Domnall Got Mac Carthaig


Domnall Got Mac Carthaigh, died 1251, was the ancestor of the MacCarthy Reagh dynasty of Carbery in the south of Munster in Ireland, and King of Desmond from 1247 or 1248 until the time of his death, after holding the position of tánaiste from 1230.

Life

Domnall Got Mac Carthaigh was a younger son of Donal Mór na Curra, King of Desmond, and was preceded by his elder brothers Diarmit and Cormac Fionn.
In 1232 Mac Carthaig was taken prisoner by his brother Cormac. Upon his release a few months later, he slew three sons of Muirchertach Ó Mathghamhna, plundering his land, and seizing the territory between Kinelmeky and Ivagha, thus divided the septlands into two disconnected areas. Dermait Ó Mathghamhna remained lord in Ivagha, and his brother Conchobar, lord in Kinelmeaky. According to the Annals of Innisfallen, Donal "remained in the South". There on the southwestern coast of Munster he established the small, semi-independent kingdom of Carbery and acquired the additional sobriquet of Domhnall Cairbreach.

Children

Donal Gott left six sons:
  1. Dermod Don, lord of Carbery,
  2. Teige Dall,
  3. Cormac,
  4. Fínghin Mac Carthaigh, victor at the Battle of Callann,
  5. The Aithcleirach, who is yet unnamed, but was a druid.,
  6. Donal Maol, first Prince of Carbery.

    DNA Testing

The McCarthy Y-DNA Surname Study has done tremendous work documenting and researching the genetic origins and evolution of the MacCarthy Reagh sept. They've managed to show that Donal Gott possessed the unique single-nucleotide polymorphism, ZS4598. Hundreds of participants have been shown to descend from Donal Gott, but belong to other branches of the MacCarthy Reagh sept. One extensive test has revealed the existence of another unique SNP in one of the study's participants. The SNP BY7779 was determined by the study's researchers to "mark a specific McCarthy Reagh line of descent." Indeed, "these results lead to the conclusion that it is highly probable is not recently related to the MacCarthy Mór, MacCarthy Muskerry, MacCarthy Glas, or any sept other than the MacCarthy Reagh."