Cormac McCarthy

Birth Name: Charles Joseph McCarthy, Jr

Date of Birth: July 20, 1933

Place of Birth: Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.

Date of Death: June 13, 2023

Place of Death: Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.

Ethnicity: Irish

Cormac McCarthy was an American writer. He authored twelve novels, two plays, five screenplays, and three short stories, spanning the Western, postapocalyptic, and southern gothic genres. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American novelists.

Cormac was the son of Christina and Charles Joseph McCarthy. He was from an Irish Catholic family. He was raised in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Cormac’s paternal grandfather was John Francis McCarthy (the son of Richard McCarty and Mary Downes). John was born in Blackstone, Worcester, Massachusetts, to Irish parents.

Cormac’s paternal grandmother was Mary Elizabeth Quinn (the daughter of Bernard Francis Quinn and Catherine Theresa Shields). Mary Elizabeth was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to Irish parents.

Cormac’s maternal grandfather was William Henry McGrail (the son of John Henry McGrail and Mary J. Dolan). William was born in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island. Mary was born in Ireland.

Cormac’s maternal grandmother was Ellen Helena O’Keefe (the daughter of James O’Keefe and Catherine Kate Walsh). Ellen was born in Ballintemple, County Cork, Ireland, to parents from Cloyne, Cork.

Source: Genealogy of Cormac McCarthy – https://www.familysearch.org