Murtagh Dulenagh O'Neill
Murtagh Dulenagh O'Neill (Irish: Muirchertach Duileanach Ó Néill) was a lord of Clandeboye in medieval Ireland. A son of Niall Mór O'Neill, he succeeded his brother, Niall Oge O'Neill, to the lordship of Clandeboye after his death in 1537.[1]
His hold over Clandeboye was gradually weakened by his nephews, the sons of Niall Oge and Phelim Bacagh O'Neill.[2][1] By 1533 he was lord of Clandeboye in name only as his rivals had divided the majority of Clandeboye between them founding the lordships of and . Despite having eight "tall sons", they could only muster twenty-four horsemen between them. As such he was the last of the family to be lord over the entirety of Clandeboye.[1] O'Neill died after 1556, however as a sign of how far his stock had fallen his death was not recorded.[1]
O'Neill was married to Margaret O'Byrne of Wicklow and had a son called Daniel.[2] Another son, Hugh, along with his family retained some land until the seventeenth-century around Toome in south-west modern-day County Antrim, Northern Ireland.[1]
His epithet of Duileanach suggests that he may have been fostered by the O'Doolan's found in what is now the barony of Castlereagh, which was within the Clandeboy domain.
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- ^ a b c d e "O'Neill, Niall Mór". Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Irish Pedigree's; Or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation". Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- Clandeboye
- 16th-century Irish people
- O'Neill dynasty
- Irish nobility stubs