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

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Desmond (historical region in Ireland) governingTitle King of Desmond
subject surface form: Desmond