Niadh Nask

The coat of arms of the Niadh Nask

The Niadh Nask was a self-styled nobiliary association devised by the self-styled MacCarthy Mór, Terence Francis MacCarthy. It was alleged to be a nobiliary fraternity which developed from the old warrior-guard of the Kings of Munster. The group dissolved when it was proven that its Grand Master claimed a false pedigree. He resigned in 1999. It was also determined at this time that the association had no historical precedent.

In 2007, a site was set up by an unknown McCarthy to re-commission the Niadh Nask as a Chivalric order but failed. The site - www.niadhnask.weebly.com - has been shut down. However, the order has recently been reformed under the basis of a non-profit organization designed to promote Gaelic culture.

Nia Naisc

The Nia Naisc was a Scottish re-creation of the fake Irish order created by MacCarthy in the 1980s.

External links

• Sean Murphy's Niadh Nask page
• The Niadh Nask by François Velde
• Niadh Nask by Jonas Arnell

Bibliography

• Twilight of the chiefs: the Mac Carthy Mór hoax, Sean Murphy, Maunsel & Co., 2004, ISBN 1930901437
• Three Centuries of Niadh Nask Bookplates, Black Eagle Press 1997, ISBN 0952383829