Eoghan
Mor
"King of Ulster"
O'Neill
Born about in Tyrone, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of Niall Og O'Neill
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Brian Oc O'Neill
Husband of
Catherine (MacMahon) O'Neill
— married
about 1400 (to 1427) in Ireland
Descendants 
Father of
Niall O'Neill, Domnall O'Neill, Eógan O'Neill, Art O'Neill, Éinri mac Eoghain O'Neill, Feidhlimidh Balb O'Neill, Muirchertach O'Neill, Seaán Buide O'Neill, Aodh O'Neill and Brian O'Neill
Died about
at about age 66
in Tyrone, Ireland
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Biography
This profile is part of the O'Neill Name Study.
Born in 1402, the son of Niall Og O'Neill and Una O'Neill [1]
married Catherine MacMahon, daughter of Ardghal MacMahon [2]
Eoghan Mór O'Neill (Owen the Great), King of Tír Eoghan (Tyrone) from 1432 to 1456
- there were four sons [3]
- Henry O'Neill, King of Tír Eógain (Tyrone) from 1455 to 1489 (grandfather of Conn Bacach)
- Aodh O'Neill (his descendants are the O'Neills of Fews)
- Art O'Neill (King of Tyrone 1509–1514) [4]
Died 1456 in Tyrone, and Succeeded by his cousin Hugh Mór O'Neill, the Earl of Tyrone.
Research Notes
This profile is based on Jaski's table 14a & 14b
Clann Name: Cenél nEógain, Ua Neill
Annals
The Annals of Ulster[5]
- AU1456.1 A great tale in Ireland this year: to wit, Ua Neill died; that is, Eogan, son of Niall junior, son of Niall Mor, namely, father of Henry (that is, the Ua Neill).
Sources
- ↑ [1] The Peerage: #546225 : Eoghan O'Neill, King of Ulster
- ↑ [2] The Peerage: #546225 : Eoghan O'Neill, King of Ulster
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%27Neill_dynasty
- ↑ Art O'Neill was a grandfather of Sir Turlough Luineach Ó Neill; The O'Neill Mor 1567–1593, Earl of ClanConnell, and King of Tyrone in the 1570s
- ↑ The Annals of Ulster - CELT
- His profile in the Dictionary of Irish Biography:
- Wikipedia : The O'Neill Dynasty
- Jaski, Bart Genealogical tables of medieval Irish royal dynasties Table-14a & 14b Early Irish Kingship Succession by Jaski, Bart, Published by Four Courts Press, 2013, ISBN 1846824265 ISBN 9781846824265
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