O Neill of Clann na Buidhe / Clannaboy.
O Neill or O Niall - of Clannaboy in Co. Antrim. Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain Clann na Buidhe Sept / Family branch. Ancestors: 115.Aodh Dubh O Niall the Prince / Tanaiste of Tyrone and Cenel nEogain King of Ulster in 1186 AD who defeated the English at Dungannon in 1199 AD, and although he visited King John in 1210 AD he did not submit, He was to die in 1230 AD, and was a brother to 115.Niall Ruadh O Niaill the ancestor of the Princes of Tyrone & Kings of Ulster, His son was;
116, Donnell Oge O Niall who was slain in 1234 AD the who was the father of;
117.Aodh Buidhe - of the Yellow Hair O Niall who was the Prince of Tyrone from 1260 AD until he died in 1283 AD, and the direct male line ancestor of the Clann na Buidhe, and after whom the territory of Clannaboy there in the north - east of the Ulster Province was to known down to James 1st French Stuart English King of England who confiscated 3,500,000 acres of the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill territories in Ulster in 1607 AD. Previously in 1275 AD the Clann na Buidhe / Clannaboy territory was to pass by the River Ban into Eastern Ulster / Co. Antrim / Co. Down where it was divided into north and south, between the River Ravel and the River Lagan, taking in Antrim, Toome, Belfast, Lower Massarene and Carrickfergus, and south of the River Lagan including Upper and Lower Castlereagh. Upon the Hill of Castlereagh 2 miles from Belfast was the stone chair on which 126.Conn O Niall, who was to be the last Cenel nEogain Chief under James 1st, was inaugurated. His son was;
118.Brian O Niall the Prince of Tyrone and Clann na Buidhe in 1291 AD who was slain in 1295 AD whose son was;
119.Henry O Niall the Prince of Clannaboy the father of;
120.Murtough / Muirchertach Ceanfhada the Prince of Clannaboy, Castlereagh and Lower Ards in Co. Down, Toome / Tuam, Antrim, Belfast, Massarene, Carrickfergus, Lisnegarry and Loghlinslin in Co. Derry who was to die in 1395 AD. Their Inauguration Stone was at Loghlinslin. His son was;
121.Brian Ballach O Niall the Chief of Clannaboy, Castlereagh and Lower Ards in Co. Down, Toome / Tuam, Antrim, Belfast, Massarene, Carrickfergus, Lisnegarry and Loghlinslin in Co. Derry who was to defeat the English in many battles, and was also O Niall of Tyrone until he was slain in 1425 AD by the English from Carrickfergus. He had imposed an eric / fine on the English set up at Carrickfergus, Carlingford etc, that would still be paid up until the time of Henry V111, His son was;
122.Aodh Buidhe O Niall the Prince of Clannaboy who was to be slain in 1444 AD after being involved in many battles, and was married to Finola, the daughter of Charles O Connor the Chief of Offaly, and she was to die as a nun in 1493 AD in Killeigh Convent. He had 3 brothers 122.Murtaugh Ruadh - of Red Complexion, 122.Niall Galdha, and 122.Henry Caoch who is the ancestor of Sir Francis O Niall a Catholic Lord who was to be robbed of his property by the English under their Catholic Penal Laws, whose eldest son, Henry O Niall went to Spain and served in O Niall's Regiment there in 1798 AD. John O Niall another son married Catherine Murtaugh and produced Francis who in 1859 AD was in Drogheda, and another son, James died in 1800 AD, while Bryan was his youngest son. and his eldest son was;
123.Conn O Niall, the Prince of Clannaboy, who had Eden Dubh Carrig Castle on the border of Loch Neagh that would be changed to Shane's Castle when the Estates were to pass to a junior Sept who were to be survivors with English support. 123.Conn O Niall died in 1482 AD and was the father of;
124.Niall Mor O Niall who was married to Inne Dubh the daughter of O Donnell Ruadh, had both Carrickfergus Castle and Eden Dubh Carrig Castle, and in 1497 AD founded the Carrickfergus Convent before he was to die in April, 1512 AD. He had 4 sons, 125.Aodh who died as a Prince of Clannaboy in 1524 AD, 125.Niall Oge who also died as a Prince of Clannaboy in 1537 AD who had 3 sons, 126.Aodh of Belfast slain in 1555 AD, 126.Conn, 126.Brian Fertagh / Faghartach slain in 1548 AD. Another son of 124.Niall Mor O Niall was his younger son,
125.Phelim Baccach O Niall who died in 1533 AD, who was to become the ancestor of the O Nialls of Bally Money and the O Nialls - of Shane's Castle as he had 2 sons, 126.Aodh O Niall the Chief of Kilultagh whose had 127.Aed Oge, 127.Niall and 3 other sons who had territory at Kilultagh in Clannaboy. 126.Brian O Niall his younger son who died in 1574 AD, was the father of 127.Conn, and 127.Shane O Niall who was married twice, was to die in April 1617 AD, after he had gained the Eden Dubh Carrig Estates with English support. He changed the castle's name to Shane's Castle and was chosen by the English as the Captain of Clannaboy because he spoke English, His son from his first marriage , Sir 128.Henry became a non - Catholic and was knighted by James 1st the French Stuart English King who gave him the Shane's Castle Estates against the rights of the senior branch of the O Nialls - of Clannaboy who had remained Catholic. He had a daughter, 129.Rose who married Randal Mac Donnell the Earl of Antrim who left no issue. He also had 4 brothers, 128.Arthur, 128.Phelim, 128.Shane Oge who died in 1620 AD and and 128.Arthur who had 2 sons, 129.Charles and 129.Captain John O Niall who also had 2 sons, who was killed in Flanders in 1702 AD and Colonel Charles O Niall .
124.Niall Mor O Niall's other son was;
125.Brian Ballach O Niall who was the Prince / Tanaiste of Clannaboy for while, who first married the daughter of O Niall the Prince of Tyrone and after she died, Sybille the daughter of Maguire of Fermanagh. He was slain in 1529 AD by Mac Quillan, and his son from the daughter of O Niall - of Tyrone was;
126.Murtaugh Dulenach O Niall who married Margaret the daughter of O Byrne - of Co. Wicklow and was the father of;
127.Daniel O Niall the father of 128.Constantine O Niall the father of;
129.Felix O Niall who married the daughter of O Niall of Kilultagh and was a Colonel under Owen Roe O Niall in 1649 AD, and the father of;
130.Ever O Niall who married Catherine the daughter of Ever O Niall of Killitragh the ancestor of the O Nialls of Killitragh and the O Nialls of Austria, the father of;
131.Felix O Niall who was an officer in James 11's Regiment who was deprived of his territory under the English Catholic Penal Laws after The Violated Treaty of Limerick, and he went to the Continent with James 11 and was killed in battle at Malplaquet in September 1709 AD as an officer in the Irish Brigade. He had married Catherine Keating and after she died he married a daughter of O Dempsey the Heremonian Cu Corb Viscount Clanmalier, and was the father of;
132.Constantine whose mother had been Catherine Keating, and he was married to Cecilia the daughter of Felix O Hanlon, producing 3 sons and 7 daughters and was a Captain in James 11 army, and the father of 133.John O Niall his oldest son, who migrated to Portugal and settled on the River Tagus near Lisbon.
O Neill - of Shane's Castle in Co. Antrim. Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain Sept / Family branch, Ancestors: 124.Niall Mor O Neill the father of 125.Phelim Baccach O Neill who died in 1533 AD who was the ancestor also of the O Neills - of Bally Money who was a younger brother of 125.Brian Ballach O Neill the Prince / Tanaiste of Clannaboy, above, and the father of 2 sons, 126.Sir Brian O Neill and 126.Hugh O Neill the Prince of Kilultagh the father of 127.Hugh Oge, 127.Niall and 3 other sons who had territory at Kilultagh in Clannaboy. Later on 126.Sir Brian O Neill was able to get himself elected the Chief of the two Clannaboy Septs because his older brother, 126.Hugh O Neill was being held prisoner by the English in Dublin Castle. 126.Sir Brian O Neill who died in 1574 AD was to be the father of 127,John O Neill who died in April, 1617 AD, who had a brother 127.Conn, and was married twice, and from his first marriage he only produced 128.Sir Henry O Neill, whose daughter, 129.Rose was to be his only heir, who married Randal Mac Donnell the Earl of Antrim, but left no issue. He also had 4 half - brothers from the second marriage of his father, 128.Arthur O Neill of Shane's Castle who was his male heir, Phelim, Shane Oge who died in 1620 AD without issue, and Hugh who died also. 128.Arthur - of Shane's Castle was to be the father of 2 sons, Charles - no issue. and Captain John O Neill who had 2 sons, Arthur who died in Flanders in 1702 AD and Colonel Charles O Neill - of Shane's Castle who also died without issue. Henry O Neill then took over the Estates in September, 1716 AD, but also died, and the Estates went to 130.Shane an Franca / French John who died in 1739 AD who had 2 brothers, 130.Hugh, and 130.Henry the eldest who had a daughter, Mary his only heir. 131.Henry O Neill the son of 130.Shane an Franca had 2 brothers, 130.Charles who took over Shane's Castle after his death who died in 1769 AD who had 2 sons, 131.John O Neill who in 1793 AD was created a Baron by the English and in 1795 AD a Viscount, and 131.St. John O Neill who left 2 sons, and 130.Clotworthy - no issue They were sons of 129.Brian, who had another brother, Arthur who were sons of 128.Phelim the second brother. Niall O Neill the son of Hugh Mac Phelim Baccach O Neill was to be in dispute with the sons of Sir Brian Mac Phelim O Neill, in regard to the Estates, and he was to be the father of Hugh, and Niall Oge O Neill of Kilultagh who was born in 1606 AD, and was to be the father of Sir Henry O Neill who was born in 1625 AD and knighted by the English in 1666 AD who was to be the father of Rose who married Captain Conn O Neill - of the Fews, Sir Niall O Neill who was the Colonel of Dragoons under James 11, who in 1677 AD married Francis the daughter of the third Viscount Molyneux, and fought in the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 AD against the William of Orange Invasion, and died at 32 years of age from his wounds and was interred in the Waterford Franciscan Abbey in September 1690 AD. He left behind 5 daughters, His other son, Sir Daniel O Niall was to succeed him and have only one daughter who married Hugh O Reilly of Ballinough who was supported by William of Orange financially,
O Neill - of Dungannon in Co. Tyrone. Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain Sept / Family branch, Ancestors: 125.Aodh Dubh / Black Hugh O Niall the Earl of Dungannon and second Earl of Tyrone who was inaugurated The O Niall in 1588 AD. 126.John O Niall, his son, was the father of; 127.Patrick O Niall who married Catherine O Doherty and was the father of 128.James O Niall who after the accession of James 11 was to settle on the island of Martinique, but whose son, 129.Henry O Niall was born in 1699 AD in Ireland, but died in Martinique in 1756 AD who was married to Rose Plissonnean and was the father of 130.James Henry O Niall who married Mary Anne Teyssier and was the father of 131.Paul Francis O Niall who married Anne Louisa Hurlot, and was the father of 132.James O Niall who married Anne Modeste Hugonnene and was the father of 133.Francis Henry O Niall his second son the Count de Tyrone.
O Neill - of Co. Mayo & Co. Leitrim. Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain Sept / Family branch, Ancestors: 122.Aodh O Niall - of the Fews, who died in 1514 AD, who was a brother to 122.Henry O Niall of Ulster, 123.Art O Niall the father of 124.Felim Ruadh O Niall who rebelled against the oppression of Henry V1 the King of of England, the father of 125.Henry O Niall - of the Fews the father of 126.Sir Turlough O Neill - of the Fews who died in 1639 AD and was married to Sarah the daughter of Sir Turlough Luineach O Niall, and was the father of 127.Henry O Niall who married Mary the daughter of Sir John O Reilly - of Co. Cavan. He had a brother 127.Art who married Kathleen the daughter of Sir Henry O Neill of Kinnard in Co. Tyrone, and 3 sisters, Kathleen marred to Robert Hovenden / Ovington of Bally na Metah in Co. Armagh, Jane who married Colla Mac Brian Mac Mahon of Loghgoise in Co. Monaghan, Rose who married Felim O Reilly of Rath Kenny in Co. Cavan. 128.Turlough O Niall who died in 1676 AD was transplanted from the Fews to Newcastle in Co. Mayo whose brother 128.Shane O Niall was from Dungannon in Co. Tyrone whose son, 129.Thomas O Niall assumed the surname Mac Eoin, with his descendants alternating to Mac Seoin, Mac Seaian, Mac Shane, Johnson, Johnston, Johnstone, Jackson, Jenkins, Jenkinson and Fitz John. 129.Conn O Niall - of the Fews, his son, was also transplanted to Newcastle in Co. Mayo, and was the father of; 130.Henry O Niall of Foxford in Co. Mayo who was a Captain in James 11's army the father of 131.Niall O Niall of Cloon in Co. Leitrim in 1717 AD the father of 132.Henry O Niall of Carrowrony in Co. Mayo who went to France to study Law and was the father of133. Niall / Nicholas who was born in 1734 AD and went to Spain were he died as a Lieutenant Colonel, and whose brother 133.Art who was born in 1736 AD also went to Spain were he was a Lieutenant General. 133.Niall's son was 134.Niall / Neal O Niall who left a daughter Elinor.
Home Page Return to Celtic Heritage On to Neilson - O Neylon