branch was founded by Dermot MacCarthy, 1st Lord of Muskerry, second son of Cormac MacCarthy Mor, King of Desmond, [10] who was in 1353 created Lord of Muskerry by the English. [11] This title's position is unclear.
Macroom's Irish language name, Maigh Chromtha, likely translates as 'crooked plain' in reference to the bend in the River Sullane on which its historic core is situated.It has also been suggested that it may translate as "meeting place of followers of the god Crom" or "crooked oak", [5] the latter a reference to a large oak tree that apparently grew in the town-square during the reign of King ...
Callaghan was born in the late 1630s [1] [a] in County Cork, most likely at Blarney Castle or Macroom Castle, residences of his parents. [4] He was the second son of Donough MacCarty and his wife Eleanor Butler. [5] At the time of his birth, Callaghan's father was the 2nd Viscount Muskerry, but he would be advanced to Earl of Clancarty in 1658.