McGillycuddy of the Reeks

The McGillycuddy of the Reeks (Irish: Mac Giolla Mochuda) is the hereditary Chief of the Name of McGillycuddy, a family originating around MacGillycuddy's Reeks, a range of mountains (reeks) in County Kerry in Ireland.

Not to be confused with MacGillycuddy's Reeks.

History
Further information: McGillycuddy

The McGillycuddies were a sept of the O'Sullivans who about 1500 adopted the surname Mac Giolla Chuda, anglicised into McGillycuddy. In legend a seventh-century O'Sullivan Mór sent his trusted son, Mac Giolla, to be educated under the tutelage of Saint Mochuda at Lismore. He hence became known as Mac Giolla Mochuda.

Recent chiefs
  • Ross McGillycuddy (1882–1950), a lieutenant colonel in the British Army, and member of the Irish Free State Seanad throughout its existence (1922–1936) and the modern Seanad from its 1938 revival until 1943. After he complained to the BBC, its 1949 Policy Guide For Writers and Producers contained the stricture 'Do not mention the McGillycuddy of the Reeks or make jokes about his name'.
  • John McGillycuddy (died 1959), a British Army major wounded in the Second World War.
  • Richard Denis Wyer McGillycuddy (1948–2004), an Eton graduate who lived in London and France. He had two daughters and no son.
  • Donough McGillycuddy (born 1939), the current chief, whose father of Dermot was a younger son of Ross McGillycuddy.[1] Donough was born in Straffan, County Kildare and educated at Eton, and briefly at Neuchâtel University. He served in the Irish Guards (1958–1962) and was manager of Punchestown Racecourse before moving to South Africa. He returned to Ireland in 2015. His tánaiste (heir) is his eldest son Piers Donough Edward George McGillycuddy (born 1965).

See also

Other Munster families:

Notes
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-01-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

References
  • Curley, Walter J.P., Vanishing Kingdoms: The Irish Chiefs and their Families. Dublin: Lilliput Press. 2004.
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