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Shane Edward Robert O'Neill, 3rd Baron O'Neill (6 February 1907 – 24 October 1944) was an Anglo-Irish peer and British Army officer. He served during World War II and was killed in action in Italy.
The second Baron was therefore succeeded by his grandson, Shane O'Neill, 3rd Baron O'Neill (the son of the Hon. Arthur O'Neill). He was killed in action in Italy during the Second World War. The title is currently held by his son, the fourth Baron, who succeeded in 1944.
- Name
- Early Life
- Feuding Within The O'Neill Lordship
- Becoming The O'Neill
- Relationship with The English
- War in Ulster
- Wives
- Descendants: The Mac Shanes
- Defeat and Death
- Cultural Recognition
The name "Shane" is an anglicisation of the Irish name "Séan" (John). Shane's name is given in the Annals of the Four Masters (at M1567.2) as "Sean mac Cuinn, mic Cuinn mic Enri, mic Eocchain" ("John son of Conn, son of Conn, son of Henry, son of Eoin"). Elsewhere in the Annals (e.g. at M1552.7) he is referred to as "Sean Donngaileach Ó Neill". Thi...
Shane was born in or just before 1530, to Conn Bacach O'Neill, chief of the O'Neills of Tyrone, and Sorcha O'Neill, daughter of Hugh Oge O'Neill, chief of the O'Neills of Clandeboye. Shane's mother died while he was very young and Shane, following Gaelic custom, was fostered by the O'Donnelly family, who raised him until adulthood. As the youngest ...
The English, since the late 1530s, had been expanding their control over Ireland, this century-long effort is known as the Tudor conquest of Ireland. To incorporate the native Irish lordships, they granted English titles to Irish lords—thus making Conn Bacach O'Neill, Shane's father, the first Earl of Tyrone. However, whereas in Gaelic custom the s...
Shane was inaugurated as the O'Neill. In English law, this was an illegal usurpation of the rulership of Ulster. But according to Gaelic Irish law (derbfine), Shane had every claim to be chief of the name. The case for Mathew's disqualifying status under both English and Irish law, as an affiliated member of the family rather than as an actual son ...
Although the O'Neill had allied himself against the English with the Scottish MacDonnell clan, who had settled in Antrim, Queen Elizabeth I, on succeeding to the English throne in 1558, was inclined to come to terms with the O'Neill, who after his father's death functioned as de facto head of the dynasty. She accordingly agreed to recognise his cla...
There were at this time three powerful contemporary members of the O'Neill dynasty in Ireland—Shane O'Neill himself, Sir Turlough and Brian, 1st Baron of Dungannon. Turlough had been elected tanist (successor) when Shane was inaugurated as the O'Neill, and hoping to supplant him. During Shane's absence in London, Turlough assassinated his principal...
The custom among the nobility of sixteenth-century Ireland was for marriage to be undertaken to cement political alliances between powerful or enemy families. If the alliance fell apart, the wife could return to her father in a form of political divorce. All Shane's marriages were of this type. His first wife was Catherine, the daughter of James Ma...
Shane had at least ten sons by his wives, as well as possible other offshoots. Many of them were fostered in O'Neill relations and vassals after their father's death, and they became the rival force to Hugh O'Neill in his climb to power in the 1580–1600 time frame. His known children were: 1. Shane Og, whose mother was Catherine MacDonnell. He was ...
Failing in an attempt to arrange terms, and also in obtaining the help which he solicited from France, the O'Neill was utterly routed by the O'Donnells again at the Battle of Farsetmore near Letterkenny; and seeking safety in flight, he threw himself on the mercy of his enemies, the MacDonnells. Attended by a small body of gallowglass, and taking h...
Antrim GAA has a Gaelic Athletic Association club named in his honour, Shane O'Neill's GAC, founded by the solicitor and antiquarian Francis Joseph Bigger. It is situated on the outskirts of Glenarm village in Feystown and has over 100 members. Shane O'Neill's hurling club was the first official GAA club in Glenarm, founded in 1903 using land donat...
- 1559–1567
- Conn Bacach O'Neill
- 1559, Tullyhogue
- Sir Turlough Luineach O'Neill
Shane Edward Robert O'Neill, 3rd Baron O'Neill (6 February 1907 – 24 October 1944) was an Anglo-Irish peer and British Army officer. He served during World War II and was killed in action in Italy. O'Neill was born on 6 February 1907 to The Hon, Arthur O'Neill and his wife Lady Annabel...
24 ott 2019 · Lieutenant Colonel Shane Edward Robert O'Neill was the 3rd Baron O'Neill of Shane's Castle, Co. Antrim. He was a Commanding Officer of the North Irish Horse during their time in Italy in 1944. Date of Birth. 6th February 1907. Date of Death. 24th October 1944.
6 years ago Author: Claire Ridgway. 2 Comments. Born in about 1530, Shane O’Neill (Seán Mac Cuinn Ó Néill) was the youngest son of Conn Bacach O’Neill, Earl of Tyrone. His father was forced to recognise Henry VIII as his overlord and monarch, acknowledging his laws and supremacy and agreeing to renounce the Pope.
Casualty of WWII,he was Lord O'Neill, the 3rd Baron O'Neill,Lord Lieutenant of County Antrim, Ireland, and the son of the late Captain, The Honourable Arthur Edward Bruce O'Neill, M.P.,and of Lady Annabel Hungerford O'Neill, of South Kensington, London.
