Families of County Cork
The largest county — the Mac Cárthaigh kingdom of Desmond, the rebel city, and the Munster Plantation.
Families of County Cork
- McCarthyOf Desmond and Cashel — the senior line of the Eóganachta.
- O'SullivanThe third most common Irish surname — and the family of Donal Cam's march.
- CollinsThe man who beat the Empire — and the family of west Cork.
- O'CallaghanEóganacht Cashel — kings of Munster, Anglicised as Callaghan.
- MahonySons of the bear — lords of the Mizen Head.
- HealyThe ingenious one — Donoughmore in mid-Cork.
Historic ties to Cork
Families with historic but not core ground in this county.