Domhnall Maol Cairbreach MacCarthy Lord of Carbery
d. 1310
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✓ Domhnall Maol (Cairbreach) Mac Carthaigh, Lord of Carbery, 'son of Domhnall God Cairbreach': MCB 1306.4 'Domhnall Óg son of Domhnall Ruadh Mac Carthaigh was captured by Domhnall Maol son of Domhnall God Cairbreach as he was leaving Cork. He took him with him to Baile Í Mhoinigh to his own house, and beheaded him after keeping him in irons for some time'; MCB 1310.2 'The castle of Dún Mic Thoghmainn was demolished by Domhnall Maol son of Domhnall God Cairbreach'. The Annals of Inisfallen call him Domnall Cairprech: AI 1281.5 (peace with Domnall Ruad, king of Desmond, who gave him 'Desmumu south of the Laí'), AI 1306.6 (the execution of Domnall Óc, 'regarded as a shocking deed by the Gaedil and by the foreigners generally'), AI 1310.5. Death 1310 per A New History of Ireland vol. IX (Moody, Martin, Byrne), genealogical table 26 'MacCarthy of Carbery', p.157. NOTE: his victim Domhnall Óg (I101778) is also an ancestor in this tree - the Carbery and Desmond lines meet again at Domhnall Mór. Father of Domhnall Caomh (~, pedigrees/NHI). Mac Carthaigh's Book (Misc. Irish Annals), CELT T100013; Annals of Inisfallen, CELT T100004. [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.]