Donal Gott MacCarthy

Donal Gott MacCarthy (Irish: Domnall Got Mac Carthaig) (d. 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

Donal Gott MacCarthy (also called Donal Goth or Donal Og) was a younger son of Donal Mor na Curra, King of Desmond (r. 1185-1206), and was preceded by his elder brothers Dermod (r. 1206-1230) and Cormac Fionn (r. 1230-1247).

In 1232 Donal Goth was taken prisoner by his brother Cormac. Upon his release a few months later, he committed the unneighborly act of slaying 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. Dermod O'Mahony remained chief In Ivagha, and his brother Conchobar, chief in Kinelmeky. 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.

Issue

Donal Gott was succeeded by his famous son Fínghin Mac Carthaigh (d. 1261), victor at the Battle of Callann.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Famille MacCarthy Reagh
  2. ↑ Irish Pedigrees: MacCarthy Reagh, Prince of Carbery
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ The Battle of Callan, A.D. 1261 Archived January 16, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.

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