Sir,—In his article ‘The talented Mr MacCarthy Mór’ (HI 19.3, May/June 2011) Seán J. Murphy quite rightly points out that the 1999 edition of my Erin’s blood royal carried a foreword by the man who was then recognised by the chief herald of Ireland, and therefore by the Irish state, as ‘the MacCarthy Mór’. This ... Read more
