Sir
Donal MacFineere
"12th Prince of Carbery"
MacCarthy Reagh
Born in Carbery, Ireland
Ancestors 
Brother of
Unknown (MacCarthy Reagh) Butler
Husband of
Eleanor (FitzGerald) MacCarthy Reagh
— married
1490 (to 1531) [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Catherine Reagh, Cormac na Haoine MacCarthy Reagh, Donagh MacCarthy Reagh and Owen MacCarthy Reagh
Died
at about age 71
in County Cork, Ireland
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Note: The numbering system for hereditary titles in Ireland between 1300-1600 is often a source of confusion for researchers. For the Princes of Carbery, here we are using the numbering most commonly supported by modern historians.
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Biography
Sir Donal MacCarthy Reagh was born between 1450 and 1460, probably somewhere in Ireland, and likely in what is now known as County Cork or County Kerry.
He m. (1) a daughter of Cormac Laidir, Lord of Muscry, by whom he had two sons and one daughter, but left no male heirs.
He m. (2) Eleanor Fitzgerald, daughter of Gerald Fitzgerald KG, 8th Earl of Kildare. The issue of this marriage was 4 sons, who were successive (by usage of tanistry) Princes of Carbery.
- Note:Eleanor's sister Alice FitzGerald was wife to Conn O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone.
Donal MacCarthy Reagh died in 1531. He was succeeded by Cormac na Haoine MacCarthy Reagh
Issue by Eleanor Fitzgerald:
- Cormac na-Haoine, 13th Prince of Carbery
- Finin, presumably very briefly 14th Prince of Carbery, as the title passed from 13th to 15th in same year. Finin married Catherine, daughter of Donal an-Drumin, Prince of Desmond, and left no male issue.
- Donogh (d. 1576), 15th Prince of Carbery, married Joanna, the daughter of Maurice Fitzgerald, by whom he had 3 known children:
- Finin, who married Elana, Princess of Desmond, and who was made The MacCarthy Mór by Aodh [Hugh] O'Neill, Prince of Ulster
- Dermod Maol, who m. Ellen, the dau. of Teige O'Donoghue of Glenflesk
- Julia, who married Owen O'Sullivan Mór.
- From Donogh's 2nd wife, a dau. of John, Lord Power, he had Donogh Oge, who m. Graine, dau. of Dermod, Lord Muscry; was interred at Timoleague
- Sir Owen ("of the Parliament"), 16th Prince of Carbery, d. 1593; m. Ellen, dau. of Dermod O'Callaghan, issue 2 sons and 6 daughters. One daughter married Fineen O'Driscoll "The Rover", a British seadog who protected the southwest coast of Ireland for the British under Queen Elizabeth I.
Sources
- Overview of the activities of the MacCarthy Reaghs, beginning with Sir Donal MacFineere's grandfather Dermod An Dunaidh, 8th Prince of Carbery: Clann Carthaigh (Continued).” Kerry Archaeological Magazine, vol. 1, no. 8, 1912, pp. 447–66
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Categories: Irish History, Kingdom of Desmond | Princes of Carbery | MacCarthy Dynasty
edited by Lauren Millerd
Wikipedia as an estimated birth of 1450-1460. Do you have a source that supports your 1480 date? I know it can be hard back when birth records were not available. I believe that MacCarthy_Reagh-13 is a duplicate of this and needs to be merged into yours. Let me know if you have questions or need help!
Mindy Silva