King of Desmond

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The King of Desmond was the Gaelic monarch of a medieval Irish kingdom located in what is now County Cork and County Kerry in southwestern Ireland.

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King of Desmond canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gaelic royal title
monarchical title
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Desmond
associatedClan Clan MacCarthy
associatedLanguage Early Modern Irish
Middle Irish
associatedPeople MacCarthy Mór septs
linked to: MacCarthy Mór
associatedRegion Ciarraí (Kerry)
Corcaigh (Cork)
Múscraí
associatedWith Kingdom of Munster
associatedWithConflict Norman invasion of Ireland
Tudor reconquest of Ireland
associatedWithTerritory Desmond (South Munster)
capital Dún Mhic Uí Chaoimh (Macroom area, traditional)
continent Europe
country Kingdom of Desmond
dissolutionCause Tudor conquest of Ireland
dynasty MacCarthy Mór
MacCarthy dynasty
ethnicGroupAssociated Gaels
follows King of Munster
governmentForm monarchy
hasTitleVariant King of South Munster
Rí Deasmhumhan
historicalEra Late Middle Ages
Middle Ages
languageOfTitle Irish language
locatedIn County Cork
County Kerry
southwestern Ireland
meaningOfName King of South Munster
linked to: King of Munster
nobleRank king
overlordshipClaimedBy English Crown
linked to: Kingdom of England
partOf Gaelic Ireland
precededBy Kings of Munster
linked to: King of Munster
region Desmond
religion Christianity
Roman Catholicism
religiousAffiliationOfRulers Catholic Gaelic nobility
selectionMethod tanistry
succeededBy Earl of Desmond
titleHolderEthnicity Irish
titleStatus defunct
titleType hereditary monarchy
traditionalLawSystem Brehon law
usedIn medieval Ireland

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Desmond governingTitle King of Desmond
Kingdom of Desmond titleOfRuler King of Desmond
MacCarthy dynasty titleHeld King of Desmond