Peerage Record – 54626

     unknown son O’Brien was born before 1708.¹ He was the son of Henry O’Brien and Susanna Stafford.¹ He died, young.¹

     unknown son O’Brien was born after 1708.¹ He was the son of Henry O’Brien and Susanna Stafford.¹ He died, unmarried.¹

     Turlough O’Neill was the son of Conn ‘Mor’ O’Neill, King of Ulster and Lady Eleanor FitzGerald.² He died in 1501.¹
     He murdered Henry ‘Og’ O’Neill, King of Ulster on 21 July 1498.¹

     Augustine Ievers married Susanna O’Brien, daughter of Henry O’Brien and Susanna Stafford.¹

     unknown O’Byrne lived at County Wicklow, Ireland.¹

     unknown daughter O’Byrne was the daughter of unknown O’Byrne.² She married Con ‘Baccach’ O’Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone, son of Conn ‘Mor’ O’Neill, King of Ulster and Lady Eleanor FitzGerald.¹ She and Con ‘Baccach’ O’Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone were divorced.¹ She died in 1542.¹
     Her married name became O’Neill.¹

     Shane ‘an Diomais’ O’Neill was born circa 1530.¹ He was the son of Con ‘Baccach’ O’Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone and unknown daughter O’Byrne.² He married, secondly, Catherine Maclean, daughter of Lachlan ‘Cattanach’ Maclean, 7th of Duart and Marion Maclean.¹ He married, firstly, Catherine McDonnell, daughter of James McDonnell of Islay.¹ He and Catherine McDonnell were divorced.¹ He died on 2 June 1567, murdered by the McDonnells at a peace conference.²
     Shane ‘an Diomais’ O’Neill also went by the nick-name of Shane ‘an Diomais’ (or in English, The Proud.)¹ He held the office of Dynast of Tyrone between 1559 and 1567.¹ In 1562 after years of resistance to the English, he submitted to Queen Elizabeth I in London in person.¹ He defeated the Scots of Antrim, capturing their Chief (and his future father-in-law), James McDonnell of Islay, and the latter’s brother (and his (Shane’s) future brother-in-law) Sorley Buie.¹

     Catherine McDonnell is the daughter of James McDonnell of Islay.² She married Shane ‘an Diomais’ O’Neill, son of Con ‘Baccach’ O’Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone and unknown daughter O’Byrne.¹ She and Shane ‘an Diomais’ O’Neill were divorced.¹
     Her married name became O’Neill.¹

     Shane ‘Og’ O’Neill was the son of Shane ‘an Diomais’ O’Neill and Catherine McDonnell.² He died in 1581, killed in action.¹