214 CLANCARTY CLANCARE [i.e. Glencar](=) EARLDOM [I.] "Donald Maccartv, called Maccarty More, Knt., Captain of his clan," s. of Donald MacCormach Ladrach I. ^S^S MacCarty More, knighted at Limerick 26 June i 558, to by the Earl of Sussex, Lord Lieut., was, by patent, 1597. 24 June 1565, cr. "EARL OF CLANCARE (") and BARON OF VALENTIA, in Ireland" [I.], having previously resigned, and again received investiture of, his estates " to hold of the Crown of England in the English manner." He sat in the Pari, of Dublin 20 Apr. 1584, but soon afterwards, 1597, resigned s title, renouncing his allegiance to England. He m. Honora, da. of James Fitz- John (FitzGerald), 14th Earl of Desmond [I.], by his 2nd wife. More, da. of Sir Molrony O'Carroll. He d. s.p.m.s., in 1596/7, before 12 Feb., and was bur. at Mucruss Abbey, when his peerage honours (previously resigned) became extinct.(^) His widow was living Aug. I598.("^) [Teige Maccarty More, styled (z.her 1565) Lord Valentia, only s. and h. ap., accompanied his father into England in 1565, but d. v.p. and J./).] CLANCARTY EARLDOM [I.] I. DoNouGH Maccarty, 2nd but ist surv. s. and h. of Cormac Oge (Maccarty), ist Viscount Muskerry L 1658. [I.], by his 1st wife, Margaret, da. of Donogh (O'Brien), 4th Earl of Thomond [I.]; was b. 1594; M.P. co. Cork 1634-35, and 1639-40; he was cr., v.p.^ a Baronet [S.] about 1638; he sue. his father in the Viscountcy, 20 Feb. 1640. He was in arms with the confederate Rom. Cath. Irish in 1641-42, but was severely defeated by (') " Glencar," of which " Donald McCarty More was cr. Earl, by Queen Elizabeth," is described in the Pari. Gaz.etteer [I.] as " a mountain valley partly in the Barony of Dunkerron," co. Kerry. Under " Carragh," it is also stated that the river Carragh " gives to the country drained by it the name of Glencarc, a corruption of Glen Carragh." (•>) See Creations, 1 483- 1646, in App., 47th Rep. D.K. Pub. Records. Camden, in his life of Elizabeth, says that she "invested him with the Earldom of Glencairn [and] his son Teig with the Barony of Valentia," but this is contradicted by the patent. The effect, however, would be the same as to the style of Teige, who would be styled " Lord Valentia " in each case. if) His only da. and h., Ellen, m. Florence Maccarty, who sue. him and assumed the style of " The Maccarty More." C) " Warrant to secure to Honora, Countess of Clancarty, the 3rd part of the lands of the late Earl, in full satisfaction of her dower." {State Papers [I.], 13 Aug. 1598). V.G.
