Brian O'Neill (
Irish: ''Brian Ó Néill'') (''c.''1265–1296) was a
king of Tyrone in
medieval Ireland
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. He was the son of
Hugh Boy O'Neill.
In 1291, O'Neill ascended to the kingship of Tyrone after the death of his uncle
Niall Culanach O'Neill with the aid of the de Mandeville and Bisset vassals of
Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster.
Niall Culanach had been killed by his kin; the deposed king of Tyrone,
Donnell O'Neill, son of
Brian O'Neill of the
battle of Down
The Battle of Down, also known as the battle of Drumderg ( Irish: ''Druim Dearg'') took place on or about 14 May 1260 near Downpatrick, in modern-day County Down, Northern Ireland. A Gaelic alliance led by Brian O'Neill (High-King of Ireland) an ...
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In 1295, O'Neill and his Norman supporters were defeated by Donnell O'Neill at the
Battle of Creeve. O'Neill was killed during this battle.
O'Neill's son,
Henry
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, would also become a king of Tyrone and found the lordship of
Clandeboye
Clandeboye or Clannaboy ( Irish ''Clann Aodha Buí'', "family of Hugh the Blond") was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland, comprising what is now south County Antrim, north County Down, and the barony of Loughinsholin. The entity was relatively late in ...
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Clandeboye
13th-century Irish monarchs
O'Neill dynasty
1295 deaths
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