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Dungannon was the clan's main stronghold. The traditional site of inauguration for 'The O'Neill' was Tullyhogue Fort, an Iron Age mound some four miles northeast of Dungannon. The clan O'Hagan were the stewards of this site for the O'Neills. In the 14th century the O'Neills built a castle on what is today known as Castle Hill; the location was ...
Hugh O'Neill, 4th Baron Dungannon [1] [2] [3] (c. 1585 – 24 September 1609) was an Irish nobleman. He was the son and heir to Irish Gaelic lord Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, [4] though he predeceased his father. Dungannon accompanied his family and countrymen on the Flight of the Earls, leaving Ireland for mainland Europe.
The Uí Nialláin, or Clan Cernaich, descend from Nialláin, son of Féicc, son of Feidelmid, who was the son of Fiachra Cassán. Their territory lay in the baronies of Oneilland East and West in Co. Armagh, which both derive their name from the Uí Nialláin rather than the O'Neills.
O'Grady Clan are distant relations of the O'Brian Clan. Ó hÁdhmaill The clan are a branch of Cenél nEógain [57] (specifically, Cenél mBinnigh), descendants of Eochu Binneach, the son of Eógan mac Néill. O'Higgins family claim descent from the Southern Uí Néill. Ó Flaithbheartaigh Clan claim descent from the Connachta's Uí Briúin.
Hugh was the second son of Feardorcha "Matthew" O'Neill, 1st Baron Dungannon (c. 1520 –1558) and his wife Siobhán Maguire (died 1600). [25] [26] [27] Hugh's paternal grandparents were clan chief Conn Bacagh O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone (c. 1480 –1559) and Alison Kelly of Dundalk, a blacksmith's wife.
He was granted 120 acres (0.49 km 2) outside the ancestral home in Dungannon in 1611. [citation needed] As planters moved into the territories to the north, the combination of the dense forest and Hugh's reputation kept most new arrivals out. By 1615 he had lost his lands in Dungannon over a struggle with the Lord Lieutenant.
The name O'Neill may come from Niall Glúndub, however the Clann Néill (more commonly known as Clan Neill) takes its name from his grandfather Néill Caille.The O'Neills and MacLaughlins who descend from this branch, were the two principal and most powerful septs of the Cenél nEógain, however the MacLaughlins defeat at the hands of the O'Neills in 1241 led to the O'Neills dominance over the ...
When Conn Bacach O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone surrendered his Irish principality of Tír Eoghain to Henry VIII in 1542, as part of Henry's effort to make his new Kingdom of Ireland into all of Ireland, Henry created him, on 1 October 1542, a week later, Earl of Tyrone; by the patent this was to descend to his eldest, illegitimate, son, Ferdoragh O'Neill and his heirs; he assumed the more ...