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Roots: The McCarthy Clan

By Liam Moriarty, Contributor
April / May 2006 Originally published in the

March/April 1997 Issue of Irish America

April 1, 2006 by 16 Comments

The McCarthy clan traces its ancestry through an illustrious line of individuals and events reaching far back into ancient Celtic history and myth. The McCarthys claim descendants from the Eoghanachta, the rulers of the fifth province of Ireland, or Munster. The Eoghanachta were a people believed to have descended from Heber, the son of the mythical King Milesius of Spain. It … [Read more...] about Roots: The McCarthy Clan

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