The O'Neill

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The O'Neill is the traditional Gaelic title denoting the chief of the powerful O'Neill dynasty of Ulster in Ireland.

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The O'Neill canonical 5
The O’Neill 1

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gaelic chieftaincy
Irish noble title
hereditary title
alternativeName The Ó Néill
linked to: Uí Néill

Ó Néill
associatedWithCountry Ireland
associatedWithDynasty O'Neill dynasty
associatedWithPeople Cenél nEógain
associatedWithProvince Ulster
associatedWithRegion Ulster
category Gaelic-Irish dynasties
Irish titles of nobility
Ulster nobility
denotes chief of the O'Neill dynasty
governingSystem Gaelic clan system
governsClan O'Neill clan
linked to: O’Neill clan
hasCulturalContext Irish
hasEthnicContext Gaelic
hasHeraldry O'Neill coat of arms
historicalStatus Gaelic lord
sovereign chieftain
languageOfTitle Irish Gaelic
linkedConcept Gaelic nobility
Irish chiefs of the name
linkedEvent Nine Years' War
Tudor conquest of Ireland
modernStatus chief of the name
largely ceremonial title
notableTitleHolder Conn O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
Shane O'Neill
recognizedBy Chiefs of the Name (Irish chieftain recognition tradition)
linked to: Irish clans
relatedTitle Baron O'Neill
linked to: Baron O’Neill

Earl of Tyrone
linked to: Earls of Tyrone
successionPrinciple tanistry
symbol red hand of Ulster
linked to: Red Hand of Ulster
timePeriod Middle Ages
early modern period
titleHolderRole clan chief
dynastic head
traditionalTerritory Inishowen
linked to: Inishowen Peninsula

Tyrone

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tír Eoghain linkedTitle The O'Neill
Kingdom of Tyrone rulingTitle The O'Neill
Turlough Luineach O'Neill title The O'Neill
O’Neill of Tyrone titleHeld The O’Neill
linked to: The O'Neill