We now proceed to give some account of the Mahony families of Kerry, or at least those of which we possess any information.

         Finin, the 4th son of Teig Meirgeach, had four sons. Of these Dermod and Conor "went to Spain with all their families." John, who remained in Kerry, had a son known as James the "Provincial."

         Donogh, the 7th son of Teig Meirgeach, is stated to have had two sons:―Conor, who went to the Low Countries, and Kean, who became the ancestor of the Mahonys of Brosna-Kilmorna. An Exchequer Bill of 1708 speaks of Kean's grandson "Cornelius Mahony, gent," as settled in Brosna in 1699. This was the first of the O'Mahony families who settled outside MacCarthy Mor's portion of Kerry. Pierce Mahony of Woodlawn and Kilmorna (b. 1792, d. 1853) M.P. for Limerick and Kinsale, purchased Kilmorna and Gunsboro from Robert Gun-Cuninghame, D.L., about 1840. when his eldest son married the daughter of the vendor. When their son, George Philip Gun Mahony, D.L., died in 1912, he left Kilmorna, &c., to his half-sister, Mrs. de Janasz, who is the present owner of the property.

         Seán (John) the 8th son of Teig, was the ancestor of the families of (1) Dunloe, (2) Dromore and (3) Dromadisert. As regarding these families we have, more information than of the rest, we propose to deal wit.h them in the first instance.

         Seán, the 8th son of Teig Meirgeach, who is said to have married a daughter of Lord Muskerry (which Lord Muskerry we are not informed), had two sons :―Donchadh (Donogh or Denis) and Sean Og. The elder is said to have married a daughter of the Lord of Coshmang, and had a son John, who became known as "John of Dunloe," He married firstly Honora, dau. of Maurice O'Connell of Cahirbarnagh, by whom he had two sons: Daniel, the founder of the family of Dunloe, and Denis the founder of that of Dromore. He married secondly Gillen, daughter of O'Sullivan Mór, whose marriage portion, the townland of Dunloe, then passed to him. For his second son, Denis, the Dromore estate was acquired in 1686, and the latter became the founder of the Dromome line. By his second wife John Mahony had three sons, John, James and Philip.

         The CastIe of Dunloe was built by the Fitzgeralds in 1215, and afterwards came into possession of the O'SuIlivans. It was until the Desmond Rebellion, one of the chief fortresses of the latter, but was then razed by Ormonde, who left standing only the north, west, and south walls of a flanking tower. O'Sullivan then removed to Dunkerron, where in 1595 he built the Castle, of which the ruins now remain. Some 70 years afterwards Dunloe passed to John Mahony, on his marriage to his second wife Gillian, dau. of a subsequent O'Sullivan. It is even said that Mahony had leased it from O'Sullivan before the marriage. Anyhow he rendered the castle habitable by building an east wall in place of that levelled by Ormonde, and thus the Castle stands to this day, the 17th Century wall being easily distinguishable from those built four centuries earlier, which are of immense thickness.

         John Mahony died in 1706. His eldest son, Daniel, inherited the estate and castle of Dunloe. He appears to have been a very remarkable personage, with exceptional force of character. He greatly extended his possessions by following a course, initiated by his father, of obtaining middle interests from the new landed proprietors, who had got large grants of confiscated estates, and who, being mostly English and absentees, were ready to lease their lands on easy terms. He took the lands as Trustee for a number of his neighbours, to each of whom he made a sub-lease, and in this way got an interest in an enormous tract of country, for which he paid head rents amounting in the aggregate to about £1,500 a year, equivalent to about three times that amount at the present day.

         Daniel Mahony, by reason of the fact that he had constantly to be travelling about the country for the collection of his rents, applied to the Lords Justices and Council of Ireland for permission to carry arms for his protection, as he ran the risk of being robbed by Tories and Rapparees, who continually soured the country, and knew that he fre­quently carried about with him large sums of money. Having obtained permission, he, under shelter of this personal concession, armed his numerous retainers. He used every stratagem to defeat the provisions of an Act, passed in 1665, imposing on "Innocent Papists" restored to their estates, quit rent, from which they had been previously exempted. Donogh McSweeny, an ancient proprietor, having been dispossessed by one Maurice Kennedy, a quit rent collector, a whisper or this went forth to Daniel Mahony, who thereupon brought all his power to bear upon Kennedy. The result was that the latter got a petition drawn up to the Privy Council in Dublin purporting to come "from all unknown friend." This remarkable document was of great length, and contained a series of allegations against Daniel Mahony, which we may summarise as follows:―

         That, in consequence of this, none dare execute any judicial orders against them, or O’Mahony himself, and hearth­money collectors and other civil officers are in danger of their lives.

         That he, Mahony, conceals between himself and his adherents £100 per annum of land.

         That he lives in his Castle of Dunloe weIl-fortified and the strongest hold in the county except Rosse Castle."

         This extraordinary document winds up by a suggestion that a foot company be ordered to garrison the said Castle in order to "civilise the said Mahony and his mobb of Fairesses."

         No notice being taken of this petition, Maurice Kennedy had to dare all hazards, and lay one signed by himself openly before the Privy Council, backed by sworn information given before a magistrate. There is nothing to show, however, that, this appeal had any more effect than the former anonymous one.

         The immense power which Mahony wielded, at a time when the Penal Laws were in full operation, seems to have made a deep impresssion on Froude, the historian, who speaks of him as the "great and Terrible Papist who ruled South Kerry with his 4,000 followers." As he observes, the Viceroy might be supreme in Dublin Castle, but Daniel Mahony was sovereign in Kerry. It is hardly necessary to say that a Dublin Lord Lieutenant in 1717 was no match for Daniel and his Four Thousand. And in all probability the Government desired to hear as little as they might about administrative weakness.

         Daniel died in 1747. He left, with other issue, a daughter, to whom, as the only person in the barony worthy to wear them, he bequeathed his velvet breeches! This lady, it may he mentioned, was the wife or Donal O'Donoghue, and mother of Mary O'Donoghue (known as Maur-ni-Dhuv), who married Daniel O'Connell, grandfather of his famous namesake the "Liberator!"

         We now give the genealogy of the Dunloe family up to the present date:―

         DANIEL MAHONY, born in 1676 (according to Burke, but this is doubtful) died in 1747. He md., 1st, Elizabeth, dau. of Garrett Gould, of Knockraha, Co. Cork, and 2ndly, Maria, dau. of Denis MacCarthy, of Spring House, Co. Tipperary. He had the following issue:―

         JOHN MAHONY, Esq., of Dunloe Castle, who md. in 1757, Honora, dau. of William Haly, of Bally Haly, Co. Curk, by Maria, dau. of John O'Grady, of Kilballyowen, and by her (who d. 1817), had issue:―

         Mr. Mahony d. June, 1780, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

         DANIEL MAHONY, Brigade-Major, who md. January, 1787, Elizabeth, dau. of Patrick Creagh, Esq., by Margaret Trant, aunt of Sir Nicolas Trant, K.C.B., and by her (who d. 11th Nov., 1840) had Issue:―

         Mr. Mahony d. 29th Oct., 1832, and was succeeded by his eldest

         DANIEL MAHONY, J.P., High Sheriff 1841, who md. 14th April, 1836, his cousin Frances, dau. of John Mahony of the Point, Esq., and had issue:―

         Mr. Mahony d. 1871, and was succeeded by his elder son,

         JOHN MOORE MAHONY, J.P., High Sheriff 1875, md. . . ., d.s.p. 19th Oct., 1908.

        DENIS, 2nd son of John Mahony of Dunloe (by his 1st wife, Honora, dau. of Maurice O’Connell of Caherbarnagh) md. Alice dau. of Maurice O'Connell of Dunmaniheen, and had issue:―

         Sean, the 8th son of Teig Mergach, had, as we have above stated, besides his elder son, Donogh (ancestor of the Dunloe and Dromore Mahonys) a second son, Seán Og, who (as appears from a document in the Public Record Office) owned the lands of Dromadisert, Duneen, Knockanlibeare, and Tuarnanonagh. He died in 1642. He had two sons, Teig and Dermod. The eldest son, Teig, married in 1660. In 1663 the Duke of Ormond, failing to establish his claim to the immediate ownership of several estates in Kerry, including the lands in the possession of Teig Mahony, executed a deed, waiving, in favour of the latter and two others, namely, Colonel MacFynine and Lieut.-Colonel McGillicuddy, the possession of lands in the Baronies of Dunkerron and Glanerought, and claiming only the chiefries due to him out of them. Teig, being cut off from the chance of fee simple ownership, set himself to acquire as many middle interests as possible. It is not quite clear when he died, but he is said to have been alive in 1700. His son, John, who in 1686 had married Ellen, daughter Dr. Stephen Rice, of Castlemore, Co. Kerry, in 1700, lodged his claims, with the title deeds, with the Trustees of Forfeited Estates. He succeeded in retaining most of his lands in Kerry, but had to give up Kilmeedy Castle, Co. Cork, and its adjoining lands which his father had acquired some fifty years previously. After his death, in the early part of the 18th century, he was the subject of a beautiful elegy composed by the poet O'Rahilly, who dilated on his illustrious descent and his wealth and generosity. His son, also called "John of Dromadisert," made his will in 1727, appointing, as one of the executors, his cousin Daniel of Dunloe. We are unable to trace this family down any farther.

         We shall go back now to Dermod, the brother of Teig, and younger son of Seán Og. This Dermod had five sons, the eldest of whom was Conor (or Cornelius). In 1689, when Tyrconnel issued a general call to arms, a company was raised in the barony of Maganihy composed of members of the Mahony gens. It was joined by Cornelius, who obtained the rank of Lieutenant, and two of his brothers. This company formed part of General Justin MacCarthy's army, which besieged and took Bandon in 1689. Cornelius' two brothers were killed during the campaign. He himself, during the attack on Bandon, saved the life of a Williamite gentleman named Hungerford, who, at the conclusion of the war, out of gratitude, made him a grant of some land near the round tower of Kinneigh. (It is needless to say that Cornelius' own lands in Kerry were confiscated. He died in 1728, and was buried in Kinneigh graveyard. His grandson and namesake died in 1797, aged 74 years. The great grandson of the latter was John Canon O’Mahony, P.P., of Kilmurry, Co. Cork, the author of the "History of the O'Mahony Sept."

MAHONY OF CASTLEQUIN

I. Kean, ancestor of the Castlequin family, of whom presently.

II. Florence, ancestor of the Cullinagh family (vide pedigree which follows).

III. Daniel.

IV. James, who predeceased his father, and had a son named Myles.

I. Kean, of whom presently.

I. Dau., who md. Andrew McCarthy.

II. Dau., who md. O'Moriarity of Castledrum, and had a son, Patrick Moriarty, M.D., Killarney. The latter md. 2ndly, in 1820, Elizabeth M. Mahony, and had a dau. who md. John Dennehy.

I. Myles, of whom presently.

II. Daniel, Lieut.-Col. 58th Foot, d. 1815.

III. Denis, of the French Irish Brigade.

IV. Darby, an Officer of the Army, died in Jamaica.

V., VI., and Vll., John, Florence and Maurice, drowned young by the upsetting of a boat near Cahirciveen.

I. Mary, md. her cousin, Kean Mahony of Upper Cullina.

II. Elizabeth, md. her cousin Myles of Lower Cullina.

III. Gobinet, md. her cousin Daniel of Lower Cullina.

I. Myles, who d. unmd.

I. Mary Anne, who md. her cousin, Thomas McDonohh, J.P., Killarney, and had beside other sons and daus. who d. young, a son, Thomas McDonogh Mahony, the present owner of Castlequin, who md. Miss Sheehan of Cahirciveen.

MAHONY OF CULLINA

1. Myles, and II. Kean.

The elder son, MYLES, md. Miss Falvey, and had―

I. John, d.s.p.

II. Kean, of whom presently.

I. Ellen, md. L. Cronin, and was mother of Daniel and Darby Cronin of Clounts.

II. Johanna, md. B. Egan, and was mother of the Most Rev. Dr. Cornelius Egan, Bishop of Kerry.

III. Honoria. IV. Catherine, d. unmd.

I. Kean, who md. 1stly, Johanna, dau. of Lieut.-Col. William McCarthy, and 2ndly Anne Baldwin, dau. of Major Broderick. He d. in 1862 from a gun accident, leaving no issue by either marriage.

II. Myles, M.D., d. unmd.

I. Mary, md. Francis McDonogh, M.D., and had―

            1. Thomas, who md. his cousin Mary Anne Mahony, of Castlequin, and had issue.

            2. Michael.

                3. Francis, md. Myra O'Sullivan Beare.

II. Ellen, md. ,James McCarthy (Garaloch), and had―

            2. Alexander, d.s.p.

            3. Kean, d.s.p.

            4. James, d.s.p.

            5. Myles, d.s.p.

            2. Ellen, d. unmd.

            3. Elizabeth, a nun.

            4. Johanna, md. Maurice Brennan, Esq.

            5. Honoria, d. unmd.

III. Elizabeth (a nun).

IV. Johanna md. Maurice Brennan.

V. Honoria, d. unmd.

        KEAN, second son of Florence Mahony, md. Miss O'Sullivan, of Coolagh, Berehaven, and had―

I. Florence, d.s.p.

II. Myles, md. his cousin Elizabeth, of Castlequin, d.s.p.

III. Daniel, of whom presently.

IV. John.

V. Sylvester.

I. Elizabeth, md. ___ Leyne.

I. John, d. young.

II. Myles, d. unmd.

III. John, of whom presently.

IV. Florence, d.s.p.

I. Kean, d. unmd.

II. Myles, d. unmd.

Ill. John, who emigrated, but was never heard of.

I. Maria, d. unmd.

II. Florence, d. unmd.

III. Frances.

MAHONY OF KILMORNA

        DONOGH O'MAHONY, seventh son of Teig Meirgeach O'Mahony, was father of:―I. Conor, who went to the "Low Countries," and II., of Kean (Cian).

I. Bryan, an Officer in the Irish Brigade, afterwards incorporated in the British Service, in which he was killed in action at the storming of Guadaloupe.

II. Cornelius, Capt. in the 45th Regt., md. Mary, dau. of Francis Arthur, and d.s.p.

III. Philip, d. unmd. in Paris.

I. Mary, md. Philip Hunt of Loughborough, Co. Leicestor, a Captain in the Army, and had issue a son, also an Officer in the Army, killed in the Kaffir War.

I. Peirce of Woodlawn and Kilmorna.

II. David, of Grange Con., Co. Wicklow, b. 22nd Feb., 1795, md. 1824, Margaret, dau. of William Perry, d.s.p. 1845.

PEIRCE MAHONY, of Woodlawn, and Kilmorna, J.P., D.L., at one time M.P. for Kinsale, b. 1792, md. 1815, Jane, only dau. of Edmund Kenifeck, of Seafort, Co. Cork, by Jane Creagh, of the family of Laurentinium, Co. Cork. Their issue was:―

I. Peirce K. Mahony, of whom presently.

II. David of Grange Con, Co. Wicklow, J.P., D.L., d. unmd. 1900.

I. Anna Maria, b. and d. Oct. 1815.

            1. Montague Cholmely, b. 28th Sept., 1844.

            2. Peirce de Lacy Henry, late of the Indian Civil Service, b. 1848, md. 1888, Jessie, dau. of James Sime.

            1. Barbara, twin with Montague, d. young.

            2. Alice Jane, md. 1901 cousin Peirce Charles de Lacy Mahony (see below).

            3. Edith Maria, md. 1888, Leonard Barnard, and has issue.

I. Peirce Robert George Gun, b. 1810, d. 1844.

III. Peirce Charles de Lacy of Grange Con., Co. Wicklow, J.P., D.L., b. 1850, succeeded his uncle, David Mahony, 1900, and assumed the title of "The O'Mahony," M.P. for North Meath from 1886 to 1892, md. 1st, in 1887, Helen Louise, dau. of Maurice Collis, M.R.I.A., by whom he had issue:―

            1. Pierce Gun of Kilmurry, Co. Kerry, B.L., b. 1878, Cork Herald of Arms, 1905-10, md. 1903, Ethel Tindall, younger dau. of J. J. Wright, M.D.; d. from a gun accident, 26th July, 1914.

            2. Dermot Gun, b. 2nd April, 1881.

            Mr. Peirce C. de Lacy Mahony md. 2ndly, 1910, his cousin, Alice Jane, dau. of Lt.-Col. Johnstone; she d. in 1906.

        Mr. Peirce K. Mahony d. 21st July, 1850. His widow md. 2ndly, in 1856, Colonel William Henry Vicars, late 61st Regt. and d. in 1873, leaving by this, her second marriage, three sons and one dau.