CM
Cormac MacCarthy Mór King of Desmond
d. 1359
Vitals
Died
1359
Buried
Franciscan friary, Cork
Family
Research notes
✓ Cormac Mac Carthaigh Mór, King of Desmond 1328-1359. AI 1359.1: 'Cormac Mac Carthaig, brother of the same Diarmait above [Diarmait, son of Domnall Óg, reigned 18 years from 1310, d. 1328 by treachery in the friary at Tralee], reigned thirty-one years. He was a year in an encampment against the Uí Chairpri ... He died and was buried in the monastery of the Friars in Corcach.' Father of Domhnall Óg (d. 1390). Source: Annals of Inisfallen (Mac Airt ed. 1944), CELT T100004, read 26 Oct 2026. [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 26 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]