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the O'Neill by the ancient ritual, by which the O'Hagan put golden shoes on their feet on May Eve, without calling themselves Earls. In fact, Don
Constantino or Conn McShane O'Neill went to Spain in 1681 to claim the chiefship and regiment from the King of Spain, upon the death of his cousin, Don Bernardo. He carried proofs of his senior descent from Prince Shane O'Neill, but was late to arrive. In the meantime, the King granted the estates to the minor Eugene O'Neill. This Conn went back to Ireland and was a senior member of the Jacobite O'Neills in the Williamite War.
753:, acknowledging that he had proved his royal descent from the Kings of Ireland, and his collateral descent from Hugh O'Neill, and thus was the representative of the Earldom and the senior member of the Royal family of O'Neill of Ulster. Although collateral descent from the grantee does not confer a peerage, he assumed the style of Conde de Tyrone, but his descendants use the title Prince of Clandeboye. Queen Victoria's recognition was followed by those of the Pope, the kings of Spain and Portugal, and the Republic of Ireland in 1945 as the Prince of Clandeboye.
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708: – 1681), colonel of the Irish regiment of Tyrone, nephew of General Eoghan Roe. Born in Armagh, served as a captain in Flanders starting in 1636. Fought in the War of the Confederacy, returned to Flanders and was given permission to raise and Irish regiment in 1663. In 1673, "became Earl of Tyrone after the death of Hugo, son of Henry mac Eoghain Rua". Died 1681 in Barcelona.
640:, the younger brother of Earl Hugh who died in the Tower of London, was named as second heir in Shane O'Neill's will, if Hugo Eugenio died childless; by the law of the Kingdom of Ireland, he would be the next heir to the Earldom, if restored. Since he died before Hugo Eugenio, he does not appear to have called himself Earl, but
602:: 18 October 1599 – 27 Jan 1641), Earl Hugh's son by Catherine Magenis, his fourth wife. Succeeded his father as Earl of Tyrone, his brother as Colonel; Knight of Calatrava; Major Domo at Madrid, 1638; died in the siege of Barcelona. He was created the Viscount of Montjuich by the King of Spain upon his death.
584:â1610) Earl Hugh's son by Joan O'Donnell, his second wife; Colonel of the Irish regiment in the Spanish service in Flanders; Knight of Santiago. Accompanied his father in his flight, and was attainted 1608, confirmed 1614. He is omitted from an account of his father's family in 1617; he is noted as dead in 1621
366:, and thus the descendants of Earl Hugh's brothers acted as The O'Neills of Tyrone, and called themselves Earl of Tyrone by Spanish grant, for the rest of the century. At that point, the chiefship and property transferred to the O'Neill of Tyrone existent back in Ireland through the descendants of Prince
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Earldom of Tyrone was forfeit by English standards. Nonetheless, by Spanish and Irish standards the collateral O'Neill descendants of Mathew "Ferdocha" O'Neill, were allowed to use the title in Spain until 1692. At that point, it went to the senior member of the descendants of
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Eugenio O'Neill, after the death of Don
Bernardo in 1681, "the titular colonel was the eighth Earl, a young boy also called Eugenio O'Neill", he was claimed as a grandson of General Eoghan Rua through a son named Brian. He was still a minor and titulary colonel of the Regiment of Tyrone on 18 April
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Turlough Linneach O'Neill. But Turlough was inaugurated The O'Neill Mor and as leader of the clan, was perceived to be the greater threat to English control of Ireland. In 1585, Hugh was recognized as Earl of Tyrone. In 1593, Turlough surrendered to him the position of "The O'Neill" to the
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Earldom of Tyrone became intertwined both with the position of the O'Neill of Tyrone and the wider position of chief of all the O'Neills of Ulster. Not all the claimants to the Gaelic offices claimed the Earldom: the descendants of Shane the Proud were inaugurated as
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Dungannon until 1585, when he received a charter confirming him as Earl of Tyrone. The same charter confirmed his son Hugh, the eldest son of his second wife, as Baron Dungannon; Earl Hugh's first marriage was invalid, and his children by that
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Kearney Walsh: "The Will of John O'Neill" (1976); before the will was published, there were theories than this Conn was an elder brother of Owen Roe O'Neill; or a son of one of Owen Roe's elder brothers; and so descended from Owen Roe's father, Art McBaron O'Neill, an illegitimate
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all children were considered legitimate by the Irish: Hugh was married four times. Historians have stated that at this point the Irish title became extinct, as well as forfeit; however, that is by
English law of descent. Gaelic law allowed for chiefships and property to descend through
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had also sometimes held it, most recently Art mac Aodha O'Neill, from 1509 to 1514, when the first Earl was young. They, like the O'Neills of Tyrone, spent much of the seventeenth century fighting for the
Catholic powers; in 1740 they relocated permanently to Portugal.
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Ireland in 1542; he renounced the style of "The O'Neill" and his independent rule. In exchange, he was created Earl of Tyrone, which was by the charter to descend to his illegitimate son Matthew or Ferdoragh O'Neill, who was also created
314:, newly come to the throne, proposed to recognize Shane as Earl, since he actually ruled Tyrone and was the eldest legitimate son; but the negotiations collapsed. Brian was killed in 1562, while still young and unmarried, by his cousin
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but died young. Shane's will provided that Hugo Eugenio be taught Irish, so he could be an effective leader of the O'Neills; it also provided an elaborate system of succession if Hugo Eugenio died childless, as did happen.
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1064:. If he died, the Earldom was to pass first to Shane's cousin Conn, then to his illegitimate cousins, the sons of Art mac Baron, then to the descendant of Shane the Proud who should be nearest in blood.
612:â1627) was left behind in the flight, went to Eton, and died in the Tower of London; Brian (1604â1617) went to school in Brussels and was killed there, being found hanged with his hands bound.
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199:. It was created for the final time in 1746 for
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1174:Burke's Peerage;
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1127:
1121:
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1079:
1071:
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1058:
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989:
899:County Waterford
838:
835:
795:
792:
707:
704:
693:
690:
672:
668:
665:
642:Owen Roe O'Neill
611:
608:
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580:
570:
567:
532:
529:
444:
441:
431:
428:
418:
415:
403:
400:
390:
387:
316:Turlough O'Neill
294:
231:County Waterford
139:Baron Beresford
135:Viscount Decies
133:Viscount Tyrone
130:
108:
50:
46:
18:
17:
2034:
2033:
2029:
2028:
2027:
2025:
2024:
2023:
1999:Earls of Tyrone
1989:O'Neill dynasty
1964:
1963:
1962:
1957:
1939:
1888:
1879:Tullyhogue Fort
1862:
1843:William Johnson
1835:
1829:
1767:Charles O'Neill
1657:
1651:
1567:Matthew O'Neill
1547:Art Oge O'Neill
1542:Donnell O'Neill
1517:Donnell O'Neill
1495:
1439:
1380:EĂłgan mac NĂ©ill
1363:
1302:Kings of Ulster
1282:Kings of Ailech
1240:
1238:O'Neill dynasty
1235:
1152:
1147:
1146:
1140:Irish pedigrees
1137:
1133:
1128:
1124:
1119:
1115:
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1103:
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1082:
1072:
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1046:
1037:
1033:
1028:
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986:
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967:Count of Tyrone
963:
931:
860:
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813:Viscount Decies
809:
793:
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719:
717:Later claimants
705:
691:
670:
666:
609:
581:
568:
555:Conde de Tyrone
551:
530:
460:
458:Baron Dungannon
454:
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442:
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388:
332:Nine Years' War
292:SĂ©an an Diomais
247:
235:Viscount Decies
184:
163:Glenbride Lodge
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1858:Arturo O'Neill
1855:
1850:
1845:
1839:
1837:
1831:
1830:
1828:
1827:
1824:
1819:
1814:
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1804:
1799:
1794:
1792:Carlos O'Neill
1789:
1784:
1779:
1774:
1769:
1764:
1759:
1754:
1752:Daniel O'Neill
1749:
1744:
1739:
1734:
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1724:
1719:
1714:
1709:
1704:
1699:
1694:
1689:
1684:
1679:
1674:
1669:
1663:
1661:
1653:
1652:
1650:
1649:
1647:Arthur O'Neill
1644:
1639:
1637:Gordon O'Neill
1634:
1629:
1624:
1619:
1614:
1609:
1604:
1599:
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1427:
1422:
1420:Niall Frossach
1417:
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1407:
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1397:
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1387:
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1356:
1351:
1346:
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1307:Earl of Tyrone
1304:
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1570:
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1562:Shane O'Neill
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1510:
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1492:
1489:
1487:
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1479:
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1762:John O'Neill
1757:Rose O'Neill
1747:Neil O'Neill
1712:Hugh O'Neill
1702:Conn O'Neill
1582:Conn O'Neill
1577:Hugh O'Neill
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1500:O'Neill Roe
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815:(1673) and
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160:Curraghmore
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1968:Categories
1900:McLaughlin
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1297:Clandeboye
1150:References
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669: â c.
301:Irish Pale
257:, went to
216:brehon law
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979:Footnotes
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259:Greenwich
80:George II
51:(La Poer)
1953:Category
1935:MacManus
1925:MacNamee
1271:Branches
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961:See also
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