Daniel MacCarthy Reagh
Member of the Patriot Parliament
for Bandonbridge
Personal details
Died12 July 1691
Battle of Aughrim

Daniel MacCarthy Reagh, 20th Chief of the Name MacCarthy Reagh (c. 1640 – 1691), also called Donal, was an Irish Jacobite politician and soldier. He represented Bandonbridge in the Patriot Parliament and fought and died for King James II at the Battle of Aughrim. He was succeeded in the Chiefship by his nephew, Alexander, who himself was succeeded by Daniel's father's second-cousin, Finghin of Benduff.[1]

Birth and origins

MacCarthy was the second son of Cormac MacCarthy Reagh and his wife Ellen MacCarty.[2][3] His father was esquire of Kilbrittain. His paternal grandfather was Donal MacCarthy Reagh of Kilbrittain. His father's family were the MacCarthy Reagh, a Gaelic Irish dynasty that branched from the MacCarthy-Mor line with Donal Maol MacCarthy Reagh, the first independent ruler of Carbery.[4]

MacCarthy's mother was a daughter of Charles MacCarthy, 1st Viscount Muskerry.[3] His mother's family were the MacCarthys of Muskerry,[4] who also had branched from the MacCarthy-Mor line.[5]

His uncle, Finghin, commonly mistaken as being his brother (see no. 125 in O'Hart's Pedigrees), was friends with John Churchill during the ascendency of King Charles II. It is through Finghin's descendants, that the family survives today.[6]

Raised a regiment for James II

In 1688 MacCarthy raised an Irish regiment of infantry in support of King James II during the Glorious Revolution.[7][2]

MP

In 1689 he was elected as one of the two Members of Parliament for Bandonbridge in the Patriot Parliament called by James II of England, which met between May and July 1689.[8]

Marriage

MacCarthy married Maria daughter of Richard Townsend, a Protestant. Daniel and Maria had two daughters who died unmarried.[9]

Later career and death at the Battle of Aughrim

He served in the Jacobite Irish army during the Williamite War in Ireland. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of County Cork in 1690.[7] He was killed at the Battle of Aughrim[10] on 12 July 1691.[11]

References

Citations

  1. ↑ "Part 6 of Généalogie de la Maison de Mac-Carthy anciennement Souveraine des Deux Momonies ou de l'Irlande Méridionale". celt.ucc.ie. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 O'Hart 1892a, p. 120, right column, line 15. "1. Finin; 2.Donal (who raised a regiment of foot for James II) ...; Donogh ..."
  3. 1 2 Tenison 1896, p. 38, line 13. "Son and heir of Cormac (or Charles) MacCarthy Reagh by Eleanor, daughter of Cormac (MacCarthy), Viscount Muskerry ..."
  4. 1 2 Gibson 1861, p. 84, line 9. "There were at this time [15th & 16th centuries] four distinct chieftainships of the Mac Carthys; the Mac Carthys Mor, or lords of Desmond, and their off-shoots, namely, the Mac Carthys Reagh of Carbery, the Donough Mac Carthys of Duhallow, and the Mac Carthys of Muskerry."
  5. ↑ O'Hart 1892a, p. 122, left column. "116. Dermod Mór: son of Cormac Mór, Prince of Desmond; b. 1310; created by the English in A.D. 1353, 'Lord of Muskerry' ..."
  6. ↑ "MacCarthy Reagh", Wikipedia, 29 June 2023, retrieved 29 June 2023
  7. 1 2 Tenison 1896, p. 38, line 16. "In 1688 raised for James II a regiment of infantry. Was deputy lieutenant of Cork county in 1690."
  8. ↑ O'Hart 1892b, p. 722. "Bandonbridge Charles MacCarthy of Balloa; and Daniel MacCarthy Reagh."
  9. ↑ Tenison 1896, p. 38, line 18. "He married Maria, daughter of Richard Townsend MP and widow of _ Owen, and had issue of two daughters, who died unmarried."
  10. ↑ "University of Glasgow - Schools - School of Critical Studies - Research - Research Centres and Networks - Centre for Robert Burns Studies - Our research - Jacobite Officers Database - THE DATABASE - M". www.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  11. ↑ D'Alton 1861, p. 784. "Officers killed on the field [at Aughrim] ... Col. Daniel Mac Carthy."

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