McGillycuddy of the Reeks

History

Recent chiefs

• Ross McGillycuddy, a lieutenant colonel in the British Army, and member of the Irish Free State Seanad throughout its existence 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, a British Army major wounded in the Second World War.
• Richard Denis Wyer McGillycuddy, an Eton graduate who lived in London and France. He had two daughters and no son.
• Donough McGillycuddy, the current chief, whose father of Dermot was a younger son of Ross McGillycuddy. Donough was born in Straffan, County Kildare and educated at Eton, and briefly at Neuchâtel University. He served in the Irish Guards and was manager of Punchestown Racecourse before moving to South Africa. He returned to Ireland in 2015. His tánaiste is his eldest son Piers Donough Edward George McGillycuddy.