List of monarchs of Desmond
The following is a list of monarchs of the Kingdom of Desmond. Most were of the MacCarthy Mór, the senior branch of the MacCarthy dynasty.12th century
O'Brien claimants
MacCarthy
13th century
14th century
15th century
16th century
Claim I
Claim II
Final
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 In 1999 recognition was withdrawn after it emerged that evidence for the claim had been fabricated.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 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, the son of William, otherwise Liam, Trant McCarthy, Solicitor, the son of William Patrick Trant McCarthy, 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.
