Mac Carthy

The McCarthy family trace their roots to Ollill Olum, King of Munster at the end of the second century A. D. Ollill Olum's eldest son was Eoghan Mor, whose descendants included the McCarthys, O'Sullivans, O'Keeffes and O'Mahonys. These clans held power in the Munster area and were known as the Eoghanacht, because of their descent from Eoghan Mor. From the fourth century, Cashel in Co. Tipperary became the chief residence of the Eoghanacht kings of Munster. A church was erected there in the fifth century by Aongus, the first Christian King of Munster. Over six hundred years later, King Cormac…