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Cormac MacCarthy Mor
Cormac MacCarthy Mor
King of Desmond
Reign	1326–1359
Predecessor	Dermot MacCarthy Mor
Successor	Donal Og MacCarthy Mor
Born	1271
Died	1359
Issue; Detail	Donal Og; Dermot MacCarthy, Lord of Muskerry; & others
Father	Donal MacCarthy

Cormac MacCarthy Mor (1271–1359) was a King of Desmond.

Birth and origins

Cormac was born in 1271,^[1] probably the third son of Donal Og MacCarthy who died in 1306.^[2]

Family tree

Cormac MacCarty Mor with father, some sons, and other selected relatives.^[a]

Donal
d. 1302

Donal Og
d. 1306

Donogh
d. 1310

Dermot
d. 1326

Cormac
1271–1359

Donal Og
d. 1391

Tadh na
Mainistreach
1340–1413

Cormac
2nd Lord
d. 1374

Legend

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MacCarthy had at least three sons. Two of them are quite well known:

Donal Og MacCarthy Mor (Domhnall Óg Mac Carthaigh Mór) (died 1391),^[5] his successor
Dermot MacCarthy (Diarmaid Mac Carthaigh) (1340–1381),^[6] the first Lord of Muskerry

^ This family tree is based on the genealogies of the MacCarthy Mor^[3] and the MacCarthys of Muskerry.^[4] Also see the list of children in the text.

^ O'Hart 1892, p. 112, right column. "115. Cormac MacCarthy Mór, Prince of Desmond: his son; b. 1271; d. 1359."
^ O'Byrne 2009a, 1st paragraph, 1st sentence. "MacCarthy Mór (Mac Carthaigh Mór), Cormac (d. 1359), king of Desmond, probably the third son of Domnall Óc MacCarthy (d. 1306) ..."
^ O'Hart 1892, p. 107–117.
^ O'Hart 1892, p. 122–125.
^ O'Byrne 2009b, 1st paragraph, 1st sentence. "MacCarthy Mór (Mac Carthaigh Mór), Domhnail Mór, eldest of the three recorded sons of Cormac MacCarthy Mór (d. 1359) ..."
^ O'Byrne 2009b, 1st paragraph, 4th sentence. "A little more is known of Domhnall Óg's brother Diarmait (1340–81), lord of Múscraige (Muskerry), ..."