THE WORLD ATLAS

Realm · approximate borders · 1177–1596

Kingdom of Desmond (MacCarthy Mór)

Deasmumhain, the MacCarthy kingdom of south Munster from the 1118 partition. Before the Anglo-Norman advance (Cork fell in 1177) it held Cork, Kerry, west Waterford and south Tipperary; after it the MacCarthy Mór kingdom survived in south Kerry and west Cork until the death of Domhnall MacCarthy Mór in 1596.

Not to be confused with the FitzGerald Earldom of Desmond.

See Kingdom of Desmond (MacCarthy Mór) on the map in 1177

On the map
1177–1596
Capital
Cork area; later Pallis (MacCarthy Mór)

Rulers named in the sources

Western and central European states, 430–1956

States of western and central Europe: the Irish kingdoms of Meath, Osraige, Breifne, Thomond, Desmond and Tyrconnell, Pictish Fortriu, the Welsh kingdoms of Dyfed, Ceredigion and Deheubarth, Elmet, the taifas of Málaga, Majorca and Menorca, the prince-bishoprics of Liège and Utrecht, Guelders, Brabant, Namur, Limburg, Luxembourg, Cleves and Jülich, Bar and Provence, the Electoral Palatinate, Mainz, Hesse, the Welf principalities, Württemberg, Baden, Ansbach, Bayreuth, Nuremberg, Salzburg, Meissen, Saxe-Wittenberg, Saxe-Lauenburg, Oldenburg and Pomerania, the Visconti, Gonzaga, Este, Montefeltro and Appiani states, Siena, Lucca and Gaeta, and in the 20th century the four occupation zones of Germany, the Saar Protectorate and the Free Territory of Trieste.

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