Clandeboye

Ulster chiefdoms in the late 15th century.

Clandeboye (from the Irish Clann Aodha Buí; the family of Hugh with the blonde hair) is in modern times an area of Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is named after the Clandeboye family, a branch of the O'Neill dynasty. They settled in the 1330s after the death of the Earl of Ulster in what is now south Antrim and north Down, giving their name to the territory. The spelling of the name has varied over the years, and had been written variously as Clandeboye, Claneboye, Clandyboy, Clannaboy, and Clanaboy. Clandeboye has also been adopted as the name of an electoral ward of North Down Borough Council.

Kings and Princes of Clandeboye

Medieval

• Hugh Buidhe (Hugh the Blond) O'Neill, King of Tír Eóghain (1260 – 1283).

...

• Nial More O'Neill, King of Ulster (ca 1440 –)
• Brian Ballagh II (Bernard the Freckled) O'Neill, Prince of Clanaboy (1524 – 1529)
• Murkertac O'Neill (ca 1500 – bef 1567)
• Murkertac O'Neill (ca 1530 –)
• Donal O'Neill (ca 1560 –)
• Conn Boy O'Neill (ca 1590 – ca 1630)
• Ever O'Neill (ca 1625 – bef 1689)

Modern

• Phelim (Felix) O'Neill (died 1709)
• Conn (Constantine) O'Neill
• João O'Neill (died 1788)
• Carlos O'Neill (1760-1835)
• José Maria O'Neill
• José Carlos O'Neill (1815-1887)
• Jorge Torlades O'Neill I (1817-1890)
• Jorge Torlades O'Neill II (1849-1925)
• Hugo José Jorge O'Neill (1874-1940)
• Jorge Maria O'Neill (1908-1988)
• Charles Henry (Cáthal Ainrí) Ó Néill
• Hugo Ricciardi O'Neill (born 1939)

See also

• Baron Dufferin and Claneboye
• Clandeboye Estate
• James Hamilton, 1st Viscount Claneboye
• Betrayal of Clannabuidhe

Sources

Oxford Concise Companion to Irish Literature, Robert Welsh, 1996. ISBN 0-19-280080-9