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Latest Events & Major Announcements

UPDATE: AD HOC DERBHFINE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE

CHIEF OF THE NAME MACCARTHY REAGH

(14 July 2024)

 

Yesterday, on 13 July, representatives of the MacCarthy Reagh Clan from Ireland, the U.S., Canada, and the U.K., convened on Zoom to discuss the possibility of an election for a Chief of the Name!

A fruitful meeting, with more to come in the future! 

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The group decided to hold an election for a new Chief in a year's time. The election will be hosted digitally, so members around the world can vote. The election window will begin on 13 August 2025 at midnight, Irish Standard Time, and run through the following 24 hours, closing at 11:59 pm IST on 13 August. 

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For questions or nominations, please visit our election page maccarthyreagh.org/be-part-of-history, or reply to the Organizing Committee Secretary at info@maccarthyreagh.org. Thank you!

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The Carbery Mapping Project

(27 March 2024)

 

We're happy to announce the launch of the Carbery Mapping Project! People can now submit information about their ancestral townlands and ancestors who lived there, and even landmarks and historical places. This initiative was developed to assist researchers who may be looking for fellow McCarthys in a certain area by pulling together geographic and genealogical data into one source, which is all reflected on one globally accessible map.

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Submit information or view the map here: 

www.maccarthyreagh.org/map-of-carbery

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A FAMILY AGNOMEN 

FOR RESEARCH

(17 October 2023)

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The McCarthy family's who have resided on Hare Island for several centuries have a descendant looking to learn more! They are known as the 'McCarthy Mountain' family, and as exciting as it is to learn a new agnomen to add to the family tree, there is an interest to learn more about the family's history. 

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If you have experience researching this family we'd love to hear from you!

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NEW  BRANCH  DISCOVERED

(June 2023)

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It is a rarity that a whole branch of the clan is discovered, but thanks to a whole team of cousins and researchers, and some recent discoveries made in the last few months, we can confidently say welcome to this "new" family!

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We are pleased to announce that the McCarthy family of Drinagh, has recently been determined to bear a traceable descent from Col. Finghin MacCarthy Reagh (1625-1676), who has until now actually been misplaced on the family tree for centuries!

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Finghin was a good friend of John Churchill, who would later become the Duke of Marlborough. Indeed, Finghin is mentioned in the State Papers of Charles II and Queen Anne, as having received a pension from Charles. This pension was halted by King William III, but the Duke of Marlborough was able to petition Queen Anne on Finghin's wife's (Mary's) behalf, restoring his pension to her in 1704.

Welcome kin, friends and colleagues! After almost four centuries of a vacant chiefship of Clan MacCarthy Reagh and no central kin-group to organize the global clan, we are pleased to announce an effort to formally organize the clan and reunite cousins around the world in the spirit of community and kinship.

 

This site is new and still being developed, so if you have ideas and suggestions you would like seen on the site, please reach out to us at info@maccarthyreagh.org to provide your feedback!

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If you would like to become involved in our organization efforts, please feel free to visit our "Join the Clan!" page and let us know how you'd like to get involved.

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Some Projects on the Horizon:

  • Carbery Map - a complete digital mapping of the historical region of Carbery, including the territories traditionally associated with each sept.

  • Clan Tree - an exhaustive 'Clan Family Tree' updated to include the relationships between the minor septs of the clan. As more is learned, this tree could include sept-unique Y-DNA SNPs, creating an easily navigated tree for any genetic genealogist (amateur or professional).

  • Archive - a more ambitious and long-term goal to create a digital archive (freely available to researchers) consolidating known and newly discovered historical and genealogical records relating to all the MacCarthy Reagh sub-septs and their members. 

  • A MacCarthy Reagh Clan gathering - TBD

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