The Clann Carthaigh (continued) Author(s): S. T. McCarthy Source: Kerry Archaeological Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 12 (Mar., 1914), pp. 181-202 Published by: Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/30059685 Accessed: 16-10-2015 01:35 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/page/ info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 132.203.227.63 on Fri, 16 Oct 2015 01:35:57 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions The Clann C&rthaigh. (continued.) By S. T. McCARTHY. THE LORDS OF DUHALLOW. N EXT to the territories of Carbery and Muskerry, that of Duhallow was the largest possessed by any branch of the MacCarthys. It is the first of those "Fourteen Countries" mentioned in the Tract sent by Sir Warham St. Leger to Lord Burleigh in 1588, soon after the marriage of Florence MacCarthy, being therein described as follows:--"The First is the Countrey of Mc Donochoe (called Duallo), which hath within it three other coun- tries: O'Chalachan's Countrey, Mac Aulief's Countrey, and O'Keif's Countree. Hie claymeth in these countries. the gevinge of the Rodd to the Chieffe Lords at their first entrie, who, by receiving a white wande at his hands, for which they are to pay him a certain dutie, are thereby declared from thenceforth to be Lords of those countries.