# List of monarchs of Desmond

The following is a list of monarchs of the Kingdom of Desmond. Most were of the MacCarthy Mór ("great MacCarthy"), the senior branch of the MacCarthy dynasty.

## 12th century
### MacCarthy

| Name | Parents | From | Until | Relationship with predecessor |
| Tadhg Mac Carthaigh | son of Muireadach Mac Carthaigh | 1118 | 1123 | son of Muiredach mac Carthach, representing the Eóganacht Chaisil |

### MacCarthy claimants

| Name | Parents | From | Until | Relationship with predecessor |
| Cormac Mac Carthaigh | son of Muireadach Mac Carthaigh | 1123 | 1127 | brother of Tadhg Mac Carthaigh |
| Donogh Mac Carthaigh | son of Muireadach MacCarthaigh | 1127 | 1127 | brother of Cormac MacCarthy |
| Cormac Mac Carthaigh (restored) | son of Muireadach MacCarthaigh | 1127 | 1138 | brother of Donogh Mac Carthaigh |
| Donogh Mac Carthaigh (restored) | son of Muireadach Mac Carthaigh | 1138 | 1143 | brother of Cormac Mac Carthaigh |
| Dermot Mór na Cill Baghain Mac Carthaigh | son of Cormac Mac Carthaigh | 1143 | 1185 | nephew of Donogh Mac Carthaigh |

### O'Brien claimants

| Name | Parents | From | Until | Relationship with predecessor |
| Tadhg Gláe macDiarmata O'Brien | son of Diarmait mac Toirrdelbaig O'Brien | 1122 | 1154 | son of Diarmait mac Toirrdelbaig O'Brien, claimant to the Kingdom of Munster |
| Muirchertach mac Toirrdelbaig O'Brien | son of Toirrdelbach mac Diarmata O'Brien | 1167 | 1168 | cousin of Tadhg Gláe mac Diarmata O'Brien |

### MacCarthy

| Name | Parents | From | Until | Relationship with predecessor |
| Donal Mór na Corra Mac Carthaigh | son of Dermod Mór MacCarthy | 1185 | 1206 | son of Dermod Mór Mac Carthaigh |

## 13th century

| Name | Parents | From | Until | Relationship with predecessor |
| Fingen Mac Carthaigh | son of Dermod Mór Mac Carthaigh | 1206 | 1207 | brother of Donal Mór Mac Carthaigh |
| Diarmait Duna Droignein Mac Carthaigh | son of Donal Mór na Corra Mac Carthaigh | 1207 | 1229 | nephew of Fingen Mac Carthaigh |
| Cormac Fionn Mac Carthaigh | son of Donal Mór na Corra Mac Carthaigh | 1229 | 1247 | brother of Diarmait Duna Droignein Mac Carthaigh |
| Domnall Got Mac Carthaig | son of Donal Mór na Corra Mac Carthaigh | 1247 | 1251 | brother of Cormac Fionn Mac Carthaigh |
| Finghin MacCarthy | son of Domnall Got Cairprech Mac Carthaigh | 1251 | 1261 | son of Domnall Got Cairprech Mac Carthaigh |
| Cormac Mac Carthaig | son of Domnall Got Cairprech Mac Carthaigh | 1261 | 1262 | brother of Fingen Mac Carthaigh |
| Domnall Ruad Mac Carthaigh | son of Cormac Fionn Mac Carthaigh | 1262 | 1302 | cousin of Cormac Mac Carthaigh |

## 14th century

| Name | Parents | From | Until | Relationship with predecessor |
| Donal Oge Mac Carthaigh | son of Domnall Ruad Mac Carthaigh | 1302 | 1306 | son of Domnall Ruad Mac Carthaigh |
| Donogh Carrthain Mac Carthaigh | son of Cormac Fionn Mac Carthaigh | 1306 | 1310 | uncle of Donogh Carrthain Mac Carthaigh |
| Diarmait Oge Mac Carthaigh | son of Donogh Carrthain Mac Carthaigh | 1310 | 1326 | son of Donogh Carrthain Mac Carthaigh |
| Cormac Mac Carthaigh | son of Donogh Carrthain Mac Carthaigh | 1326 | 1359 | brother of Diarmait Oge Mac Carthaigh |
| Donal Oge Mac Carthaigh | son of Cormac Mac Carthaigh | 1359 | 1390 | son of Cormac Mac Carthaig |
| Tadhg na Mainistreach Mac Carthaigh Mór | son of Donal Oge Mac Carthaigh | 1390 | 1428 | son of Donal Oge Mac Carthaigh |

## 15th century

| Name | Parents | From | Until | Relationship with predecessor |
| Domhnall an Dana Mac Carthaigh | son of Tadhg na Mainstreach Mac Carthaigh hMór | 1428 | 1469 | son of Tadhg na Mainstreach Mac Carthaigh Mór |
| Tadhg Liath Mac Carthaigh | son of Domhnall an Dana Mac Carthaigh Mór | 1469 | 1503 | son of Domhnall an Dana Mac Carthaigh |

## 16th century

| Name | Parents | From | Until | Relationship with predecessor |
| Domnall Mac Carthaigh | son of Tadhg Liath Mac Carthaigh | 1503 | 1508 | son of Tadhg Liath Mac Carthaigh |

### Claim I

| Name | Parents | From | Until | Relationship with predecessor |
| Cormac Ladhrach Mac Carthaigh | son of Tadhg Liath Mac Carthaigh | 1508 | 1516 | brother of Domnall Mac Carthaigh |

### Claim II

| Name | Parents | From | Until | Relationship with predecessor |
| Tadhg na Leamhna Mac Carthaigh | son of Domnall Mac Carthaigh | 1508 | 1514 | son of Domnall Mac Carthaigh, nephew of Cormac Ladhrach Mac Carthaigh who he disputed the throne with |

### Final

| Name | Parents | From | Until | Relationship with predecessor |
| Domhnall an Druiminin Mac Carthaigh | son of Cormac Ladhrach Mac Carthaigh | 1516 | 1558 | son of Cormac Ladhrach Mac Carthaig |
| Domhnall Mac Carthaigh | son of Domhnall an Druiminin Mac Carthaigh | 1558 | 1596 | son of Domhnall an Druiminin Mac Carthaigh |

## Later MacCarthy Mór chiefs

The title Chief of the Name MacCarthy Mór, heir of the historical chief, was claimed by Terence Francis MacCarthy and recognised in 1992 by the Chief Herald of Ireland. In 1999 recognition was withdrawn after it emerged that evidence for the claim had been fabricated.
In June 2009, Liam Trant MacCarthy (born 27 December 1957) of Southern Rhodesia received recognition from Garter Principal King of Arms at the College of Arms in London as the senior descendant and claimant to the title MacCarthy Mór. He is the son of Cormac Trant McCarthy (1931-1999), the son of William, otherwise Liam, Trant McCarthy, Solicitor (1894-1967), the son of William Patrick Trant McCarthy (1853-1901), the son of Daniel McCarthy of Srugrena and his wife Ellen, the daughter of Patrick Trant of Waterford. The top two generations of this pedigree appear on a pedigree in the former Ulster Office of Arms. The family pedigree was also published in Burke's Irish Landed Gentry under the heading MacCarthy of Srugrena Abbey Co. Kerry.