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Ár Misean ~ Our Mission

Organizing the global MacCarthy Reagh Clan to cultivate kinship, revitalize our Gaelic-Irish culture, preserve tradition, and bring charitable aid to those in need. 

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21 April 2025: Sir Evan McCarthy Reagh, KHS, announces his candidacy for Chief of the Name.

A transcript available here: Candidacy Announcement

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The O'Sullivan, The MacAodhagain of Tethbae, and The Poole of Clan Poole have jointly announced their unanimous support for the forthcoming election of, and a candidate for, a new Chief of the Name for the MacCarthy Reagh Clan. This endorsement marks a significant moment in the clan's history, as the chiefship has remained vacant since the death of Finghin of Benduff in 1754. The MacAodhagain of Tethbae, currently represented by Simon Keegan, serves as the hereditary Brehon to the MacCarthy Clan. The O'Sullivan, hereditary White Rod, another prominent Gaelic Irish family, has also pledged its support for the initiative. Their formal endorsements can be read on our News and Events page. 

Fáilte!  ~ Welcome!

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Whether you're here as kin, a friend or as a colleague: fáilte! The MacCarthy Reagh Clan is a sept of the greater MacCarthy Clan of Munster, Ireland. Around the year 1251 Domnall Guid MacCárthaigh, the King of Desmond â€‹(commonly known as Donal Goth MacCarthy), died and his progeny became known as the "Clann Cárthaigh Cairbreach," or the Clan MacCarthy of Carbery. Around 1280, the territory of Carbery was ceded to the family by The MacCarthy Mór and it became regarded as its own semi-sovereign principality. The sept of MacCarthy Reagh was founded in the 13th century and the last Chief of The MacCarthy Reagh died in 1734, but the sept's descendants today are spread around the world. Today, we are working to bring the global family together to promote kinship and community so that we can, together as a clan, promote the Irish culture and bring Irish hospitality and charity into the world.

Values  ~ Luachanna

 

Tradition  ~  Seanchas

Preserving Irish culture and the spirit of the ancient Gaelic way of life ensures continuity with the laws governing Gaelic-Irish chiefships, authentic governance and oversight of the clan’s operation, and enriches the significance of Irish cultural landmarks.  

 

Charity  ~  Déirc

Ancient Irish law codified the need for mutual assistance within the clan. We value the importance of supporting those in need and exemplifying that traditional value of assisting kin – bringing that devotion for charity work into the world to effect positive change in all peoples’ lives.  

 

Family  ~  Muintir

Family is the tie that brings us together as a clan. The history and deeds of the clan and its chiefs may have been lost, but the family itself has survived the centuries. We recognize that family is the structure which will carry the clan and its mission into the future. 

“Few pedigrees in the British empire, if any, can be traced to a more remote or a more exalted source than that of the Celtic house of M’Carty: and, making every allowance for the exaggeration of Celtic descents generally, it cannot be contested that, when reduced to fair and admissible limits, they, as comprising the very oldest deducible family records, command a prominent, perhaps most prominent, place in European genealogy.”

-- John Burke, Esq., A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of
    the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, 1847, p. 789

We are electing the first Chief of the Name in almost 300 years!
Thank you to the whole clan who has worked so hard towards this!
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