1959) was educated at Eton, and became a British Army Major. He was wounded in the Second World War, and a company director. Richard Denis Wyer McGillycuddy (1948–2004), lived in London and France. He was educated at Eton and Grenoble University. He married Virginia Astor and had two daughters but no son and heir. Donough McGillycuddy (born 1939) is the current Chief of the Name in Gaelic Royalty and Baron Doonebo. His father, Dermot, was a younger son of Ross McGillycuddy. Donough McGillycuddy was born in Bishopscourt, County Kildare, and was educated at Eton, and for a trimèstre at Neuchâtel University. He served in the Irish Guards (1958–1962), and married Wendy O'Connor Spencer of Winwick Manor in Northamptonshire. His tánaiste (heir) is his eldest son, Piers Donough Edward George McGillycuddy (born 1965), who established engineering firm Terracast with Erik van Ouwerkerk in 2004. He lives in Spain. His second son, Michael, lives in London, and his third, Jocelyn, in Johannesburg. His daughter Lavinia lives in Ireland. Donough was owner/manager of Warwickshire Pheasantries then the autonomous agent for Gilbertson and Page Ltd (petfood manufacturers and distributors). He moved to South Africa in 2002 to work as a farmer and horticulturalist for SPAR. His wife died in 2013 and he returned to Ireland in 2015 and joined the Benton Jones family at Irnham in 2017. Aged 83 in 2023, he looks after the Irnham herd of cattle, and helps on the land and garden for 'Irnham weddings'. He is a noted historian and author of two books on South Africa, SA Reflections on a revolution, and Mass murder on the Mine (Marikana). See also Other Munster families: MacCarthy Mor O'Callaghan O'Donoghue O'Donovan O'Brien dynasty O'Grady of Kilballyowen Notes References Curley, Walter J.P., Vanishing Kingdoms: The Irish Chiefs and their Families. Dublin: Lilliput Press. 2004. W.M.Brady, D.D. 'The McGillycuddy Papers. External links Website of the current McGillycuddy of the Reeks (archived) Ancient Irish dynasties