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 TYRONE. 449 .luring the life of his father, with limitation to the heir apparent of the Earldom."(») He m. Joanna, da. of Constantiue Magkibb. He d. v.p. 1058, being murdered hy order of his legit, br., Shaue O'Neill. His widow M, Henry O'NF.n.r,, of the Fern] IT. 1 559 ? 2. Brien (O'Neill), Earl of Tyrone [L], gramlson and h.. being 1st s. mid h. of Matthew, otherwise Ferdoraghe, (O'Neii.i.'i. BaBON Ditnoannos [I.] and Joaunn, his wife, both abovenamed ; was b. about 1535 ; flic, on his father's death, in 1558) as Baron Duncianxon [I.], and sue. (ile jure, for he appears never to have been so recognised) on the death of his grand- father, about 1550, as Earl of Tyrone under the spec. rem. in the creation [1592] of each of those dignities. He </. num. 12 April 1502, being murdered by his cousin. .Sir Tuilough Luineach 0'Neill.( b ) then " Tanisl " to Shane O'Neill, " the OWeilir I IT. 15(52. J. Htjgh (O'Neill), Earl op Tyrone [I.], next br. Confirmed and b. ; h. about 1510 ; sue. his said brother 12 April 1562, becoming 1587. thna (dejure. for he appears not to have been at lirst so recognised) Forfeited V' lvt "f tho' apparently spoken of as Baron Dm)ganuon.(<") Igjj He was ed. at the Court of Queen Eliz., but returned to Ireland in 1508, where he was at first a sort of counterpoise to his cousin Turlongh, "the OWciH."^) He sat in pari. ['[.] 1585 as Earl of Tyrant, KD& the letters patent of that dignity, dar. 3 Oct. 1542(''), were confirmed to him and the heirs male of his body, failing which to his br. Cormac in like tnamier,( e ) 10 May 1 587. The subsequent career, however, of this " Arch Kebel " (as he was called) was one of successful resistance to the English, and he, in May 1598, took on himself the style of ••the 0' Still," and was proclaimed a traitor at Duudalk 21 June 1595, tho' pardoned under the great seal. 11 April 1598. A few months later. 14 Aug. 1598, be obtained a crushing victory at Blackwatcr over the English, headed by Sir Walter Bagenal,( r / who was there slain. However, after the defeat in 16C1 of himself and the Spanish invaders, at Kingsale, by the Viceroy Mountjoy, he sub- mitted himself. 27 July 1002. to Sir Heury Ducwra, signed the proclamation of the accession of James L in Dublin, (s) and abjured 3 June 1603, the style of " The O'Xeill." He waited on that King, at Hampton Court, 4 June 1003, and was confirmed in his earldom and estate. Anticipating, however (rightly or wrongly), punishment ( a ) See " Creations, 1483-1640 " in ap. 47th Rep. D. K. Pub. Records. ( b ) This Turlough became " the O'Neill " and Capt. of all Ty rone on the death, 2 June 1507. of his cousin Shane O'Neill (see p. 448, note 11 d "), which posts he resigned in May 1593 in favour of the Earl (as in the text), and d. Sep. 1595. pj According to the "Nat. JSior/r." he, on his brother's death, 12 April 1562, '• became BaBON OF Di'XCannox." It is. indeed, quite possible that, iu that anomalous period he was so styled, but that dignity rightly belonged to the " heir apparent " of the Earldom of Tyrone, a position he never occupied, tho' for about 3 years (1559-62) he was heir presumptive thereto. ( <l ) Sic, tho' on the patent roll of 34 Hen. VIII. the date is 1 Sep. 1542. See •'Creations 1483—1646" in ap. 47th, "Rep. D.K, Pub. Records." See p. 450, note "g." (°) Queen Elizabeth had at one time an idea of allowing the Earldom to the powerful Shane O'Neill, the eldest son of the 1st Earl, who maintained that his father's sur- render of the " honour of O'Neill " was invalid. ( f ) " The Government was panic-stricken at the news, but Tyrone, who might have marched directly on Dublin, showed no ability to profit by his unexpected victory . . . nowhere was the efi'ect more visible than in Muuster . . . the English planters fled without striking a blow . . but Tyrone possessed few of those qualities . . . that go to constitute generalship, and months of precious time were lost, during which he might have made himself master of Ireland " [" Nat. Biogr."]. Camden speaks of it as "the greatest overthrow the English ever sustained since they first set foot in Ireland." ib) See vol. iii, p. 223, note " c," sub " Dunsany." 2 F