Centuries of ‘lost’ MacCarthy lore returned

Historians are celebrating the donation to Ireland of a vast “lost archive” of hugely significant material linked to one of the great 13th century Gaelic families of Ireland.

Centuries of ‘lost’ MacCarthy lore returned

West Cork historian Michelle O’Mahony, who played a key role in the repatriation from the US of the treasure trove of material contained in the Daniel MacCarthy Glas archive, praised Susan MacCarthy, of Salem, Oregon, for her generous and sincere decision to donate her great-great-grandfather’s collection to the State.

Daniel MacCarthy Glas’s family was directly descended from the princes of Carbery, the MacCarthy Reaghs and the MacCarthy Glas, based at Togher Castle near Dunmanway in Co Cork.

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