Hugh Boy O'Neill
Hugh Boy O'Neill (
Career
In 1259 O'Neill along with Donnell Óg O'Donnell, king of Tyrconnell, led an expedition into Tyrone where his fathers first-cousin Brian O'Neill was king. They burned the country before passing into Airgíalla and taking the hostages of everywhere they went.[2]
He would become king of Tyrone in 1260 after the death Brian at the battle of Down, however his brother Niall Culanach contested the kingship and sized it in 1261, holding it until Hugh Boy expelled him from it in 1262 and killed his main ally, Donnsléibe McCawell. The next year he managed to take the overlordship of the MacMahon's of Airgíalla.[3][2]
O'Neill was assigned as guardian of the marches of the Earldom of Ulster, in which he received a fee for.[3] Around 1263, O'Neill married Eleanor, daughter of Miles de Angulo and cousin of Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster.[2][4] He was also close friends with the keeper of the Crown's lands in north Antrim, Henry de Mandeville.[3]
In 1265 O'Neill accompanied de Burgh in an expedition into Tyrconnell.[2] In a document dated 2 October 1269 O'Neill acknowledged de Burgh as his overlord whom he held his title from. In return O'Neill received de Burgh's aid against his O'Neill and O'Donnell rivals.[4] It was stipulated that if O'Neill broke the agreement that he could be stripped of the kingship with it granted or sold to someone else.[2]
In the early 1270s O'Neill along with some of his sub-chiefs, including
At the
Death and succession
O'Neill reigned until his death in 1283 when he killed by Brian McMahon of Airgíalla and Gilla Ísa O'Reilly.[4][3] O'Neill was succeeded by Donnell O'Neill, son of Brian O'Neill of the battle of Down. His son Brian with the backing of Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster, would replace Donnell as king of Tyrone in 1291.[1][4]
References
- ^ a b "Irish Pedigree's; Or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation". Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Orpen, Goddard H. (30 June 1915), "The Earldom of Ulster: Part IV. Inquisitions Touching Coleraine and Military Tenures (Continued)", The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Sixth Series, 5 (2), Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland: 132–4
- ^ a b c d e f g h "O'Neill, (Ó Néill), Aed Buide". Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Orpen, Goddard H. (31 December 1915), "The Normans in Tirone and Tirconnell", The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Sixth Series, 5 (4), Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland: 275–288
