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the name McCarthy comes from the gailic name maccarthaigh. they were the most powerful and wealthest clan in the province of munster until Norman and british rule.. our ancesters territory at the best of times sterched from the beara peinsulia to the rock of cashel.. cormac mccarthaigh was one of the greastest mccarthys, he wrote many annuls of Irish history and while worth looking up, he built many castles and churchs include most famously blarney castle, inwitch people come from all over the world to kiss our stones..

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