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Sir Dermot MacDermot KCMG CBE^[1] (1906–1989), styled Prince of Coolavin, Chief of the Name, head of the MacDermot clan, and a descendant of the Kings of Moylurg.

MacDermot attended Stonyhurst College,^[2] and went on to Trinity College Dublin, where he was elected a Scholar.^[3]

Sir Dermot MacDermot had served as British Ambassador to Indonesia (1956–59) and Thailand (1961–65). He succeeded his brother as The MacDermot upon the latter's death in 1979. He wrote an account of the family titled "MacDermot of Moylurg: The Story of a Connacht Family". The book chronicles the affairs of the Kings of Moylurg and their neighbours over the course of six hundred years.^{[citation needed]}

• Chiefs of the Name
• Kings of Moylurg

• Cairnduff, Maureen (1984). "MacDermot, The: Sir Dermot, Prince of Coolavin". Who's Who in Ireland: The Influential 1,000. Dublin: Vesey. ISBN 978-0-9510120-0-0. or subsequent editions
• "Mac Dermot of Moylurg: The Story of a Connacht Family", Dermot MacDermot, 1996.
• The MacDermot Clan Association website

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