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O'NEILL (No.1)

Monarchs of Ireland, Kings of Ulster, and Princes of Tyrone


[1] Arms: Ar. a sinister red hand couped at the wrist affrontée gu.

FIACHA SRABHTEINE,[2] third son of Cairbre-Lifeachar, the 117th Monarch of Ireland (see p. 667) who is No. 83 on the "O'Hart" pedigree, was ancestor of this branch of that family.

84. Fiacha Srabhteine, King of Conacht, and the 120th Monarch of Ireland: son of Cairbre-Liffechar; married Aoife, dau. of the King of Gall Gaodhal. This Fiacha, after 37 years' reign, was, in the battle of Dubhcomar, A.d. 322, slain by his nephews, the Three Collas, to make room for Colla Uais, who seized on, and kept, the Monarchy for four years. From those three Collas the "Clan Colla" were so called.

85. Muireadach Tireach: son of Fiacha Srabhteine; m. Muirion, dau. of Fiachadh, King of Ulster; and having, in A.D. 326, fought and defeated Colla Uais, and banished him and his two brothers into Scotland, regained his father's Throne, which he kept as the 122nd Monarch for 30 years.

86. Eochaidh Muigh-Meadhoin [3] [Moyvone]: his son; was the 124th Monarch; and in the 8th year of his reign died a natural death at Tara, A.D. 365; leaving issue four sons, viz., by his first wife Mong Fionn: —I. Brian; II. Fiachra; III. Olioll; IV. Fergus. And, by his second wife, Carthan Cais Dubh (or Carinna), daughter of the Celtic King of Britain,—V. Niall Mór, commonly called "Niall of the Nine Hostages." Mong Fionn was dau. of Fiodhach, and sister of Crimthann, King of Munster, of the Heberian Sept, and successor of Eochaidh in the Monarchy. This Crimthann was poisoned by his sister Mong-Fionn, in hopes that Brian, her eldest son by Eochaidh, would succeed in the Monarchy. To avoid suspicion she herself drank of the same poisoned cup which she presented to her brother; but, notwithstanding that she lost her life by so doing, yet her expectations were not realised, for the said Brian and her other three sons by the said Eochaidh were laid aside (whether out of horror of the mother's inhumanity in poisoning her brother, or otherwise, is not known), and the youngest son of Eochaidh, by Carthan Cais Dubh, was preferred to the Monarchy. I. Brian, from him were descended the Kings, nobility and gentry of Conacht—Tirloch Mór O'Connor, the 121st, and Roderic O'Connor, the 183rd Monarch of Ireland. II. Fiachra's descendants gave their name to Tir-Fiachra ("Tireragh"), co. Sligo, and possessed also parts of co. Mayo. III. Olioll's descendants settled in Sligo—in Tir Oliolla (or Tirerill). This Fiachra had five sons:—1. Earc Cuilbhuide; 2. Breasal; 3. Conaire; 4. Feredach (or Dathi); and 5. Amhalgaidh.

87. Niall Mor [4]: his son; a quo the "Hy-Niall" [5] of Ulster, Meath, and Conacht. He was twice married:—his first Queen was Inne, the dau. of Luighdheach, who was the relict of Fiachadh; his second Queen was Roigneach, by whom he had Nos. I., II., III., IV., V., VI., and VII., as given below. This Niall Mór succeeded his Uncle Crimthann; and was the 126th Monarch of Ireland. He was a stout, wise, and warlike prince, and fortunate in all his conquests and achievements, and therefore called "Great." He was also called Niall Naoi-Ghiallach or "Niall of the Nine Hostages," from the royal hostages taken from nine several countries by him subdued and made tributary: viz.,—1. Munster, 2. Leinster, 3. Conacht, 4. Ulster, 5. Britain, 6. the Picts, 7. the Dalriads, 8. the Saxons, and 9. the Morini—a people of France, towards Calais and Piccardy; whence he marched with his victorious army of Irish, Scots, Picts, and Britons, further into France, in order to aid the Celtic natives in expelling the Roman Eagles, and thus to conquer that portion of the Roman Empire; and, encamping on the river Leor (now called Lianne), was, as he sat by the river side, treacherously assassinated by Eocha, son of Enna Cinsalach, king of Leinster, in revenge of a former "wrong" by him received from the said Niall.[6] The spot on the Leor (not "Loire") where this Monarch was murdered is still called the "Ford of Niall" near Boulogne-sur-mer. It was in the ninth year of his reign that St. Patrick was first brought into Ireland, at the age of 16 years, among two hundred children brought by the Irish Army out of Little Brittany (called also Armorica), in France. Niall Mór was the first that gave the name of Scotia Minor to "Scotland," and ordained it to be ever after so called; until then it went by the name of "Alba."

Niall had twelve sons:—I. Eoghan; II. Laeghaire (or Leary), the 128th Monarch, in the 4th year of whose reign St. Patrick, the second time, came into Ireland to plant the Christian Faith, A.D. 432; III. Conall Crimthann, ancestor of O'Melaghlin, Kings of Meath; IV. Conall Gulban, ancestor of O'Donnell (princes, lords, and earls of the territory of Tirconnell), and of O'Boyle, O'Dogherty, O'Gallagher,etc.) V. Fiacha, from whom the territory from Birr to the Hill of Uisneach in Media Hiberniae (or Meath) is called "Cineal.Fiacha," and from him MacGeoghagan, lords of that territory, O'Molloy, O'Donechar, Donaher (or Dooner), etc., derive their pedigree; VI. Main, whose patrimony was all the tract of land from Lochree to Loch Annin, near Mullingar, and from whom are descended Fox (lords of the Muintir Tagan territory), MacGawley, O'Dugan, O'Mulchonry (the princes antiquaries of Ireland), O'Henergy, etc.; VII. Cairbre, ancestor of O'Flanagan, of Tua Ratha, "Muintir Cathalan" (or Cahill) etc.; VIII. Fergus (a quo "Cineal Fergusa" or Ferguson), ancestor of O'Hagan, etc.; IX. Enna; X. Aongus or Æneas; XI. Ualdhearg; and XII. Fergus Altleathan. Of these last four sons we find no issue.

88. Eoghan (Eugene,[7] or Owen): son of Niall Mór; from whom the territory of "Tir-Eoghan" (now Tirowen or Tyrone), in Ulster is so called. From this Owen came (among others) the following families: O'Cahan, or O'Cane, O'Daly of "Leath Cuinn" (or the kingdoms of Meath, Ulster, and Conacht), O'Crean, Grogan, O'Carolan, etc.

This Eoghan, Prince of Ulster, was baptized by St. Patrick at the Royal Palace of Aileach; and our Ulster Annalists state that it was his foot which was pierced by the Bacchal Iosa during the ceremony. (See the "Line of Heber Stem," No. 91.)

89. Muireadach (III.): son of Eoghan; was married to Earca, dau. of Loarn, King of Dalriada in Scotland, and by her had many sons and daus., two of them are especially mentioned:—Muirceartach Mór, and Fergus Mór, both called "Mac Earca." From this Fergus Mór descended the Kings of Scotland, and thence, through Queen Matilda, the Kings of England, including the Royal Houses of Plantagenet, Stuart, and D'Este.

This Muireadach who had a brother named Eachagh Binneach, had twelve sons:—I. and II. above mentioned; III. Fearach (or Fearadach), ancestor of Mac Cathmhaoil (or Cowell, Campbell, etc.); IV. Tigernach, ancestor of O'Cunigan, and O'h-Easa (anglicised Hosey, Hussey, and O'Swell); V. Mongan, ancestor of O'Croidhen (Creedon or Croydon), O'Donnelly, etc.; VI. Dalach: VII. Maon, ancestor of O'Gormley, O'Maolmichil, O'Doraigen, ("dor:" Ir. a confine; "aigein," the ocean), anglicised Dorrine, Dorien, and modernized Dorrian; VIII. Fergus; IX. and X. named Loarn; XI. and XII. called Aongus.

In the 20th year of the reign of the Monarch Lughaidh, the son of Laeghaire, with a complete army, Fergus Mór Mac Earca,[8] (with his five brothers, VIII., IX., X., XI., and XII., above mentioned went into Scotland to assist his grandfather King Loarn, who was much oppressed by his enemies the Picts; who were vanquished by Fergus and his party, who prosecuted the war so vigorously, followed the enemy to their own homes, and reduced them to such extremity, that they were glad to accept peace upon the conqueror's own conditions; whereupon, on the King's death, which happened about the same time, the said Fergus Mór Mac Earca was unanimously elected and chosen king as being of the blood royal by his mother. And the said Fergus, for a good and lucky omen, sent to his brother, who was then Monarch of Ireland, for the Marble Seat called "Saxum Fatale" (in Irish, Liath Fail, and Cloch-na-Cinneamhna, implying in English the Stone of Destiny or Fortune), to be crowned thereon; which happened accordingly; for, as he was the first absolute King of all Scotland of the Milesian Race, so the succession continued in his blood and lineage ever since to this day.

90. Muirceartach (or Muriartach) Mór Mac Earca: his son. This Muriartach, the eldest son of Muireadach (3), was the 131st Monarch of Ireland; reigned 24 years; and died naturally in his bed, which was rare among the Irish Monarchs in those days; but others say he was burned in a house after being "drowned in wine" (meaning that he was under the influence of drink) on All-Halontide (or All-Hallow) Eve, A.D. 527. Married Duinseach, dau. of Duach Teangabha, King of Conacht. He had issue—I. Donal Ilchealgach; II. Fergus, who became the 135th Monarch; III. Baodan (or Boetanus), who was the 137th Monarch of Ireland, and was the father of Lochan Dilmhain, a quo Dillon, according to some genealogists; IV. Colman Rimidh, the 142nd Monarch; V. Neiline; and VI. Scanlan.

91. Donal Ilchealgach (Ilchealgach: Irish, deceitful): eldest son of Muirceartach; was the 134th Monarch; reigned jointly with his brother Fergus for three years: these princes were obliged to make war on the people of Leinster; fought the memorable battle of Gabhrah-Liffé, where four hundred of the nobility and gentry of that province were slain, together with the greater part of the army.

In this reign Dioman Mac Muireadhach, who governed Ulster ten years, was killed by Bachlachuibh. Donal and Fergus both died of "the plague," in one day, A.D. 561.

92. Aodh (or Hugh): Donal's son; Prince of Ulster. This Aodh Uariodhnach was the 143rd Monarch; he had frequent wars, but at length defeated his enemies in the battle of Odhbha, in which Conall Laoghbreag, son of Aodh Slaine, was killed. Soon after this battle, the Monarch Aodh was killed in the battle of Da Fearta, A.D. 607.

93. Maolfreach: his son; Prince of Ulster; had at least two sons: I. Maoldoon; and II. Maoltuile, a quo Multully, Tully, and Flood of Ulster.

94. Maoldoon: his son; Prince of Ulster; had two sons: I. Fargal; and II. Adam, who was ancestor to O'Daly of "Leath Cuin." His wife was Cacht, daughter of Maolchabha, King of Cineall Connill.

95. Fargal: son of Maoldoon, was the 156th Monarch of Ireland; was slain, in A.D. 718, by Moroch, King of Leinster. Married Aithiochta, dau. of Cein O'Connor, King of Conacht. This Fargal had four sons: I. Niall Frassach; II. Connor (or Conchobhar), who was ancestor of O'Cahan; III. Hugh Allan (or Aodh Olann), the 160th Monarch, and ancestor of O'Brain, of Ulster; and IV. Colca, a quo Culkin.

96. Niall Frassach: son of Fargal; married Bridget, dau. of Orca, son of Carrthone; was called "frassach" from certain miraculous showers that fell in his time (a shower of honey, a shower of money, and a shower of blood); was the 162nd Monarch of Ireland; and, after seven years' reign, retired to St. Columb's Monastery at Hye, in Scotland, A.D. 765, where he died in A.D. 773; issue: Aodh Fearcar, and Aodh Ordnigh.

97. Aodh Ordnigh: son of Niall Frassach; was the 164th Monarch; and, after 25 years' reign, was slain in the battle of Fearta, A.D. 817. Was married to Meadhbh, dau. of Ionrachtach, King of Durlus. In his reign prodigious thunder and lightning occurred, which killed many men, women, and children all over the Kingdom, particularly in a nook of the country between Corcavaskin and the sea in Munster, by which one thousand and ten persons were destroyed. In his reign occurred many prodigies—the fore-runner of the Danish Invasion, which soon after followed. This Monarch had four sons: I. Niall Caille; II. Maoldoon, a quo "Siol Muldoon;" III. Fogartach, ancestor of Muintir Cionaodh or Kenny; and IV. Blathmac.

98. Niall Caille: son of Aodh Ordnigh; was the 166th Monarch of Ireland; and was so called after his death from the river "Caillen," where he was drowned, A.D. 844, after 13 years' reign. He fought many battles with the Danes and Norwegians, in most of which although the Danes were worsted, yet the continual supplies pouring unto them made them very formidable; (so much so) that in this reign they took and fortified Dublin and other strong places upon the sea-coasts. Married Gormfhliath, dau. of Donogh, son of Donal. This Monarch had five sons: I. Aodh Finnliath; II. Dubhionracht, a quo O'Dubhionrachta; III. Aongus; IV. Flahertach, ancestor of O'Hualairg or Mac Ualairg, anglicised MacGolderick, Goderick, Golding, Goulding, Waller, etc.; V. Braon, a quo Clan Braoin of Mogh Ithe (Moy Ith).

99. Aodh Finnliath, i.e. Hoary: son of Niall Caille; was the 168th Monarch of Ireland; reigned for sixteen years, during which time he fought and defeated the Danes in several battles and was worsted in others; he died at Drom-Enesclann, A.D. 876. This Aodh married Maolmare or Mary, dau. of Keneth, the son of Alpin—both Kings of Scotland. He had two sons: I. Niall Glundubh; and II. Donal, who was King of Aileach, and ancestor of the family of MacLaughlin (or O'Laughlin), some of whom were Monarchs of Ireland; and of O'Donnelly, whose chief was, A.D. 1177, slain at Down by Sir John de Courcey, first "Earl of Ulster."

100. Niall ("niall," gen. "neill:" Irish, a champion) Glundubh [gloon-duv]: son of Aodh Finnliath, was the 170th Monarch of Ireland; and reigned for three years. He had many conflicts with the Danes, in which, generally, he was victorious. At length, making up a great army, in order to besiege Dublin, a great battle was fought between them, wherein the Monarch lost his life, and after great slaughter on both sides, his army was routed, A.D. 919. He revived the great Fair at Tailtean.

From this Monarch the sirname O'Neill [9] or "Clan-na-Neil," Neilson, Nelson and Nilson are derived. Niall Glundubh left issue: I. Muriartach na-Cochall, Prince of Ulster, who left no issue; and II. Murchertach.

101. Murchertach: that second son (called "The Hector of Western Europe") and Roydamna; was married and left issue. This Prince was slain by Blacaire, lord of the Danes, 26th March, A.D. 941.

102. Donal of Armagh:[10] his son; was the 173rd Monarch; died at Armagh, after 24 years' reign, A.D. 978. During his long reign we find but little progress by him (made) against the encroaching Danes; he wholly bent his arms against his subjects; preying, burning, and slaughtering the people of Conacht, whether deservedly or otherwise we know not, but we know it was no reasonable time for them to fall foul upon one another, while their common enemy was victoriously triumphing over them both.

103. Moriartach na-Midhe [11]: his son; was the first that assumed the sirname and title of "THE GREAT O'NEILL, Prince of Tyrone, and of Ulster.

104. Flathartach An Frostain: his son; Prince of Ulster.

105. Aodh Athlamh: his son; Prince of Tyrone; had two sons:—I. Donall an Togdhamh; and II. Aodh Anrachan, who was ancestor of MacSweeney.

106. Donall an Togdhamh: his son; Prince of Ulster, had a dau. Joan.

107. Flahertach Locha Hadha: his son; was Prince of Tyrone.

108. Connor na-Fiodhbha: his son; Prince of Ulster and Tyrone; was murdered, A.D. 1170.

109. Teige Glinne: his son; Prince of Tyrone.

110. Mortogh Muighe Line: his son; Prince of Ulster.

111. Aodh (or Hugh) an Macaomh Toinleasg: his son; slain A.D. 1177, by Malachlan and Ardgal O'Loughlin (his kinsmen), but the latter fell by the hand of O'Neill in the conflict. This Aodh was styled "Lord of Tirowen," "King of the Cineal Owen," "King of Aileach," "King of North Erin," etc. He had two sons—1. Niall Ruadh; and 2. Aodh (or Hugh) Dubh, who, some say, was the elder son. But as the Linea Antiqua, in the Office of Arms, Dublin Castle, continues the line of "O'Neill," Princes of Tyrone, from Niall Ruadh, we give the descent from him in the "O'Neill" (No. 2) pedigree, next infra. And from his brother, Aodh (or Hugh) Dubh, we give, in the "O'Neill" (No. 3) genealogy, the pedigree of O'Neill, Princes of Clanaboy.

NOTES

[1] O'Neill: There were four distinct families of Hy-Niall or O'Neill, in Ireland; namely—1. O'Neill, of Ulster; 2. O'Neill, of the county Clare, from whom the Creaghs of Munster are descended; 3. O'Neill, in the barony of Shillelagh, in the county Wicklow, which (see Annals of the Four Masters, at A.D. 1088) is sometimes called Farron O'Neale; 4. O'Neill, of the Ui Eoghain Finn tribe, in Northern Deisi, in the present county Tipperary.

[2] Fiacha Srabhteine: The three Collas being very valiant, warlike, and ambitious princes, combined against their uncle King Fiacha, and aspired to the Monarchy; they collected powerful forces, and being joined by seven catha (or legions) of the Firbolg tribe of Connaught, they fought A.D. 322, a fierce battle against the army of the Monarch Fiacha, at Criogh Rois, south of Tailtean, in Bregia, in which the royal army was defeated, and many thousands on both sides, together with King Fiacha himself, were slain. This was called the battle of Dubhcomar, from "Dubhcomar," the chief Druid of King Fiacha, who was slain there; and the place where the battle was fought was near Teltown, between Kells and Navan, near the river Blackwater in Meath. After gaining the battle, Colla Uais became Monarch and reigned nearly four years; when he was deposed by Fiacha's son, Muiredach Tireach, who then, A.D. 326, became Monarch of Ireland. The three Collas and their principal chiefs, to the number of three hundred, were expelled from Ireland (hence the name "Colla:" Irish, prohibition; Gr. "koluo," I hinder), and forced to take refuge among their relatives in Alba; but, through the friendly influence of their grandfather, the king of Alba, and the mediation of the Druids, they were afterwards pardoned by their cousin, then the Irish Monarch, who cordially invited them to return to Ireland.—CONNELLAN.

[3] Muigh-Meadhoin; From the Irish "Magh," a plain; and "Meadhoin," a cultivator.

[4] Niall Mór: This Niall of the Nine Hostages was, as above mentioned, son of Carinna, daughter of the king of Britain; and his son Eoghan (og-an; Irish, a young man) or Owen, was also married to another princess of Britain, named Indorba; a proof of the intimacy which existed in the fourth and fifth centuries between Britain and Ireland. From A.D. 378 to 405—the period of the "Decline and Fall" of Druidism in Ireland—Niall of the "Nine Hostages" was Monarch; and he was so called in reference to the principal hostile powers overcome by him and compelled to render so many pledges of their submission. He was chiefly renowned for his transmarine expeditions against the Roman empire in Britain, as well as in Gaul. In one of those expeditions Niall Mór, A.D. 388, carried home from Gaul some youths as captives; amongst whom was Succat (meaning "brave in the battle"), then sixteen years of age, with his sisters Dererea and Lupida. That Succat afterwards, as St. Patrick ("Patrick:" from the Irish Padraic; Latin, pater; Ital., padre, a father,—here meant in a religious sense), became the Apostle of Ireland. (See St. Patrick's pedigree, p. 43.) And when, many years later, that illustrious liberated captive, entering, in a maturity of manhood and experience, upon his holy mission, was summoned before the supreme assembly at Tara, to show why he presumed to interfere with the old religion of the country, by endeavouring to introduce a new creed, it was Laeghaire [Leary], the son of his former captor Niall, who presided as sovereign there.—O'CALLAGHAN.

Happy captivity, which led to Ireland's Christianity!

[5] Hy-Niall: A branch of the Hy-Niall (or Ui-Niall) settled in Gaul, at an early period, and are mentioned by Caesar, as the Unelli, which is the latinized form of Ui-Neill, but here meaning descendants of this Niall Mór, the 126th Monarch of Ireland. Caesar also mentions the Eberdovices or Eberdocii, meaning descendants of Eber, or Heber, the eldest son of Milesius, of Spain.

Some of the Unelli of France settled in England before the English invasion of Ireland, and assumed the following names: O'Ni'el, Neylie, Nihil, Noel, Nevell, Newell, Nevil, Nevill, Nevylle, etc. One of the family, Sir Geoffrey Neylle, was, A.D. 1205, a subscribing witness to the Charter of Waterford. In 1408, Thomas Neoylle was made Dean of Ferns; and, in 1480, Dr. Lawrence Neoylle was made bishop of Ferns, by Pope Sixtus IV. David Nevell, Baron of Nevill, was attainted in the reign of King Henry VIII., and suffered the loss of extensive landed property in the county Wexford. See the "Needham" pedigree for another Neville family, but which was of the Ithian race.

[6] Niall: The cause of the difference between the Monarch Niall, and Eocha, Prince of Leinster, arose out of two distinct causes:—On the death of Niall's uncle, Crimthann, this Eocha, being ambitious, attempted to take possession of the Royal Palace at Tara, by sleeping there nine nights in succession, so as to qualify himself for the Monarchy of Ireland. For doing this he was severely censured by the Arch-Druid, as no person who had not the order of Knighthood dare sleep in the Royal Palace. Then Eocha withdrew from Tara, and in shame and vexation, relinquished his pretensions to the Crown.

On Eocha's journey from Tara to his own province, he arrived at the house of Laidhgon, the son of Bairceadha, the Arch-Druid; whilst staying there he took offence from some expressions made use of to him, and, in a rage, he slew the Druid's son. Immediately, Niall was applied to for justice; he then invaded Leinster, and, after some skirmishing, to avoid bloodshed, the people delivered up the murdering prince into the Monarch's hands. The Druid chained Eocha to a rock where criminals were wont to be executed; but when he saw the executioners coming to despatch him, he, by a nearly superhuman effort, wrenched asunder the chain, and effected his escape to Scotland. On arriving in Scotland, Eocha requested and obtained the protection of Gabhran, the son of Domhangairt, the General of the Dalriada, with whom he went into France so as to get near Niall, and murder him. The Irish Monarch, on being informed of Eocha being in the allied army, would not allow him into his presence; but he one day secreted himself in a grove near a ford of the Leor, and, whilst Niall was in the act of crossing, the assassin shot him through the body with an arrow.

[7] Eugene: Before the arrival of St. Patrick in Ireland, this son of Niall the Great acquired the territory of Aileach, which in many centuries afterwards was called after him—"Tir-Owen" or Owen's Country. At Aileach he resided, A.D. 442, when he was converted to Christianity by St. Patrick. "The man of God," says the old biographer of the Apostle, "accompanied Prince Eugene to his court, which he then held in the most ancient and celebrated seat of kings, called Aileach, and which the holy bishop consecrated by his blessing." The MacLoghlins being descended from the same family stem as the O'Neills, a MacLoghlin, or an O'Loghlin, as well as an O'Neill, was sometimes Prince of Aileach, until A.D. 1241, when Donell O'Loghlin, with ten of his family, and all the chiefs of his party, were cut off by his rival, Brian O'Neill, in the battle of "Caim-Eirge of Red Spears;" and the supreme power of the principality of Aileach thenceforth remained with the O'Neills.—O'CALLAGHAN.

In the thirteenth century the "Kingdom of Aileach" ceased to be so called, and the designation "Kingdom of Tir-Owen," in its stead, was first applied to that territory. Sixteen of the Ard Righs or Monarchs of Ireland were princes or kings of Aileach—descended from this Eugene or Owen.

The O'Neills had their chief seat at Dungannon, and were inaugurated as princes of Tyrone, at Tullaghoge, a place between Grange and Donaghenry, in the parish of Desertcreight, in the barony of Dungannon; where a rude seat of large stones, called Leach-na-Ree or the Flag stone of the kings, served them as a coronation chair.—CONNELLAN.

We learn that, about A.D. 442, St. Patrick visited Ulster; at which time he took his route through that romantic pass called Bearnas-mór of Tir-Aodha; thence he emerged into Magh Ith, an extensive plain in the present barony of Raphoe, where he founded the church of Donaghmore, near the town of Castlefinn. The Prince Owen kept his private residence at Fidh-mór, now called Veagh, between the church of Donaghmore and the palace of Aileach. St. Patrick went into the Aileach, and before entering he said to his people, "Take care that you meet not with the lion, Eoghan, the son of Niall." So as to honour St. Patrick, Owen sent a guard to meet him, under the command of Muireadhaeh, his son, who, being in front, was accosted first by Seachnall in these words:—"You shall have a reward from me, if you could persuade your father to believe." "What reward ?" asked he. "The sovereignty of thy tribe should for ever belong to thy heirs," said Seachnall. Muiredhach agreed to this arrangement. The Saint first saw Eoghan at Fidh-mór, preached to him there, when he embraced the Faith, a large leac (or stone) being set up there to commemorate the event. St. Patrick promised this prince:—"If you would receive the salutary doctrine of Christ in your country, the hostages of the Gaedhil should come to you;" meaning that in his posterity the Regal Race should be—a promise verified by time.

Eoghan held the Castle of Aileach forty-seven years prior to St. Patrick's visit. This fort the Apostle blessed, left the old coronation stone there, and prophesied that Kingship and pre-eminence should be over Erinn from Aileach: "When you leave your fort out of your bed to the flag, and your successors after you," said St. Patrick, "the men of Erinn shall tremble before you." He blessed the Island of Inis-Eoghan (Inishowen was an island then), and after this gave a blessing of valour to Eoghan:

"My blessing on the tuathá [territories]
I give from Belach-ratha,
On you the descendants of Eoghan
Until the Day of Judgment.
"Whilst plains are under crops,
The palm of battle shall be on their men,
The armies of Fail [Ireland] shall not be over your plains;
You shall attack every tetach [tribe].
"The race of Eoghan, son of Niall,
Bless, O fair Brigid!
Provided they do good,
Government shall be from them for ever.
"The blessing of us both
Upon Eoghan MacNeill;
On all who may be born from him,
Provided they are obedient."
(i.e., as long as they keep the Faith.)
These blessings were pronounced from Belachratha, now known as Ballagh, barony of Inishowen East, parish of Clonca, near Malin Head, where are the ruins of a church founded by St. Patrick.

Eochaidh, son of Fiachra, son of Eoghan, was baptised with Eoghan: during the ceremony the Apostle's Staff is said to have accidentally pierced the naked foot of the prince.

The old Fortress of the Irish Monarchs, and Princes of Ulster, was an ancient Tuatha da Danaan Sith or Lios, and called Grianan Aileach, which here signifies "a stone house in a beautiful or sunny situation." Formerly there was a great wood around it, to Whitefort and along the east banks of the Foyle. This fort stands on an elevation of 802 feet, and lies in the parish of Burt, barony of Inishowen. The outermost enclosure on the circular apex of the hill contains 5 ½ acres; within the second are 4 acres; within the third about one acre; while within the Cashel there is about ½ acre of surface.

The Cashel has been restored, since 1874, with great labour and expense, by Dr. Walter Bernard, of Derry. A square headed doorway enters the Cashel, and three distinct platforms ascend by means of side stone steps within the circle, which reaches interiorly 77 feet 6 inches from wall to wall. In the highest part the wall is about 17 feet 3 inches on an average. The width of this circular wall, at the base, is about 13 feet. Several old roads from this Cashel can still be traced on the hill-sides.

Here is still seen a stone called after St. Columbcille, and believed to be the old coronation stone of the Tuatha da Danaan, and the Hy-Niall races, blessed by St. Patrick as stated above. (See the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick.)

[8] Fergus Mór Mac Earca: According to the Linea Antiqua, Muireadach had only two sons by his wife Earca. But some writers confound this Fergus Mór Mac Earca, grandson of Loarn (the last King of Dalriada, in Scotland), with Ferghus Mór, the son of Earc, who is No. 96 on the "Genealogy of the Kings of Dalriada," and who was therefore a brother of Loarn, the last King of Dalriada.

[9] O'Neill: Niall Glundubh attained to the Monarchy, A.D. 914, after the death of Flan Siona, King of Meath; and was slain in a battle with the Danes, at Rathfarnham, near Dublin. The following passage from one of the many "Lamentations," written at the time by the Irish bards on his death, shows the affection entertained for him by his people:—

"Sorrowful this day is sacred Ireland,
Without a valiant chief of 'hostage' reign;
It is to see the heavens without a sun,
To view Magh Neill without Niall."
"Magh Neill," here mentioned, signifies the plain of Niall: meaning, no doubt, the "O'Neill-land" forming the two baronies of that name in Armagh, which constituted the ancient patrimony of the Hy-Niallain, or the descendants of Niallan, who was collaterally descended in the fifth degree from Colla-da-Chrioch, who, writes O'Callaghan, "overthrew the dominion of the old Irian Kings of Uladh," whose heraldic emblem was the "Red Hand of Ulster." That emblem The O'Neill in after ages assumed, together with the Battle Cry of "Lamh Dearg Abu" [lauv darig aboo], which means— The Red Hand for Ever.

In the humble but honourable position of a Teacher of a National School (see No. 134 on the "O'Neill" (No. 2) pedigree), the lineal representative of the Monarch Niall Glundubh now (1887) resides in a secluded part of the co. Cork, under a name which some of his forefathers assumed, in order to preserve a portion of their estates, which, however, have since passed away from the family. But, modest though be his position, the gentleman to whom we allude is, perhaps, more happy—he is certainly far more free from care—than were the latest of his illustrious ancestors on the throne of Tirowen, the Principality of the ever-famed O'Neill; of whom the following lines convey but a faint idea:

"His Brehons around him—the blue heavens o'er him,
His true clan behind, and his broad lands before him,
While group'd far below him, on moor, and on heather,
His Tanists and chiefs are assembled together;
They give him a sword, and he swears to protect them;
A slender white wand, and he vows to direct them;
And then, in God's sunshine, "O'Neill" they all hail him:
Through life, unto death, ne'er to flinch from, or fail him;
And earth hath no spell that can shatter or sever
That bond from their true hearts—The Red Hand for Ever!
Proud lords of Tir-Owen! high chiefs of Lough Neagh!
How broad-stretch'd the lands that were rul'd by your sway!
What eagle would venture to wing them right through,
But would droop on his pinion, o'er half ere he flew!
From the Hills of MacCartan, and waters that ran
Like steeds down Glen Swilly, to soft-flowing Bann—
From Clannaboy's heather to Carrick's sea-shore
And Armagh of the Saints to the wild Innismore—
From the cave of the hunter on Tir-Connell's hills
To the dells of Glenarm, all gushing with rills—
From Antrim's bleak rocks to the woods of Rostrevor—
All echo'd your war-shout—'The Red Hand for Ever!'"
—O'CALLAGHAN.
[10] Donal of Armagh: This Donal was succeeded in the Monarchy by the famous Malachi the Second, King of Meath; and is by some writers called Donal O'Neill; but it is to be observed, that it was not until some time after the death of Malachi the Second (who died A.D. 1023), and, who, as Monarch, succeeded this Donal of Armagh, A.D. 978, that Moriartus-na-Midhe was the first of the family that ever assumed the sirname "O'Neill." Donal of Armagh ascended the throne, A.D. 954, and died A.D. 978. He was son of Muircheartach (Murkertagh or Murtagh), the northern chieftain who was the "Roydamna" or heir apparent to the throne, as being the son of Niall Glundubh, above mentioned. Donoch the Third of Meath succeeded Niall Glundubh in the Monarchy, A.D. 917; and, with the exception of a victory over the Danes, at Bregia (a part of the ancient kingdom of Meath), passed his reign in comparative obscurity. Murkertagh (muir: Irish, the sea; Lat. mare: Arab, mara, and ceart; Irish, righteous; Lat. certus) had conducted a fleet to the Hebrides, whence he returned flushed with victory. He assembled a body of troops of special valour, and, at the head of a thousand heroes, commenced his "circuit of Ireland:" the Danish chief, Sitric, was first seized as a hostage; next Lorcan, King of Leinster; next the Munster King, Callaghan of Cashel (who then had leagued with the Danes, and in conjunction with them invaded Meath and Ossory, A.D. 937), "and a fetter was put on him by Murkertagh." He afterwards proceeded to Connaught, where Connor, son of Teige, came to meet him, "but no gyve or lock was put upon him." He then returned to Aileach, carrying these Kings with him as hostages; where, for five months, he feasted them with knightly courtesy, and then sent them to the Monarch Donoch, in Meath. Murkertagh's valour and prowess procured for him the title of—"The Hector of the west of Europe;" in two years after his justly famous exploit he was, however, slain by "Blacaire, son of Godfrey, lord of the foreigners," on the 26th March, A.D. 941; and "Ardmacha (Armagh) was plundered by the same foreigners, on the day after the killing of Murkertagh."—MISS CUSACK.

[11] Moriartach na-Midhe: This name, analysed, means "Mor-Neart na Midhe" (moir-neart: Irish, mighty power; na Midhe, of Meath); and, as the word "neart" means great strength, implies, that this prince was powerfully strong—in person or in the forces at his command.
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O'NEILL (No.2)

Princes of Tyrone

Arms: Ar. two lions ramp. combatant gu. armed and langued az. supporting a sinister red hand couped at the wrist erect, palm outward. Crest: A right arm couped below the elbow cased grasping a naked sword. Motto: Lamh dearg Abú (The Red Hand for ever).

112. Niall Ruadh ("ruadh:" Irish, red): son of Aodh (or Hugh) an Macaomh Toinleasg, who is No. 111 on the "O'Neill" (No. 1) pedigree, next ante; a quo O'Ruaidh, anglicised Roe and Rowe: a family honourably represented (in 1887) by Henry Roe, Esq., of Thomas-street, Dublin. This Niall Ruadh was Prince of Ulster, and was m. to Nuala (died 1226), dau. of Roderic O'Connor, the 183rd Monarch of Ireland.

113. Brian Catha Duin: his son; may be reckoned as the 184th Monarch of Ireland. Had three sons:—I. Donal; II. Niall, d. 1314; III. Murrogh, d. 1356.

Under A.D. 1258, the Four Masters say of this Brian:—

"Hugh, the son of Felim O'Connor and Teige O'Brien, marched with a great force to Caol Uisge (near Newry), to hold a conference with Brian O'Neill, to whom the foregoing chiefs granted the sovereignty over the Irish; and they agreed that the hostages of Hugh O'Connor should be given to him as sureties for the fulfilment of this compact, and that the hostages of O'Reilly's people, and also those of Hy-Briuin, from Kells to Drumcliff, should be likewise given to Hugh, the son of Felim O'Connor."

After this Brian's death on the battlefield of Drom Deirg, at Dundaleathglas (Downpatrick), commanding the Irish forces against the English, in defence of his Crown and kingdom, he was succeeded in the Principality of Ulster by the famous Hugh Buidhe, son of Donal Oge, son of Hugh Dubh, the ancestor of O'Neill of Clanaboy.

114. Donal (VI):[1] his son; King of Ulster, and heir to the Monarchy of Ireland, became The O'Neill, on the death of Aodh Buidhe (or Yellow Hugh), in 1283. After the battle of Bannockburn, in Scotland, A.D. 1314, Edward, brother to the illustrious Robert Bruce, was invited to accept the Sovereignty of Ireland. In his favour this Donal sought to resign his title, which, owing to the Irish Constitution (the Brehon Law), he could not do. (See Paper in the Appendix, headed: "Invasion of Ireland by Bruce.")

Donal had five sons:—I. Hugh ; II. Roderic, slain, 1365; III. Shane, slain, 1318; IV. Brian, slain, 1319 ; and V. Cu Uladh, killed, 1325.

115. Hugh: his son; Prince of Ulster, etc.; "the best Irishman of his time:" d. 1364. Issue : I. Neil Mór; II. Brian (d. 1369); and four daughters.

116. Neil Mór:[2] his son; was "Prince of the Irish in Ulster," when Richard II., King of England, visited Ireland (at Dundalk), in 1394. He was styled "Le Grand O'Neill" by the Anglo-Normans; and by the Irish he was called "the defender of Ireland," "the champion of dignity, and pre-eminence of the principality," "the unyielding tower against tyranny," etc. He had issue:—I. Neil Oge. II. Henry (d. 1392), who had issue—1. Donal; 2. Hugh (who escaped from the prison in Dublin, in 1412, having been confined ten years there by the English); 3. Niall (d. 1430); 4. Brian (d. 1401). III. Graine (d. 1429), m. Turlogh O'Donnell "of the Wine." IV. Cu Uladh Ruadh (d. 1399).

This Neil Mór was married to Gormley (d. 1397), dau. of John O'Donnell.

117. Neil Oge: his son; Prince of Tyrone, etc.; m. to Una (d. 1417), daughter of Donal O'Neill. Issue:

I. Owen; II. Brian (d. of small-pox, 1402); six other sons; and a dau., Una, m. to Rory O'Sullivan, Prince of Dunkerron. This Neil Oge died in 1402, and was succeeded in the Principality by Donal, son of Henry, son of Neil Mór. (See above.) This Donal (called "Donal Bocc") was, in 1432, slain in O'Cahan's Country, by Donal Aibhne O'Cahan.

118. Owen: son of Neil Oge; was, in 1432, on the death of Donal Bocc, inaugurated [3] The O'Neill; m. Catherine (d. 1427), dau. of Ardgal MacMahon. Issue:—I. Henry; II. Hugh, of the Fews, d. 1475; III. Felim, d. 1461; IV. Murtagh; V. Art, died 1458; VI. Connor; VII. Niall; VIII. Brian Mór; IX. Conla; X. Donal Claragh, killed 1493. This Owen died in 1456, and was succeeded by:

119. Henry: his son; Prince of Ulster, etc.; m. Gormley Cavenagh (d. 1465), dau. of MacMurrogh, King of Leinster. This Henry "was inaugurated The O'Neill, in 1455, by the coarb of St. Patric, together with Maguire, MacMahon, O'Cahan, and all the O'Neills, at Tullaghoge, according to the usual customs." Issue: I. Conn; II. Roderic Baccach, killed by the sons of Art O'Neill, 1470; III. Tuathal, killed by the Anglo-Normans, who intruded on the Plain of O'Neill, 1476; IV. Donal, died Aug., 1509; V. Henry Oge, d. 1498; VI. Slaine, married to Turlogh Donn O'Brien; VII. Art, killed in 1502, by Art, son of Conn, son of Henry (see No. 118). This Henry died in 1489, and was succeeded by:

120. Conn: his son, as Prince of Ulster, of Tyrone, etc.; m., in 1483, Elinora (d. 1497), dau. of Thomas (the 7th Earl), the son of John Cam, the 6th Earl of Kildare; and had by her issue: I. Conn Baccach; II. Art Oge (d. 1519) had a son, Neal Connelagh, who had a son Turlogh Luinagh, whose son was called Sir Arthur O'Neill; III. Niall, d. 1497; IV. Turlough killed by MacMahon, 1501, left no issue; V. John of Kinard, had a son, whose son was Sir Henry O'Neill, whose son was Sir Henry O'Neill, who had a son Sir Phelim, murdered by the English, 1650; VI. Deila; VII. Judith, married to Manus O'Donnell, she d. Aug., 1535, aged 42 years, and was interred in the Franciscan Convent, Donegal; VIII. Eliza, m.to Zachaire Maguire.

In 1493, this Conn, "the bountiful bestower of valuable presents and property, was (say the Four Masters) treacherously slain by his his own brother, Henry Oge;" and was succeeded in the Principality by his uncle Donal, who was opposed by Henry Oge; which opposition was not lawful, as Donal was the senior. They quarrelled till 1497, when Henry Oge gave great presents to Donal, in horses and armour, for resigning the title. In 1498, "Henry Oge was (according to the Four Masters) slain in the house of Art, son of Hugh, son of Owen (No. 118), in Tuath Eachach (Iveagh, county Down), by the two sons of Conn, son of Henry, son of Owen, namely Turlogh and Conn Bacchach, in revenge of their father Conn, who had been previously killed by Henry, in the year 1493." Donal thus became undisputed Prince of Tyrone; he died unlamented, on the 6th of Aug., 1509. Art, son of Hugh, son of Owen (No. 118), was chosen his successor. This Art d. in 1514, when Art Oge, son of Conn (No. 120), son of Henry (No. 119), was made The O'Neill. In 1519 Art Oge died and was succeeded by his brother:

121. Conn Bacchach: son of Conn, as Prince of Ulster. Hugh, the son of his uncle Donal, gave him no little trouble, as he too aspired to the Principality, until in the year 1524, in a bloody engagement between them, the said Hugh lost his life; and being thus rid of all competitors, Conn began to follow the example of his ancestors, who, upon all occasions and prospects of success, were up in arms in opposition to the English invaders, endeavouring to drive them from the country; and recover their liberties and their right to the Irish Crown, worn by their ancestors for many ages, successively, as above shown; but all in vain. And this Conn Bacchach trying his fortunes in the same manner, and finding his endeavours to be to as little purpose as were those of his forefathers, did for a time submit; and, going into England, was, upon his openly renouncing his ancient title of O'Neill and Prince of Tyrone, favourably received by King Henry VIII., in Greenwich, in 1542.

Conn thus seemingly renounced a title "in comparison of which," says Camden, "the very title of Caesar is contemptible in Ireland; and taking upon him the barbarian Anglo-Saxon title of Iarl, or Earl of Tyrone; and doing homage to Henry as King of Ireland and Head of the Church; who on his side adorned him with a golden chain, saluted him 'beloved cousin,' and so returned him richly plated." At the same time the title of "baron of Dungannon" was conferred on his illegitimate son, who is called "Mathew" by Sir James Ware in his Annals of Ireland, but in the Pedigree is entered "Ferdorach." These foreign titles, with Conn's conduct, were so deeply resented by SHANE AN DIOMUIS (by Ware called "Shane Dowlenach" or O'Dongaileach, from being fostered by O'Dongaileach or O'Donnelly, Chief of Ballydonnelly, or Charlemont, in Tyrone), the eldest of Conn's legitimate sons, that he, with O'Donnell, MacGuire, and the other Ulster chieftains broke out in rebellion against him. This act of Conn's, in submitting to a foreign prince, has met with universal astonishment, inasmuch as he on a former occasion solemnly cursed his offspring if he should ever speak the Saxon tongue, sow corn, or build houses in imitation of the English; and who led his troops to the south, burned Atherdee and Navan to the ground, and from the Hill of Tara—the palace of his ancestors—warned off the servile nobles of the Pale from the frontiers of Ulster. But this one act alienated his subjects, and Shane was made The O'Neill in his place.

Ferdorach was executed in 1558. Conn Bacchach m. Alice, dau. of Gerald Fitzgerald, 8th Earl of Kildare, and had by her issue: I. Shane; II. Tirlogh; III. Felim Caoch, who had a son Turlogh, who was father of Phelim; IV. Mary, who d. in 1582, and who m. Sorley Buidhe MacDonnell; with three other daughters. This Conn was born 1484, died 1559, and was succeeded by his son:

122. Shane [4] an Diomuis (i.e. John the Proud or Haughty): eldest legitimate son of Conn Bacchach; set no value on his father's "earldom," refused such badge of servitude, was duly inaugurated The ONeill, and "King of Ulster" about A.D. 1550. Not receiving due submission from O'Donnell, he, in 1556, went to war with him, and, in 1559, Calvach O'Donnell, Prince of Tirconnell, was subdued and taken prisoner. In 1560, Shane was undisputed Ruler of Ulster, from "Drogheda to the Erne." In 1563, he visited Queen Elizabeth, as an independent sovereign prince, when she recognized him as The O'Neill, "with all the authority and pre-eminence of his ancestors." After a time the English recommenced to encroach on his territories, planted soldiers on his frontiers, his subjects were incited to rebel against him by the English Government; till at length, in 1567, he is betrayed by the Scots (the MacDonnells), instigated by an English officer named Piers; and slaughtered, with most of his followers, in North Clan-atha-buidhe (or North Clanaboy), near Cushendun, in the county of Antrim. After he had been buried four days, William Piers exhumed the body, cut off his head, and carried it "pickled in a pipkin," to Dublin, to Sir Henry Sydney, who ordered it to be placed on a pole on the top of Dublin Castle! Piers got one thousand marks for thus so effectually carrying out the instructions of his government. Shane's headless trunk was re-interred where he was murdered, about three miles from Cushendun, where the tourist can still be shown the "Grave of Shane O'Neill."

This Shane was m. to Mary (d. 1561), dau. of Calvach O'Donnell (by his first wife), Prince of Tir-Connell; and had issue:—I. John Oge, killed 1581, s.p.; II. Conn; III. Thomas; IV. Elana; V. Henry; VI. Art, died from exposure in the Wicklow mountains, in 1592; VII. Margaret, m. to Teige O'Doyne; with two others. He had, besides, illegitimate children, one of whom was named Hugh Geimhleach (i.e. "of the Fetters"), and was also incorrectly called "Conn MacShane," by a few modern writers. This Hugh, was, in 1590, for betraying to the English Aodh O'Neill's dealings with the Spaniards, seized by orders of his lawful Prince, and tried for various robberies and murders which he had committed within The O'Neill's jurisdiction; for which he was sentenced to death, and in January, 1590, said Hugh Geimhleach was hanged by Loughlin MacMurtogh and his brother—both natives of Fermanagh.

In A.D. 1569, the English passed an Act of Attainder against the "late John O'Neill;" and all his extensive estates, nearly all the Tribe Lands of the Sept, together with the greater part of Tyr-Owen, were seized by the English Crown, and various parts thereof planted with English and Scotch settlers.

Immediately after the murder of Shane, the Prince of Ulster, Tirlogh Luineach [5] (or Turlogh Luinagh—see No. 120) was, at the instigation of the English Government, made The O'Neill, in preference to Shane's two brothers—Tirloch and Felim Caoch ("caoch:" Irish, dim-sighted), or to Shane's son Conn. Tirloch Luineach d. at Strabane in 1595, and was buried at Ardstraw (Irish, Ardstratha) in Tyrone.

Feardorach (or Mathew), son of Conn Bacchach, and half brother of Shane, was, by the English, made "Baron of Dungannon;" he married Judith, daughter of Cuchonnacht Magennis, and had by her: I. Brian, the second "Baron of Dungannon," who was slain, s. p. in 1561; II. Aodh (or Hugh), virtual Ard Righ, of whom again; and two illegitimate sons; III. Sir Cormac, who had a son, Conn, whose sons were Hugh Oge, and Brian, both died s. p.; IV. Sir Art. This Sir Art m. and had three sons:—1. Art Oge, who was father of Hugh Dubh,[6] the renowned defender of Limerick and Governor of Clonmel, in 1650; 2. the famous Owen Roe O'Neill,[7] who was Commander-in-Chief of the Irish Confederate Forces in Ulster, in the war subsequent to 1641, and who was poisoned, he died at Clough Oughter Castle, on the 6th of Nov., 1649. Owen Roe m. and left four sons:—1. Henry (slain in 1649), who left a son Hugh; 2. Brian, whose son was Owen, the last Earl of Tyrone, in Spain; 3. Conn, who had two sons:—Owen, a Colonel in the French Service; and Luaghadh (or Lewis) an officer in the French Service; and 4. John, who became a monk. The third son of Sir Art was Conn, who had two sons:—1. Daniel,[8] and 2. Brian, whose son Conn died in Spain.

On the "Plantation of Ulster" Sir Art (MacBaron) in his old age was removed from his own territory of O'Neilan, and got in exchange an estate of 2,000 acres during the lives of himself and his wife.

(II.) Aodh O'Neill, the second son of Feardorach, above mentioned, was, during the lifetime of Tirlogh, designated his successor, in 1587; Queen Elizabeth solemnly made him "Earl of Tyrone:" in order, says Connellan, "to suppress the name and authority of O'NEILL;" and in May, 1588, with Tirlogh's consent, he was duly and solemnly inaugurated The O'Neill, in the Rath of Tullaghoge. On the Stone of Royalty, amidst the circling warriors, the Bards and Ollamhs of Uladh, he took the oath "to preserve all the ancient former customs of the country inviolable," etc.; and on the death of Tirlogh, he became the Prince of Ulster. He was four times married: first, to Judith, daughter of Sir Hugh O'Donnell, and sister to the celebrated Red Hugh, she d. early in 1591; he m. secondly, in July, 1591, Mabel Bagnal, who d. 1596; thirdly, to Catherine, dau. of Magennis of Down; and, fourthly, to ——; he had issue by Catherine:

1. Hugh (d. 1609), called "Baron of Dungannon;" 2. Henry (d. s.p.), a Colonel in the Spanish Service; 3. John, Conde de Tyrone, a General in the Spanish Service; 4. Bryan (a page to the Archduke), who was strangled in his bedroom at Brussels, in 1617, by an English assassin; and 5. Conn, a natural son, a prisoner in the Tower, who had a son—Feardorach, of whose descendants we, at present, know nothing.

From his great military genius, this Aodh has been called "The Irish Hannibal." In the reign of Queen Elizabeth this Aodh (or Hugh [9]) exercised the authority of Ard-Righ or Monarch, in electing both native and Anglo-Norman chieftains, etc. He died at Rome, blind and worn out, in 1616.

123. Conn: son of Shane an Diomuis; hereditary Prince of Ulster; was elected "The O'Neill" in 1590, as successor to Aodh; but his patrimony being now wrested from him, his people disorganized, and strangers in his strongholds, he was forced to lead an inactive life. He resided usually at Strabane; was m. to Nuala O'Donnell, and by her had issue: I. Art Oge; II. Cu-Uladh, who retired to Scotland, where he m. and had issue; III. Mór, became a Nun; IV. Eoghan, married and had issue; V. Brian, who was killed by an Englishman named Tempest; VI. Flann, d. unm. at Strabane. This Conn d. in 1598, at an advanced age.

124. Art Oge: his son; hereditary Prince of Ulster. Owing to the seizure of his country by James I., of England, and the consequent "Ulster Plantation," this Art's inheritance was overrun by Scotch and English settlers, many of whom generously held for him part of his estates in trust. He was born in 1565; resided partly in Strabane and Dungannon; married Sinead Ni Airt (or Joanna O'Hart), by whom he had four children: I. Conn Ruadh, who d. s.p.; II. Shane; III. Rose; IV. Aodh Dubh, who was a Major-General in the Austrian Army, m. in 1641, Mary Sibylla, dau. of a German Prince, and had issue; died 1650. (See "O'Neill-Bridge" Stem, infra.)

Art Oge O'Neill died in 1622, in Strabane, and was buried at Ardstraw.

125. Shane: his second son; hereditary Prince of Ulster; lived, like his father, in Strabane and Dungannon; b. 1599; m. when only 19 years of age, Kathleen O'Donnell of Tirconnell, by whom he had issue: I. Thomas; II. Art, d. s.p.; III. Conn, who married and removed to Munster; IV. Eoghan, who m. and emigrated to North America; V. Robert, who m. and had issue—extinct in 1866; VI. Meadhbh, who m. a French officer.

Shane died in 1643, at Strabane, and was buried with his fathers at Ardstraw.

126. Thomas: his son; hereditary Prince of Ulster; b. 1619; married Angelina, the dau. of Aodh Dubh O'Neill, by whom he had issue: I. Teige; II. Shane, who entered the Spanish Army; III. Mór, who m. a Scotch "laird;" and IV. Kate.

This Thomas resided at Inishowen, and, in 1670, was found dead on the western shore of Lough Foyle, a dagger being stuck to the hilt in his back: a deed performed, it was believed, by two English spies. He was buried in Derry-Colum-cill (now Londonderry).

127. Teige: his son; hereditary Prince of Ulster; b. in 1641; resided at Dungannon; married Mary O'Donnell, by whom he had issue: I. Henry; II. Brian; III. John. (These two brothers—Brian and John—went as "soldiers of fortune" to France, thence to Portugal; they m. two cousins of Maguire, of Fermanagh, before leaving Ireland; eight of their descendants, in 1807, on the invasion of Portugal by the French, went with the House of Braganza to Brazil, where some of their descendants now (1887) reside.) IV. Robert, married a Miss Stuart, of Argyle, and had issue; V. Rose, m. a gentleman named MacCallum, of Scotland.

This Teige died in 1690, and was buried at Ardstraw.

(IV.) Robert with his family emigrated to the United States of North America, where he changed his name to Paine, so as to preserve his life from assassins. It was one of his descendants who, under the name of "Robert Francis Paine," signed the Declaration of American Independence, on the 4th of July, 1776; and whose portrait is still to be seen in the old Congress Hall at Philadelphia. Descendants of this Robert are now holders of large estates in many of the States of the great American Republic, and many others of them are engaged in mechanical and mercantile pursuits in that rising nation.

128. Henry: eldest son of Teige; hereditary Prince of Ulster; b. in Dungannon, 1665; m. Fionualla O'Gormley, by whom he had issue: I. Art; II. Judith, and III. Kate (twins); IV. Aodh; V. Shane (d. s.p.); VI. Roderic, and VII. Nora (twins); VIII. Cu-Uladh, who entered the English Army under a feigned name, and was strangled in London; IX. Delia, married George MacCarthy, had issue; X. Cormac, born three months after his father's death, m. and removed to co. Cork, where his descendants yet are to be found amongst the peasantry.

Kate died in infancy, Judith went to her cousins in Portugal, with Roderic and Nora, all m. and had issue. Aodh m. Matilda O'Connor, had issue, location now (1887) unknown.

This Henry O'Neill was cousin to Colonel Sir Neill, who was, in 1690, killed at the Boyne. He (Henry) changed his name to Paine (modernized Payne), so as to preserve both his life and a portion of his Ulster estates. He entered the Army of William III., and obtained the "head rents" of large tracts of land in the county of Cork, and other parts of Ireland, in addition to a small portion of the Sept lands he still held in Ulster. He resided for a short time in North Clanaboy; afterwards at Dungannon, whence he removed to the shelter of his kinsman Neal O'Neal of Cloon, co. Leitrim, where, notwithstanding all his precautions, he fell a victim to his hereditary enemies, being assassinated in 1698, at Foxford, co. Mayo.

129. Art O'Neill, alias "Payne:" son of Henry; hereditary Prince of Ulster; b. 1687; made The O'Neill on May Eve, 1709, at Aileach; m. Kate O'Toole, daughter of Garret O'Toole, of Power's Court, county Wicklow (see "O'Toole" Stem, No. 128), and had by her: I. Nial. II. Thomas, who emigrated to America; III. Francis, who m. a Miss Bellsang, and had issue; IV. Lawrence, who m. a Miss Collins, and had two sons and one daughter; V. Nuala, died in infancy; VI. Rose, who m. James Talbot, went with him to England, and had issue; VII. Ada, who m. also a Talbot, and went to England; VIII. Mór, who m. Henry O'Cahan, of Derry; IX. Joan, who m. Felim MacCarthy, d. s.p.

This Art lived a roving life, partly in Tyrone, Wicklow, and Cork, and kept large deer-hounds; died in co. Cork, 1732, and was bur. in St. Helen's, Moviddy, whence his remains were taken to Ardstraw, by his son:

130. Nial: hereditary Prince of Ulster; b. 1711; m. Ellen, dau. of Donal Fitzpatrick (of Ossory), by his wife, Una Mac Namara, and by her had issue: I. Richard (or Roderic); II. William, who married Ellen Toler, and by her had a dau. named Nora, who m. Cormac Mac Carthy, the hereditary Earl of Clan Carthy; and a son, Henry (d. 1843), who m. Lina Seton, of Bucks, and by her had two sons and one dau.; this Henry, on the death of his uncle Roderic (or Richard), was duly elected "The O'Neill," by representatives of the old clans. His two sons were Conn and Aodh; the daughter was Delia, who m. Henry Seton, and is now (1887) in some part of France, and has issue; the son, Conn, d. an infant; and Aodh, on the eve of 1st of Nov., 1847, was made Prince of Ulster, he d. unm., in 1859. Soon after some of the Irish in Paris and New York proceeded to elect his successor; and we learn that Mac Carthy Mór and James Talbot took Richard, who is No. 134 on this Stem, to London, where he was acknowledged as the future Representative of his Race; and we learn that on May Eve, 1862, in the ruined fort of Aileach, the white wand was put into his hand by Daniel O'Connor, of Manch, and the old Pagan ceremonies were performed, as they were some hundreds of years before, when the chieftains elected "O'Neill." (See No. 134 below.) The other children of this Niall were: III. Kate, d. unm; IV. Mary, who m. Phelim O'Neill, and had a dau., Ada, who m. a Mac Loughlin, whose dau. Eva, married Donogh Mac Carthy of Cork; V. Rose, who m. Dermod, hereditary lord of Muscry, and Earl of Clan-carthy. (See Stem of Mac Carthy, Lords of Muscry Family, Nos. 129, 130, 131).

This Nial lived in the western part of the county, and in the City of Cork; lived an extravagant life; took a leading part, under various disguises, in political events; sold out to his trustees the remains of the tribe lands in Ulster. The penal laws being in force, his possessions in the South of Ireland were held in trust for him by Protestant friends, many of whom eventually ignored his right, and, taking advantage of the Law, excluded him and his heirs from the head rents. Then he engaged in manufacturing pursuits, by means of the remnant of his property, which proved abortive; finally, he died in 1772, and was buried in Moviddy. In 1780, his remains were removed by his son to Ulster.

131. Richard (or Roderick): his son; hereditary Prince of Ulster; b. in Kilmichael, co. Cork, in 1743; m. Margaret, dau. of Donal Mac Carthy Reagh, by his wife Kate O'Driscoll (see No. 125 on the "Mac Carthy Reagh" Stem), and had issue: I. Robert; II. Rachel, who married John O'Sullivan Mór (Prince of Dunkerron), a native of Berehaven, and by him had issue: Richard, Donogh, and Nora (see the "O'Sullivan Mór" pedigree); III. Mary, m. to Philip Ryder, has (in 1887) no issue; IV. Alice, m. Richard Good, and had issue: 1. Anne (d. s. p.); 2. Mary, m. John Forde, of Bandon, and has one dau. Jane; 3. Jane, m. Simon Long, issue: James, Daniel, and Elizabeth; 4. Richard, who m. Anne Good, both d. s.p.; and V. Bessy, d. s.p.

This Richard was duly elected "The O'Neill," on May Eve, 1766, and was inaugurated in the old Rath of Tullaghoge, west of Lough Neagh, in Tyrone, by the O'Hagan, who was then reduced to indigence. This Richard (or Roderic) lost the remainder of the "head rents" of those lands in co. Cork, which were granted to Henry (No. 128); he removed to East Carbery, where he died, in 1817, and was buried in Moviddy. He was, during the most part of his life, unostentatiously the rallying point of all the Celtic princes and chieftains of Erinn, as his elected position indicated.

132. Robert: his son; m. Eleanor or Nelly, eldest daughter of Corlis O'Baldwin, of Lios-na-Cait, near Bandon, county Cork. [This Corlis was eldest son of William,[10] son of Robert, son of John, Mayor of Cork, 1737, and descended from William of Lisarda, son of Henry, who is No. 7 on the "Baldwin" pedigree.] Issue: I. Richard, who m. Mary O'Nolan, and had by her—Robert, Henry, Eleana, Richard, and Una: Henry died in Ireland; the others with their parents, emigrated to North America, from 1847 to 1854, and all of whom are now (1887) dead. II. Robert, whose lineage is here traced. III. William. IV. John. V. Thomas:—these last three also emigrated to New Jersey, and thence to Kentucky, where they resided, unm., in 1880. VI. Francis, an officer in the United States Army, killed many years ago by American Indians. VII. Margaret, d. unm. in Ireland. VIII. Mary, m. to — Linzey, an officer in the Anglo-Indian Army, d. some years ago, s.p.

This Robert, in 1847, died at Mount Pleasant, and was buried at St. Helen's, Moviddy, co. Cork.

133. Robert: second son of Robert; born 1816; m. Jane Anne, dau. of Richard Wall, of Ardnaclog (Bellmount), parish of Moviddy, county Cork, by his wife Jane "Welply," or more correctly, Jane Mac Carthy, dau. of William Mac Carthy Mór, alias "Welply," of Clodagh Castle. (See Mac Carthy Mór pedigree, No. 129.) Issue: three sons and two daughters: I. William, who died in infancy. II. Richard-Walter. III. Marmaduke, an officer in the English Army—the "Connaught Rangers," Renmore Barracks, Galway (living in 1887), born at Lios-na-Cait, 4th June, 1845; married, and has issue two sons, and four daughters. IV. Jane Anne, b. at Lios-na-Cait, 13th June, 1848, m. William Farrow, son of William Farrow by his wife Jane Mitchel, both natives of Ipswich, in Suffolk, England; this Jane Anne with her husband reside at 2 Albert Villas, King-street, New Brompton, Kent, England, and has no issue. V. Elizabeth-Lavinia, born at Ard-na-clog (Bellmount), Muscry, 6th September, 1852, and resides (1887) at the Connecticut Training School, State Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, U. S. America; unm.

This Robert died in New Jersey about 1851.

134. Richard W. O'Neill (alias "Payne"[11]): his son; born at Lios-na-Cait, 13th Sept., 1842; living at St. Martin's, Farranavane, Bandon, county Cork, in 1887; and acts as Principal Teacher of Mount Pleasant National School. (See Note, "The O'Neill," under Niall Glundubh, No. 100, on the "O'Neill" (No. 1) pedigree.)

This Richard, known over most part of Ireland as "The O'Neill," (see No. 130 on this pedigree) was m., in June, 1864, to Mary, only dau. of John Harris, of Moss Grove, by his wife Eliza O'Connor, in the Catholic Church of Murrogh, by the Reverend John Lyons, C.C. (now P.P. of Kilmichael, co. Cork) and has had issue:

I. John Canice, b. at Moss Grove, 12th January, 1867.

II. Luaghaidh (Lewy)-Thomas, b. 7th June, 1870.

III. Jane-Anna-Maria, born 2nd February, 1873.

IV. Aodh.

V. Caroline (Aodh, above, and Caroline, twins, born 9th Aug., 1876.)

Aodh d. at the age of ten months.

VI. Rose-Adelaide, b. 28th Aug., 1880.

135. John: son of Richard (2); living in St. Martin's, Farranavane, Bandon, in 1887.


NOTES

[1] Donal: In the MS. Vol. E. 3. 22, in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, this Donal (or Donald) O'Neill is styled—

"Rex Ultoniae, et omnium Regulorum Hiberniae." ....

[2] Neil Mór: In the last page of the MS. Vol. E. 3. 10, in the Library of Trin. Coll. Dublin, there is a copy of a letter, written by this Neil Mór, as "Princeps Hibernicorum Ultoniae," to King Richard II., of England:

" . . . Litterae missae ad Regem Richardum II., per Nellanum O'Nell, Principem Hibernicorum Ultoniae, Anno 18o ejusdem Regis."

[3] Inaugurated,: After the destruction of the ancient Palace of Aileach, A.D. 1101, the princes of the O'Neill fixed their residence in the south of the present county of Tyrone, at Ennis Enaigh, now Inchenny, in the parish of Urney; and the stone chair upon which each of these princes was proclaimed, was at Tullahoge (or the hill of the youths), now Tullyhawk, in the parish of Desertcreagh, and barony of Dungannon; where was seated down to Cromwell's time the family of O'Hagan, the lawgiver of Tullahoge, whence the present Baron O'Hagan (see the "O'Hagan" pedigree) takes his title; and where, on the stone chair above mentioned—the Leac-na-Righ (or Flagstone of the Kings), the princes or kings of Tir-Owen were inaugurated by O'Hagan, "and called O'Neill after the lawful manner." That Leac-na-Righ was A.D. 1602, demolished by the lord-deputy Mountjoy.

"According to the tradition in the country," writes John O'Donovan, LL.D., "O'Hagan inaugurated O'Neill, by putting on his golden slipper or sandal; and hence the sandal always appears in the armorial bearings of the O'Hagans." With reference to the observance in Ireland, of a superior prince or chief, when inaugurated, having his shoe, slipper, or sandal put on by an inferior potentate, but still one of consideration, we find that at the inauguration of the O'Connor in Connaught, the same office was performed for him by MacDermott, the powerful chief of Moylurg (the old barony of Boyle, county Roscommon), as that performed by O'Hagan for the O'Neill in Ulster. There is a resemblance between this custom at the inauguration of the old princes of Ireland, and that connected with the ceremonial of the later Roman emperors or those of Constantinople, on their creation as such. Under the head of "Honours and Titles of the Imperial Family," Gibbon notes that "the Emperor alone could assume the purple or red buskins." And subsequently relating how the celebrated John Catacuzene assumed A.D. 1341, the imperial dignity, he mentions John being "invested with the purple buskins;" adding "that his right leg was clothed by his noble kinsman, the left by the Latin chiefs, on whom he conferred the honour of knighthood;" this office putting on the buskins being one of honour in the east, like that of putting on the shoe or sandal in the west.—O'CALLAGHAN.

[4] Shane: In 1565, Shane O'Neill assumed the title of "Monarch of Ireland, and led the Irish Army of Ulster against the English Government. He maintained, at his own cost, a standing army of 4,000 foot, and 1,000 horse, and always took care to have his Chiefs and their dependents well instructed in the art of war. Queen Elizabeth in vain attempted to reduce him, either by force, or by kindness. She offered to him the titles of "Earl of Tyrone," and "Baron of Dungannon." Shane received these proposals with a haughtiness expressive of his contempt for any such titles, which he looked upon as beneath his dignity as the O'NEILL. The commissioners who were intrusted with the negociations, received from him this reply: "If Elizabeth, your mistress, be Qeeen of England, I am O'Neill, King of Ulster; I never made peace with her without having been previously solicited to it by her. I am not ambitious of the abject title of 'earl;' both my family and birth raise me above it; I will not yield precedence to any one: my ancestors have been Kings of Ulster; I have gained that kingdom by my sword, and by the sword I will preserve it." (Cox, Hist. Irel., p, 321.)

On Shane's visit to Queen Elizabeth, when reference was made to the natural son of Conn (Ferdoroch, Baron of Dungannon) as likely to succeed his father in Tir-Owen, Shane said that Ferdoroch ("Mathew") was the son of the wife of a blacksmith of Dundalk, by Conn, his father, subsequent to the marriage of the said Conn O'Neill and Alice, of whom he, Shane, was the eldest legitimate son, and that consequently he alone had a right to succeed to his father's inheritance. He added that the surrender which had been made by his father, of the Principality of Tir-Owen, to King Henry viii., and the restitution his father had received from that King by letters patent, were null; since his father's right to that principality was confined to his own life, whilst he (Shane) had been acknowledged THE O'NEILL, by a popular election according to custom.

[5] Luineach: This Tirloch Luineach left a son, Sir Art O'Neill.

[6] Hugh Dubh was born in the Spanish Netherlands. He is mentioned as one of ''the brave warriors and prime captains who, out of the martial theatre of Flanders, enlisted under the banner of Owen Roe O'Neill, and came to Ireland in 1642." He was taken prisoner at the battle of Clones, in 1642, and did not regain his liberty till released by exchange after the battle of Benburb in 1646. In that year he was appointed Major-General of the Ulster Army. During the illness of his uncle, Owen Roe, he commanded the Ulster Army, and was with Ferrall despatched in October, 1649, to the Marquis of Ormond with a body of two thousand men. After Owen Roe's death he was anxious to succeed him as commander of the Ulster Army. His qualifications were strongly urged by Daniel O'Neill (a), as being a "man who knew the ways Owen Roe O'Neill took to manage the people, and one not unacceptable to the Scots, and one who would do nothing contrary to Ormond's commands."

After defending Clonmel he retired, and was by Ormond appointed military governor of Limerick. In a reply to the demand of Sir Hardress Waller to surrender the city, in September, 1650, he declared "he was determined to maintain it for the use of his majesty, Charles II., even to the effusion of the last drop of his blood."

Finding that his name was not included in the treaty on the surrender of Limerick he rode up to Deputy Ireton and offered him the pommel of his sword. Ireton received him most kindly, and commanded his own guard under pain of death to attend and bring him to a place of safety. A few days after the taking of Limerick, Ireton died; but before his death he commanded Edmund Ludlow to behave well to O'Neill, send him to England, and bestow on him three horses, one for himself, and two for two servants, and means to defray his charges.

O'Neill arrived in London, on the 10th January, 1652, and was committed to the Tower, for being in arms against the Parliament. Twenty shillings a week were allowed for his support. Don Alonzo Cardenas, the Spanish Ambassador, proposed to the Council of State in July, 1652, to give permission to the Irish troops to pass into Spain, especially to Don Hugo O'Neill, since he was born in Flanders, and consequently a Spanish subject; having, besides, borne no part in the first insurrection in Ireland, nor in the excesses which took place there. He seems to have gone to Spain, for there is a letter of his to Charles II., dated Madrid, October 27th, 1660, in which he solicits the restoration of his family to that king's favour. He there assumed the title of "Earl of Tyrone."

[7] Owen Roe O'Neill:

EPITAPH OF OWEN ROE O'NEILL.

EUGENII O'NEILLI, COPIARUM ULTONIENSIUM PRÆFECTI GENERALIS, EPITAPHIUM.

Hic jacet ille ingens patriae defensor O'Nellus,
Nobilis ingenio, sanguine Marte, fide.
Qui genus et magni mensuram stammatis implens,
Per sua Catholicos arma probavit avos,
Quem neque vis dubii potuit perfringere belli,
Nec mutare boni spesve timorve mali.
Quem tria conjuncto pertierunt agmine regna,
In caput unius tot coiere manus.
Celsus in immota mentis sed constitit arce,
Et coeptum infracto pectore duxit iter,
Spem contra humanam, coelum tamen adfuit ausis,
Cumque suo Christus milite miles erat.
Impia Catholicorum seu strinxit in agmina ferrum,
Discolor haeretica caede madebat humus.
Sive fugam simulat, simulando comprimit hostem,
Nec minus arma viri quam metunda fuga.
Hoc tamen, hoc urgens et inexpugnabile Marti,
Pectus humi positum spicula mortis habent.
Æmula nam crebris Parca invidiosa triumphis,
Vincendi et vitae sit tibi finis, ait.
Fata sed Eugenium nequeunt ita sternere serveut
Postuma Romanam quominus arma fidem.
Hanc lapis et cineres, sed et ipsa cadavera spirant,
Et Petrum litui, tela tubaeque sonant.
Magni viri merces, tot palmas astras coronant,
Sic praestant meritum terra polusque decus.
[8] (a) Daniel O'Neill, like Hugh Dubh, was a nephew of Owen Roe. His father and grandfather were owners of Upper Claneboy and Great Ardes, and had served the English in the war against their own kindred. His father was induced to transfer these lands, amounting to 66,000 acres, to Sir Hugh Montgomery and James Hamilton for the sum of £60, and a yearly rent of £160. He spent the early part of his life in Holland, in the army of the Prince of Orange; later, he entered the English service. At the beginning of the Irish "Rebellion," he was accused of high treason, and imprisoned in the Tower. He escaped in disguise, after a confinement of six months. Soon after he was a Lieutenant-General of Prince Rupert's Horse. Ormond gave him a command in the Irish Army: he was sent by Ormond to make proposals to Owen Roe, and it was mainly owing to his exertions that the treaty was brought about between them. Ormond was anxious that this Daniel should succeed Owen Roe in command of the Ulster Army, but his religion stood in the way,—he was a Protestant. He left Ireland for Spain in 1650, with 5,000 men for service in Holland. After the Restoration of Charles II., Daniel was made Postmaster-General. He died in 1664. On the occasion of his death Charles II. wrote to the Duchess of Orleans, "This morning poor O'Neill died of an ulcer in his guts. He was as honest a man as ever lived. I am sure I have lost a good servant by it."

[9] Hugh: Hugh O'Neill had served some years in the English army, when a young man; acquired a great knowledge of military affairs, and was a favourite at the Court of Elizabeth. On his return to Ireland, he continued some time in the service of the queen; but, having revolted, he became the chief leader of the Northern Irish, and was (perhaps with the exception of his relative, Owen Roe O'Neill) the ablest general that ever contended against the English in Ireland. He, however, became reconciled to the state in the reign of James the First, who, A.D. 1603, confirmed to him his title and estates; but, for alleged political reasons, Hugh O'Neill and Rory O'Donnell, Earl of Tirconnell, were, A.D. 1607, forced to fly from Ireland: they retired to Rome, where Hugh died, A.D. 1616; and Rory or Roderick O'Donnell, A.D. 1617. (See the "Flight of the Earls," in the Appendix.)

For further information in connection with this Hugh O'Neill, see "The Life and Times of Aodh O'Neill, Prince of Ulster; called by the English, Hugh, Earl of Tyrone. With some Account of his Predecessors, Conn, Shane, and Tirlogh." (Dublin: James Duffy. 1845.)

[10] William: This William had three sons and two daughters: the sons were—1. Corlis, m. to a Miss Jenkins; 2. James, m. to a Miss Banfield—family extinct; 3. Henry, d. unm. The eldest daughter m. Edward Herrick, of Belmount, gent.; the youngest, m. Walter MacCarthy, solicitor, a scion of the Blarney MacCarthys.

The second daughter of Corlis m. Mr. McCrate, and d. s.p. McCrate m. secondly to former wife's cousin—a daughter of James. From the following inscription on an obelisk-like monument in the old church-yard of Templemartin, diocese of Cork, we learn that the Baldwin family no longer reside or hold possession in Ireland:

"Sacred to the Memory of Barbara Baldwin and her husband Robert Baldwin, of Summer Hill, near Carrigaline, co. Cork, and afterwards of Annarva, Baldwin's Creek, co. Durham, Upper Canada. She died at Summer Hill, 21st Jan., 1791, 42 years of age, and lies buried here among the ancestors of her husband. He died at City of Toronto (then the town of York), Upper Canada, 24th Nov., 1816, aged 75 years; and lies buried in the grave-yard of St. James's Church in that city. He was the second son of John Baldwin, of Lios-na-Cait, Alderman of Cork. After his wife's death he emigrated with the greater number of their children to Upper Canada, in the years 1798-99. This stone, under the superintendence of his eldest son, Robert Baldwin, is erected to the memory of his much-loved parents by William Warren Baldwin, of Spadina, in the county of York, in Upper Canada, their eldest surviving son, and the present head of the eldest male branch of their descendants, who are all now through the merciful goodness of the Almighty successful and happily settled in that Province—1836."

[11] Payne: This family is not even remotely connected with any other, bearing a like name in Great Britain, or Ireland.
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O'NEILL (No.3)

Princes of Clanaboy [1]

Arms:[2] Per fesse wavy the chief ar. the base representing waves of the sea, in chief a dexter hand couped at the wrist gu. in base a salmon naiant ppr. Crest: An arm in armour embowed the hand grasping a sword all ppr. Motto: Lamh dearg Eirin.

Of the present Hereditary Princes of Clanaboy the Arms are: In chief ar. a dexter hand couped and erect, supported by two lions ramp. surmounted by three mullets, the whole gu., the base waves of the sea ppr. whereon a salmon naiant ppr. The shield is surmounted by a mediaeval princely crown [3] of three strawberry leaves. Crest: A dexter arm in armour embowed ppr. garnished or, holding in the hand a dagger also ppr., pommel and hilt gold. Motto: Coelo, solo, salo, Potentes. War Cry: Lamh dearg Eirin Abú.

In the old graveyard of Lower Langfield, near Drumquin, county Tyrone, there are two tombstones of the O'Neills with the following inscriptions—"Here lieth the body of Fardoragh O'Neill, who departed this life March 20, 1738, aged 99 years." The second—"Here lieth the body of Charles O'Neill, who dyed Desember the 8, 1739, aged 23 years." On the first stone the arms of O'Neill are cut in relief, and agree with the above, except that on the stone the arm embowed has behind it cross bones, (No Arms on the second stone).

The ruins of an old castle of the O'Neills are to be seen in the townland of Kerlish, near the graveyard.

AODH (OR HUGH) DUBH ONEILL, brother of Niall Ruadh, who is No. 112 on the "O'Neill" (No. 2) pedigree, Princes of Tyrone, was the founder of this House.

112. Hugh (6) Dubh O'Neill [4] (d. 1230): son of Hugh an Macaomh Teinleasg; surnamed "dubh," because he was dark-featured; was 12th in descent from Niall Glundubh, the 170th Monarch of Ireland; was Sovereign Prince of Tyrone, and King of Ulster, A.D. 1186. He defeated the English at Dungannon, in 1199; and in 1210 visited King John at Carrickfergus, but made no submission to him. Hugh Dubh m. and was succeeded by his son:

113. Donal (4) surnamed Oge (or the young); slain A.D. 1234.

114. Hugh (7), surnamed "Buidhe"[5] (or yellow), in Irish "Aodh Buidhe:" son of Donal Oge; was Prince of Tirowen from A.D. 1260 to 1283, when he died. From him is derived the name "Clanaboy" which in Irish was Clan Aodh Buidhe, meaning the "Clan of Yellow Hugh;" by which designation the territories which said Hugh then brought under his dominion have been known to this day. The House of Clanaboy maintained its sovereign rights down to the time of James I., of England; and such was its power in the time of Henry VIII., that (according to Cox, quoted by MacGeoghagan,) its representatives recovered from the English not only the territories called the "Clanaboys" and the "Ards," but also a tributary tax from "the British authorities of the Pale."

The Annals of the Four Masters record this Prince's death in the following terms:

"Hugh O'Neill, the fair Prince of Tyrone, the head of the generosity and valour of the Irish, the most distinguished man in the North for gifts and for wealth, the most dreaded and victorious of his House, and a worthy Heir to the Throne [6] of Ireland, was killed by Bernard MacMahon." . . .

Hugh (6) Buidhe O'Neill was succeeded by his eldest son:

115. Brian (1), or Bernard, Sovereign Prince of Tyrone and of Clanaboy, A.D. 1291, who was slain in 1295, and was succeeded by his son:

116. Henry (1), Sovereign Prince of Clanaboy, who was succeeded by his son:

117. Muriertach or Murtagh (7), anglicé Maurice, who was surnamed Ceannfada (meaning "long-headed" or prudent). He was Sovereign Prince of Clanaboy; lord of the baronies of Castlereagh, and Lower Ards, in the county Down; of the baronies of Tuam (now "Toome"), Antrim, Belfast, and Massarene; of the towns of Carrickfergus, Belfast, and Lisnegarry; and of the barony of Loghlinslin,[7] in the county Derry. He died A.D. 1395, and was succeeded by his son:

118. Brian (2), surnamed Ballach (or "freckled"). He was Sovereign of Clanaboy, and lord of the lordships over which his father had held sway. Having obtained several victories over the English and the O'Neill of Tyrone, this Brian was slain in 1425, under which date his death is recorded by the Four Masters, thus:

"Brian Ballach, the most distinguished man of his time for hospitality, goodness, and learning, and the knowledge of many sciences, was killed by the people of Carrick."

It was this Brian who imposed an eric on the English of Carrickfergus, Carlingford, etc., called "Brian Balla's eric," which was paid until it was by Act of Parliament discontinued in the reign of Henry VIII., and by Proclamation in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. He was succeeded by his son:

119. Hugh (8) Buidhe, Sovereign Prince of Clanaboy, whose name is honourably mentioned by the Four Masters. Had three brothers—1. Murtagh Ruadh, 2. Henry Caoch, [8] 3. Niall Galdha. This Hugh occupied an important position in the wars of his time; and was slain in 1444. He was m. to Finola, dau. of Charles O'Connor, lord of Offaley; she died a Nun in the Convent of Killeigh, in 1493. He was succeeded by his eldest son:

120. Conn (1) or Constantine, of Edendubh-carrig, Sovereign Prince of Clanaboy. Edendubhcarrig means "the brow of the dark rock," and was the name of the castle and domains where this Prince usually resided on the borders of Lough Neagh. In more modern times, as will be seen hereafter, this name was changed for that of Shane's Castle, when the estates passed under British influence to a junior branch of the family. This Conn is styled by the Four Masters: "Worthy heir to the throne of Ulster," and his death is by them recorded under A.D. 1482.

121. Niall (5), surnamed Mór (or the Great): son of Conn; married Innedubh, dau. of O'Donel Roe.[9] This Niall was celebrated for his valour and religion; the Annals of the Four Masters affirm that in 1497 the Convent of Carrickfergus was founded by him, by permission of the Holy See, for the benefit of the monks De Minor. de Observantia. The same Annals also mention him as the proprietor of the Castle of Edendubhcarrig, as well as the Castle of Carrickfergus. He died on the 11th of April, 1512, and, according to the Four Masters, "was a pious and learned Prince, able in the sciences of history, poetry, and music." He had four sons whose names appear in history in the following order: 1. Hugh,[10] whose descent is extinct, and who died Sovereign Prince of Clanaboy in 1524; 2. Brian Ballagh, of whom presently; 3. Niall Oge,[11] who died Sovereign Prince in 1537, and whose posterity ended with the late Miss O'Neill of Banville; 4. Phelim Baccagh, who never became Sovereign Prince of Clanaboy, but whose son Brian (known as Brian MacPhelim O'Neill) was renowned as such. This Phelim Baccagh, fourth son of Niall Mór, was the ancestor of the Lords O'Neill, of Shane's Castle, to whose branch of the family the estates of Edendubhcarrig devolved under British influence. (See Ware, quoted by O'Donovan in the Four Masters under the year 1555.) Brian MacPhelim's son, Shane, changed the name of Edendubhcarrig to "Shane's Castle," after his own name, and was chosen by the English Government for "Captain of Clanaboy," on the grounds that "he was a modest man that speaketh English;" which shows that it was no particular right on Shane's part, but merely his friendly disposition towards the English, that was the cause of their preference in his favour. (See State Papers, Vol. CIV., 28, August 23rd, 1583). Shane's son Henry conformed to the Protestant religion; was knighted, and got a patent from King James I., of the estates of "Shane's Castle;" and thus the old family domains of Edendubhcarrig passed to the posterity of the fourth son of Niall Mór, to the prejudice of the senior branch of the family who clung to the Catholic Faith.

122. Brian (3) Ballagh: second son of Niall Mór; was, according to the Four Masters, slain in 1529, by MacQuillan, "who went out of Carrickfergus in company and friendship with him." According to a letter from Captain Piers, serving in Ireland, to Secretary Walshingham, and dated 12th June, 1580, in the Second Volume of State Papers for Ireland (apud, A.D. 1580), this Prince for some time enjoyed the sovereignty of Clanaboy. That letter contains the following paragraph:

"O'Neill (Tyrone) was encamped before the town of Carrickfergus and the colour (or pretext) of his coming was to demand certain buying for one Brian Ballagh O'Neill, sometime Lord of Clanaboy, a kinsman of his, who was killed by the townsmen of Carrickfergus about sixty years past; and the buying forgiven by Sir Bryan McPhelim, in his life-time, and now, as it seemeth, newly revived by O'Neill."

That extract from the letter of Captain Piers shows that Brian MacPhelim O'Neill, representative of the junior branch of the Clanaboy family, courted British protection, and hastened to ignore the buying, and throw into oblivion the traditions of his senior kinsman.[12] Brian (3) Ballagh O'Neill [13] m., first, dau. of O'Neill, Prince of Tyrone; and, secondly, Sibile, dau. of Maguire of Fermanagh. His son by the first marriage was his successor:

123. Murtagh (8), Hereditary Prince of Clanaboy. A Memoir on the State of Ireland by Lord Chancellor Cusack, in 1552, states of this Murtagh: "In Clanaboy is one Murtagh Dulenach, one of the O'Neills, who hath the name as Captain of Clanaboy, but he is not able to maintain the same; he hath eight tall gentlemen to his sons and (yet) they cannot make past twenty-four horsemen. There is another sept in that country of Felim Baccagh's sons, tall men, which taketh part with Hugh McNeill Oge, till now of late." This again shows that, despite his efforts, Murtagh's power was fast declining, under the unceasing persecution of his junior kinsmen, the sons of Niall Oge and of Felim Baccagh, who, as we have already shown, enjoyed British preference and support. Murtagh, like his father, was a strenuous Roman Catholic, and, evidently, this circumstance did not contribute to make them favourites of the English. He married, Margaret, dau. of O'Byrne, of Wicklow, and had:

124. Daniel (5), who had:

125. Constantine (2), whose son and successor was:

126. Felix (1), who married a dau. of O'Neill of Kilultagh. He distinguished himself as Colonel under the celebrated Owen Roe O'Neill, in 1649; and was succeeded by his son:

127. Ever (1), who joined the National movements of the time; and married Catherine, daughter of Ever O'Neill, of Killitragh, ancestor of O'Neill, of Austria, Counts of the Holy Roman Empire, etc. He had a son:

128. Felix (2), who was an officer in Lord Galmoy's regiment for James II. He was deprived of the remnant of his family estates, under the persecution generally suffered by Roman Catholics in those Penal days in Ireland; and, after the surrender of Limerick, he followed King James II. to the Continent, and died on the field of battle of Malplaquet, on the 13th September, 1709, as an officer of the Irish Brigade. He was twice married: first, to Catherine Keating; and, secondly, to a dau. of O'Dempsey, Viscount Clanmaliere; he left only one son by his first marriage, namely Constantine.

129. Constantine (3), the said son of Felix (2); was a Citizen of Dublin, who married Cecilia, dau. of Felix O'Hanlon, a Capt. of Infantry in the Army of James II., who was the son of Colonel Edmond O'Hanlon, who is No. 125 on the "O'Hanlon" (Lords of Orior) pedi-gree. Constantine had three sons and seven daughters; the eldest son was:

130. John, who settled in Portugal, and purchased an estate on the left bank of the river Tagus, near Almada, in front of Lisbon. He is mentioned by the Italian traveller G. Barretti, in his Letterre Famigliari. In 1750 he m. Valentina, dau. of José Ferreira, a landed proprietor in the environs of Lisbon, from whose family descended maternally the families of Palyart, Clamanse, and of the French general De Negrier. This John had several sons and daughters; amongst the latter—Cecilia and Anna who both took the veil, and became successively Prioresses of the Convent of Irish Sisters of Bone Successo, near Lisbon, where they died and lie buried. Two of the sons d. without issue; and he was succeeded in the seniority of the name by his youngest son:

131. Charles, who was educated at the College of St. Omer, in France. He married in 1784 Anna-John, daughter of Jacob Torlade (Consul of the Hanseatic Cities at St. Ubes), son of Henry Torlade, a Judge and Banker in Hamburg in 1713, whose Coat of Arms is described under that date in the City Registers. Charles O'Neill possessed extensive landed property at St. Ubes and Lisbon; and received at his house at St. Ubes the visit of the King of Portugal, John VI. and his daus. the Infantas.[14] He was a Knight of the Order of Christ. He left three sons—1. José-Maria, 2. Joaquin, and 3. Henry; and several daus., all of whom left issue; the eldest son being also represented in the male line by the now (1887) existing members of the family.

NOTES

[1] Clanaboy: In modern times some representatives of this family assumed the title-name of Castlereagh.

[2] Arms: In the earlier part of the history of the "O'Neill" (of Ulster) family the Arms were (as in "O'Neill" No. 1), the Red Right Hand, which a writer in Queen Elizabeth's time, designated as "that terrible cognizance;" and from which is derived the war-cry: Lamh dearg Eirin Abú, or "The Red Hand of Eirin for ever." In fact this warlike symbol is Ireland's heraldic emblem, par excellence: and is for her what the Roses are for England, and the Fleur-de-lis for France. The "O'Neill" Arms in this simple form appear in the ancient heraldic records; and we have it in the beautiful silver signet belonging to Hugh O'Neill (d. 1364), and described in p. 64 of Vol. I. of Ulster Journal of Archaeology. At a later period the Coat of Arms displays a greater number of figures, and we successively meet with the salmon (attributed to the O'Neill dominion over Lough Neagh), and more lately the mullets; and it is in the latter complete form that we find it used by Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, who had it represented in mosaic in natural colours on the tombstone of his son, at St. Pietro in Montorio, Rome; and also by Sir Daniel O'Neill, and the celebrated Owen Roe O'Neill, whose signet seal was discovered by the Rev. James Graves in the "evidence chamber" of Kilkenny Castle. It is this more elaborate display that the branches of the House of "O'Neill" of Clanaboy who emigrated to the Continent have adopted, and with it the parlant Motto of "Coelo, Solo, Salo, Potentes." We are told that in the archives of Shane's Castle, Antrim, an old MS. refers to this Motto: truly a fit one to revive the proud traditions of a family which, for the number of its Saints, of its Kings, and of its Heroes, can be said to be qualified as great in Heaven and on Earth. We cannot trace any origin for the mullets in the Arms of this family, we can only say that they are met with in the Arms of several other Irish families. As to the salmon it seems to be of a remote origin: it is on the tombstone of Cumagh-na-nGall O'Cahan (see No. 110 on the "O'Cahan" pedigree), who was Sovereign Prince of Limavady, in the latter end of the thirteenth century, and who was buried in the church of Dungiven; for, the "O'Cahan" family is an off-shoot of the "O'Neill," which explains the identity of this heraldic figure in their Arms!

[3] Crown: This Crown is no heraldic one. Crowns are believed to have been unknown to native Irish heraldry; but the House of O'Neill having maintained its sovereign honours down to the 17th century, a mediaeval princely crown was logically adopted by its more modern representatives, and is the one we meet with in the family signets of the last century. Although crowns and coronets were not adopted as an heraldic emblem in the display of the coat of Arms of the ancient Irish, they were in use as regal ornament, but their shape was apparently not subordinate to any heraldic rules. One of these crowns, found in 1692 under ground in Barnanely, is of pure gold, and is described by Dr. Petrie in the Dublin Penny Journal. On the tomb of Felim O'Connor, in Roscommon, and on that of Connor O'Brien (both reigning Princes), another form of Crown appears, which was in use in England and on the Continent by Sovereign Princes, till the 15th century.

[4] Hugh (6) Dubh O'Neill: Some authorities assume that Hugh Dubh O'Neill was the elder and not the younger brother of Niall Ruadh; that therefore, the Clanaboy branch of the "O'Neill" would be the senior; and, as such, the representative of Kinelowen.—See No. 111 on the "O'Neill" (No. 1) pedigree.

[5] Buidhe: In A.D. 1275, the English Municipality of Carrickfergus mention Aodh Buidhe O'Neill to King Edward I. of England, as: "Ad. O'Neill regem de Kinelowen." (See O'Callaghan's Irish Brigades in the Service of France.) Among the splendid collections of Lord Braye, there exists a beautiful silver seal, with the O'Neill badge carved thereon, and the legend: "Sigillum Adonis O'Neill, Regis Hiberniae coram Ultoniae," attributed to Hugh O'Neill.

The Clan of this Aodh (or Hugh) Buidhe passed the river Ban into Eastern Ulster or Antrim and Down; and wrested from the mixed population of old natives and the descendants of the English settlers, the territory hence designated "Clanaboy" or the Clan of Yellow Hugh.

The "Clanaboy" territory was divided into north and south; the former situated between the rivers Ravel and Lagan, embracing the modern baronies of the two Antrims, two Toomes, two Belfasts, Lower Massarene, and county of the town of Carrickfergus; the latter, south of the river Lagan, including the present baronies of Upper and Lower Castlereagh. Upon the hill of Castlereagh, about two miles from Belfast, was the stone chair on which the Rulers of the Clanaboy principality (of which Conn O'Neill, in the reign of James the First, was the last chief) were inaugurated. From the chieftain-line of this second "Hy-Niall," sprang the last lineal representative of the Clanaboy branch of the O'Neill in Ireland: namely, The Right Honourable John Bruce, Richard O'Neill, third Viscount and Baron O'Neill, of Shane's Castle, County Antrim; a Representative Peer of Ireland; General in the Army; Vice-Admiral of the Coast of Ulster; and Constable of Dublin Castle: b. at Shane's Castle, Dec., 1780; and deceased, February, 1855, in his 75th year. His estates devolved to the Rev. William Chichester, Prebendary of St. Michael's, Dublin, who hence took the name of "O'Neill;" and was, A.D. 1868, in the Peerage of Great Britain and Ireland, created "Baron O'Neill," of Shane's Castle, County of Antrim.—O'CALLAGHAN. (See the "O'Neill" (No. 4) pedigree, p. 736, infra.)

[6] Heir to the Throne: According to the Laws of Tanistry, all the members of the House of O'Neill were eligible to the Monarchy, as well as to the Chieftainship of any of the Principalities belonging to the family. They had therefore a right to be styled Heirs to the Throne of Ireland, and of Ulster; Hereditary Princes of Tyrone, of Clanaboy, etc.

[7] Loghlinslin: A very interesting relic of the regal power of the Princes of Clanaboy was to be seen some years ago in the house of a gentlemen of elegant tastes, namely, Mr. R. C. Walker, of Granby Row, Dublin. It was, according to Dr. Petrie, the coronation chair of their sovereigns.

[8] Henry Caoch: According to the Rev. Dr. Reeves, this Henry was a brother and not a son of Brian Ballach; but, according to Burke's "Vicissitudes of Families," Henry Caoch was son of Brian Ballach, No. 118. A lineal descendant of said Henry was Sir Francis O'Neill, who was married to a Miss Fleming, and who, being a Roman Catholic, "was robbed of his property in the course of law." Sir Francis then took a farm, but having a large family of fourteen children, he became encumbered with debt and was again ejected. His eldest son Henry went to Spain and served in his relative's regiment; last heard of in 1798. Another son John m. Catherine Murtagh, and had Francis, who, in 1859, was a working mill-wright in Drogheda. Another of the sons was James, who was a working baker in Dublin, and who d. in 1800. And Bryan, the youngest son, served as a soldier for many years in the Peninsula, etc.; was chief officer of the Newgate guard in 1830, and on its break up he took the house No. 95, Cook-street, where he resided in 1859, and where his eldest son carried on the business of a coffin-maker. (That son's name was Francis, who, in 1868, was the keeper of the Cork Model School, and who then had several children.)

[9] O'Donel Roe: The O'Neills and O'Donels often intermarried. They were worthy of each other for their pedigrees. On the Continent these two families always met with due consideration. In Austria, an O'Donnell married in 1754 a cousin of the Empress Maria Theresa, with the latter's consent; such was the esteem his pedigree was held in. As an illustration of the high consideration entertained for the Irish pedigrees on the Continent, we may quote the opinion of a learned French writer, M. Julés Paulet, du Parais, who, in his Manuel Complet du Blason, says: "L'aristocracie Anglaise in elle est la plus forte et la plus vivace de toute, est aussi de toute la plus nouvelle. Ses plus hautes pretentions ne remontent guére qu'aux Plantagenets, et l'on considére comme tres anciennes les races dont l'Illustration date des guerres des deux Roses. Comparez a ces généalogies celles des families patriciennes de Venise des grandesses Espagnoles, de ritters Allemands, celles de la noblesse Celtique d'Irlande, des O'Neills, des O'Brien, des O'Connor, voise celles des grands barons Francais contemporains de Charlemagne, et vous n'aurez qu'une médiocre estime pour les origines de la noblesse Britannique. Le sang des Howards lui-meme ne nous semblera pas aussi precieux."

[10] Hugh: This Hugh had Niall, who had Niall Oge of Killelagh, county Antrim; (his patent, A.D. 1606: Calendar Patent Rolls, Jac. I., p. 94; and Erck, p. 285), and Hugh, who was joined by his brother in the patent of 1606, and who (or his son; was the Hugh Mergach of the Inquisition, temp. King Charles I. (See Montgomery MSS., p. 137.

[11] Niall Oge: This Niall was the ancestor of Sir Daniel O'Neill (died 1669), who was Chamberlain to King Charles I., and Page of Honour to Charles II. The descent was as follows:

122. Niall Oge: son of Niall Mór. Had three sons—1. Aodh, of Belfast, slain 1555; 2. Conn; 3. Brian Ferlagh.

123. Brian Ferlagh (or Faghartach): son of Niall Oge; slain, 1548.

124. Niall: his son; 1577.

125. Conn, of Castlereagh: son of Niall; made a grant of Land in 1606; m. Ellice O'Neill. Had two sons—1. Hugh Buidhe [boy], 2. Conn Oge.

126. Conn Oge: his son; killed in 1643 at the Battle of Clones, after quarters had been granted.

127. Sir Daniel O'Neill: his son. Chamberlain to Charles I., and Page of Honour to Charles II. Married Lady Catherine Stanhope, widow of Henry Stanhope, son of Philip, first Earl of Chesterfield—According to the Rev. Dr. Reeves, this Sir Daniel was son of Conn Oge; but, according to the Montgomery MSS., p. 321, Sir Daniel was Conn Oge's brother.

[12] Kinsman: These family dissensions have long since passed away; and we are aware that the late Lord John Bruce Richard Viscount O'Neill, of Shane's Castle, who died in 1855, maintained a very friendly intercourse with his Portugese kinsmen.

[13] O'Neill: Brian Ballagh's descent is traced as follows, in a Pedigree written in Latin upon parchment in 1756, and preserved by the present representatives of the family, as one of the most precious relics of their tradition. This document is authenticated by the then Archbishop of Armagh; the Bishop of Dromore, who vouches "for the constant and not yet interrupted tradition," and his own "certain knowledge of its facts;" and other high Ecclesiastical authorities. All the signatures are legalised, and the whole is certified by the Prothonotary Apostolic, who bears witness in public faith to its truthfulness. In this Pedigree also Brian (3) Ballagh is declared to be, by hereditary right (hereditaria jure), Sovereign of the Upper and Lower Clanaboy.

[14] Infantas: This family has since received the visits of other members of the Portguese Royal Family at their houses at St. Ubes, namely: Queen Donna Maria-II.; King Don Ferdinand; King Don Peter V.; and his brothers Don John; and Don Luis, the present King.
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O'NEILL (No.4)

Of Shane's Castle, County Antrim

The ancient Arms were: Per fess wavy the chief ar. the base representing waves of the sea, in chief a dexter hand couped at the wrist gu. in base a salmon naiant ppr. Crest: An arm in armour embowed the hand grasping a sword all ppr. Motto: Lamh dearg Eirin (The Red hand of Erin).

PHELIM BACCACH, a younger brother of Brian Ballach who is No. 122 on the "O'Neill" (Princes of Clanaboy) pedigree, was the ancestor of this branch of that family.

122. Phelim Baccach: son of Niall Mór; d. 1533; some of whose male descendants are the O'Neills of Ballymoney. Had two sons—1. Hugh,[1] 2. Brian.

123. Brian [2]: his second son; died 1574.

124. John: his son; had a brother named Conn; was twice married—the only issue by the first marriage was Sir Henry O'Neill; this John died 23rd April, 1617.

125. Sir Henry [3]: his son; had a daughter named Rose, who was his only heir, and who married Randal MacDonnell, Earl of Antrim (a quo "Randalstown"), but left no issue. This Sir Henry O'Neill, whose Will is dated the 13th September, 1637, had four brothers—1. Arthur, of Shane's Castle, who was the heir of his brother Henry, in the event of his daughter Rose (Marchioness of Antrim) having no issue; 2. Phelim; 3. Shane Oge, who died without issue, A.D. 1620; and 4. Hugh, who also died, sine prob. Arthur O'Neill, of Shane's Castle, here mentioned, had two sons—1. Charles (no issue recorded); 2. Captain John O'Neill. This Captain John O'Neill had two sons—1. Arthur, who died unmarried, in Flanders, in 1702; and 2. Colonel Charles O'Neill, of Shane's Castle, who died without issue. After this Col. Charles O'Neill's death, Henry O'Neill administered on 10th Sept., 1716, but died s.p. The estates then reverted to "Shane an Franca" (or "French John"), son of Brian, son of Phelim, the second brother of Sir Henry O'Neill, No. 125 on this pedigree.

126. Brian: son of the said Phelim, the second brother of the said Sir Henry O'Neill; had a brother named Arthur.

127. Shane [4] an Franca (or "French John"): son of Brian; Will proved 1739; had two brothers—1. Henry, and 2. Hugh.

128. Henry O'Neill: the eldest son of Shane an Franca; had a dau. Mary, who was his only heir. This Henry had two brothers—l. Charles, who, after Henry's death, took possession of Shane's Castle; 2. Clotworthy, who left no issue. The said Charles died in August, 1769, leaving two sons—1. The Right Hon. John O'Neill, who, on the 25th October, 1793, was created "Baron," and in 1795, "Viscount, O'Neill;" 2. St. John O'Neill. This John Viscount O'Neill left two sons—1. Charles Henry St. John, Viscount (in August, 1800, created "Earl") O'Neill, and 2. John Bruce Richard, Viscount O'Neill [5]—each of whom died without issue. St. John O'Neill, the younger brother of the Right Hon. John, the first "Viscount O'Neill," here mentioned, died in March, 1790, leaving an only child, Mary O'Neill, of whom no issue is recorded.

129. Mary: daughter and only heir of Henry O'Neill (No. 128 on this stem), the eldest son of Shane an Franca; m. to the Rev. Arthur Chichester.

130. Rev. Wm. Chichester, known as "Doctor Chichester:" their son. This William had two sons—1. Sir Arthur Chichester, to whom the Clanaboy Estates were willed, and who died unm.; 2. Rev. Edward Chichester.

131. Rev. Edward: second son of the Rev. William Chichester. This Edward had four sons—1. Rev. William; 2. Rev. Robert, who died in June, 1878; 3. Arthur, who died young, in 1830; 4. Rev. George Vaughan Chichester.

132. Rev. William Chichester, of Shane's Castle: eldest son of the Rev. Edward Chichester; created "Baron O'Neill" (United Kingdom, 1868); d. 18th April, 1883. This Rev. William, Lord O'Neill, had three sons —1. Edward Baron O'Neill; 2. The Hon. Arthur O'Neill, who died unm., in 1870; 3. The Hon. Robert Torrens O'Neill, M.P. for Mid Antrim; and one daughter, The Hon. Anne O'Neill.

133. Edward Baron O'Neill; eldest son of the Rev. William Baron O'Neill; living in 1887. Has had three sons and three daughters, viz.,

I. The Hon. William T. Cochrane, who died in 1882.

II. The Hon. Arthur - Edward Bruce O'Neill.

III. The Hon. Robert-William-Hugh O'Neill.

I. Louisa-Henrietta-Valdevia.

II. Rose-Anne-Mary.

III. Alice-Esmeralda.

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NOTES

[1] Hugh: This Hugh MacFelim O'Neill, lord of Kilultagh, mar. and had: 1. Hugh Oge; 2. Niall, of whom presently; and three other sons, who owned the territory of Kilultagh, in Clanaboy.

2. Niall: son of Hugh MacFelim Baccach; had great disputes with the sons of Sir Brian MacFelim O'Neill respecting territory. (See Antrim Survey.) This Niall m. and had: 1. Niall Oge of Killilagh, and 2. Hugh.

3. Niall Oge of Killilagh (b. 1606): son of Niall; m. and had:

4. Sir Henry (b. 1625), who was knighted in 1666, and who m. and had:

I. Sir Neill, of whom presently.

II. Sir Daniel, who succeeded on the death of his brother, left one daughter who mar. Hugh O'Reilly, of Ballinlough, to whom William III. gave a fortune of £20,000.

I. Rose, who m. Captain Con O'Neill, of the Fews.

5. Sir Neill O'Neill: elder son of Sir Henry; was Colonel of Dragoons in the service of King James II. Sir Neill mar., in 1677, Lady Frances, dau. of the third Viscount Molyneux. He raised and equipped his regiment, and fought with the utmost gallantry at its head, at the Battle of the Boyne, in 1690, when thrice he charged through the river and beat back Schomberg's choicest troops. Here he was wounded in the thigh (according to O'Callaghan), and was carried to Dublin, and thence to Waterford where, by the negligence of his surgeons, he died of his wounds. His tomb is still extant in the ruined church of the Franciscan Abbey in the city of Waterford; it is a limestone flag or slab on the ground inside the church walls; the Arms and Crest of the departed are on it, and, from the inscription, it appears he died on the 8th July, 1690, aged 32 years and 6 months. He left no male heir, but was succeeded in his title by his only brother, Sir Daniel O'Neill. Sir Neill had five daughters, who with their mother retired to their grandmother's relatives—the Talbots of Cartown, county Kildare: 1. Rosa, became wife of Nicholas Wogan, of Rathcoffey, whose daughter and co-heir, Frances, married John Talbot, of Malahide; 2. Anne, married to John Segrave, of Cabra; 3. Mary; 4. Elizabeth. We know not the fifth daughter's name.

[2] Brian: Primogeniture, though not universal, was yet coming into use among the Irish about this time; for, see Notification, in Bagenal's Description of Ulster, of Sir Brian MacFelim having been able to get himself elected Prince of the two Clanaboys, because his elder brother Hugh was held in prison by the English.

[3] Sir Henry: At p. 82 of the MS. Vol. F. 3. 27, in the Lib. of Trin. Coll., Dublin, occurs the following entry: "Martha, dau. of Sir Francis Stafford, governor of Ulster, born ibid. 1599, Oct. 8, was wife to Sir Henry O'Neill of ye Lower Claneboyes, and had issue, Rosey, wife to Sir Randal (MacDonnell), Earl of Antrim. The said Martha d. 19th April, bur. 4th June, 1678, in Carigfergus."

[4] Shane: This was the Shane O'Neill who built the Clanaboy Tomb at Shane's Castle, of the inscription on which the following is a copy: "This Vault was built by Shane, MacBrien, MacPhelim, MacShane, MacBrien, MacPhelim O'Neill, Esq., in the year 1722, for a Burial Place to himself and family of Clanneboy."

[5] John Bruce Richard O'Neill: In connexion with the Seal of John Bruce Richard, Viscount O'Neill (born at Shane's Castle, in December, 1780, and died in February, 1855: see Note "Aodh Buidhe," p. 731, ante), we read from a paper by the Right Rev. Doctor Reeves, in pp. 256-258, Vol. I., of the Ulster Journal of Archaeology, that said Seal was a shield with the right hand extended, supported by two nondescript animals, with the legend: "S Odonis (an attempt to latinize Aodh) O'Neill Regis Hybernicorum Vltonie . . ." The death of this Aodh (or Hugh) O'Neill is recorded in the Annals, under the year A.D. 1364. (See No. 115 on the "O'Neill," Princes of Tyrone, pedigree.) Of that Seal Doctor Reeves says: "This beautiful specimen of the Sphragistic art is the finest work of the kind connected with Ireland which remains, and far exceeds in elegance the other seals of the O'Neill family ... It is to be observed, too, that the hand, as in other early seals of the family, is a Dexter one—the same as that which now (in 1853) appears on the Arms of the present lord. Argent a hand gules was the heraldic characteristic of Baronetcy when created in 1611 and 1619, in consideration of O'Neill's extermination; and it was remarkable to find Sir Bryan O'Neill, of Bakerstown, in 1642, and Sir Henry O'Neill, of Killilagh, in 1666—the one in the English, and the other in the Irish, Baronetage—adopting an achievement which they were supposed to win from themselves. . . . All that is known of its History is, that it came into the hands of Horace Walpole, in the course of the last century, from the neighbourhood of Belfast. This appears from his own description of Strawberry Hill, printed there in 1784."

In p. 64 of said Ulster Journal of Archaeology we read: "A SILVER seal, extremely ancient, of Hugh O'Neill (d. 1364), King of Ulster, brought out of Ireland by Mr. William Bristow."

The Seal of Brian O'Neill, King of Tyrone, from A.d. 1241 to 1260, who was killed at the Battle of Down, in 1260, consists of (apparently), a mounted king with a drawn sword, and the legend:

"S Brien Regis de Kinel Eogain."
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O'NEILL (No.5)

Baron of Dungannon, and Earl of Tyrone


Arms: Ar. two lions ramp. combatant gu. armed and langued az. supporting a sinister hand couped at the wrist gu. in chief three etoiles of the same and in base a salmon naiant ppr. War-cry: Lamh dearg Eirinn. Motto: Coelo, solo, salo, potentes.

ACCORDING to documents in possession of the present representative of this family, the Count de Tyrone, of Paris, is descended from one of the sons of the celebrated Hugh O'Neill, Prince of Tyrone. In the reign of Queen Elizabeth this Hugh (see Note "Hugh," p. 725, ante) exercised the authority of Ard-Righ or Monarch of Ireland, in electing both native and Anglo-Irish chieftains, etc. Commencing with this Hugh, the pedigree is as follows:

122. Hugh, Baron of Dungannon, and Prince and Earl of Tyrone, who, in May, 1588, was inaugurated THE O'NEILL.

123. John: son of Hugh.

124. Patrick: his son; m. Catherine O'Dogherty, and had:

125. James: his son; godson of Dominick O'Donnell, and of Honoria de Burgh. This James, after the accession of James II., of England, settled in the Island of Martinique.

126. Henry: son of James: was born in 1688, in Ireland, and was brought by his father to Martinique, where he died on the 9th October, 1756. He was married on the 25th Sept., 1724, to Rose Plissonnean.

127. James-Henry: son of Henry; m. Mary-Anne Teyssier, and had:

128. Paul-Francis, who m. Anne Louisa Hurlot, and had:

129. James, who married Anne Modeste Hugonnenc, and had:

130. Francis-Henry (second son) O'Neill (living in 1887), Count de Tyrone, who mar. Hermine de la Ponce, and who is, with his younger brother Julien, and his cousin Charles Count O'Neill de Tyrone (unm.) a worthy representative of the branches [1] of the O'Neills, descended from Hugh, the famous Earl of Tyrone. The Count de Tyrone had:

I. Mary-Auguste-Eugenia-Valentine, mar. to Hermann Baron de Bodman ("Grand Duché de Baden").

II. Mary-Anne Margaret.

III. Mary-Anne-Therése, d. unm., 1877.

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[1] Branches: Another branch of this family was worthily represented by Don Juan O'Neill, of Spain, "Le Marquis de la Granja, en Espagne."
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O'NEILL (No.6)

Of Mayo and Leitrim



Arms: Per fess wavy the chief ar. and the base representing waves of the sea, in chief a dexter hand couped at the wrist gu. in base a salmon naiant ppr. Crest: A naked arm embowed, brandishing a sword all ppr. Motto: Haec manus pro patriae pugnando vulnera passa.

HUGH O'NEILL, of the Fews, a brother of Henry who is No. 119 on the (No. 2) "O'Neill" (Princes of Tyrone) pedigree, was the ancestor of O'Neill, of Mayo and Leitrim.

119. Hugh O'Neill; second son of Owen, Prince of Ulster.

120. Art: his son; died 1514.

121. Felim Ruadh, of the Fews: his son; in "rebellion," tempore King Edward the Sixth.

122. Henry, of the Fews: his son.

123. Sir Tirlogh, of the Fews: his son; married Sarah dau. of Sir Tirloch Lynagh O'Neill; died 23rd Feb., 1639.

124. Henry: his son; mar. Mary, dau. of Sir John O'Reilly, of the co. Cavan, Knt. Had a brother Art, m. to Kathleen, dau. of Sir Henry O'Neill, of Kinnaird, co. Tyrone; and three sisters: 1. Kathleen, married to Robert Hovedon of Ballynametah, county Armagh; 2. Jane, married to Colla (MacBrian) MacMahon of Loghgoise, county Monaghan; 3. Rose, married to Felim O'Reilly, of Rathkenny, county Cavan.

125. Tirlogh [1]: his son; transplanted from the Fews to Newcastle, in the county Mayo; died 1676; had a brother named Shane [2]: (or John) O'Neill, of Dungannon, in the county Tyrone. This Shane's son, Thomas, first assumed the sirname MacEoin, MacSeoin, MacSeaain, or MacShane; anglicised Johnson, which has been modernized Johnston, Johnstone, Jackson, Jenkins, Jenkinson, and Fitzjohn.

126. Conn O'Neill, of the Fews: son of the said Tirlogh; was also transplanted to Newcastle, county Mayo.

127. Henry O'Neill, of Foxford, co. Mayo: his son; was a Captain in the Army of King James the Second, A.D. 1689.

128. Neal O'Neill, of Cloon, co. Leitrim: son of Henry; living in 1717.

129. Henry of Carrowrony, co. Mayo: his son; went to France, there studied Law.

130. Neal (also called Nicholas): his son; born in 1734; went to Spain, and there died a Lieutenant-Colonel. This Neal had a brother named Arthur, born in 1736, who also went to Spain, where he was Lieutenant-General.

131. Neal O'Neill: son of Neal; left one daughter named Elinor.

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[1] Tirlogh: Some of the descendants of this Tirlogh O'Neill have changed their sirname to Neale.

[2] Shane: The proper Irish word for "Shane" is Sheaghan ("seah:" Irish, esteem; "an," one who); so that the sirname MacShane or Johnson literally means "the son of the man who was esteemed."
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