Phelim Bacagh O'Neill ( Irish: ''Feidhlimidh Bacach Ó Néill'') was a lord of Clandeboye in 15th-century

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. A son of

Niall Mór O'Neill Niall Mór O'Neill ( Irish: ''Niall Mór Ó Néill'') was a lord of Clandeboye in medieval Ireland. He succeeded his father, Conn O'Neill, to the lordship after his death in 1482. He reigned until his own death in 1512, after which he was succeed ...

, he succeeded his brother Brian Ballagh II to the lordship after his death in 1529. He reigned until his own death in 1533, after which he was succeeded by his brother Niall Oge O'Neill. O'Neill had at least three sons one of whom was

Brian McPhelim O'Neill Sir Brian McPhelim Bacagh O'Neill (died 1574) was Chief of the Name of Clan O'Neill List of rulers of Clandeboye#Lords of Lower Clandeboye, 1556—1600, Lower Clandeboye, an Irish clan in north-eastern Ireland during the Tudor conquest of Ireland ...

who would become lord of Lower Clandeboye. Another was Hugh, whose son

Hugh Óg McHugh O'Neill Hugh is the English-language variant of the masculine given name , itself the Old French variant of '' Hugo (name)">Hugo'', a short form of Continental Germanic Germanic name">given names beginning in the element "mind, spirit" (Old English ). ...

would become lord of a quarter of Lower Clandeboye. O'Neill was the ancestor of the Lords O'Neill of

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. O'Neill's nickname ''bacach'' meant "the lame".

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