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Con O'Neill (born Robert O'Neill on 15 August 1966) is an English actor. He started his acting career at the Everyman Theatre and became primarily known for his performances in musicals . He received critical acclaim and won a Laurence Olivier Award for playing Michael "Mickey" Johnstone in the musical Blood Brothers .
Conn Bacagh O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone (Irish: Conn Bacach mac Cuinn Ó Néill; c. 1480 – July 1559) was an Irish lord who ruled over Tyrone from 1519 to 1558. In 1541 O'Neill travelled to England to submit to Henry VIII as part of the surrender and regrant policy that coincided with the creation of the Kingdom of Ireland.
Conn O'Neill (d. 1482), lord of Clandeboye in medieval Ireland; Conn O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone (c. 1480–1559), King of Tír Eóghain; Conn O'Neill (died 1601), Irish soldier; Conn O'Neill (prisoner), seventeenth century Irish aristocrat; Conn Ó Néill, head of the Clandeboye O'Neill dynasty
Conn's mother was Tyrone's fourth wife Catherine O'Neill, Countess of Tyrone, of the Magennis family of Iveagh. [8] Conn had two full-brothers, Brian and Shane. [4] [1] According to historian Paul Walsh, "Conn O'Neill is commonly believed to have been Tyrone's youngest son; but he was seven or eight years old in 1609 and consequently born ...
Conn Ó Néill (sometimes anglicised as Con or Constantine O'Neill) was the titular head of the Clandeboye O'Neill dynasty. Life [ edit ] He was born in the Parish of Saint Catherine, Dublin , the only son and successor of the previous Head of the House, Phelim (Felix) O'Neill by his first marriage to Catherine Keating .
Con(n) MacShane O'Neill (1565–1630) was an Irish flaith or Prince of Ulster, the Lord of Clabbye, nobleman, rebel, and political leader in the late 16th century and early 17th century. Conn was the son of the ruling monarch of Ulster at the time, Shane O'Neill, known as "Seán an Diomas" or "Shane The Proud".
Further, with the Oireachtas act of March 2015, which reversed the Attainder of Shane O'Neill from 1569, [40] the family have the recognized legal rights to the historical legacy and incorporeal property of Conn Bacach O'Neill, Shane the Proud, and Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone. [citation needed] Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet of New York
In fact, Don Constantino or Conn McShane O'Neill went to Spain in 1681 to claim the chiefship and regiment from the King of Spain, upon the death of his cousin, Don Bernardo. He carried proofs of his senior descent from Prince Shane O'Neill, but was late to arrive. In the meantime, the King granted the estates to the minor Eugene O'Neill.