O'Neill
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O'Neill (also spelled O'Neil, O'Neal) is a common surname of Irish origin.
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[edit] Origins
Its original Irish form is Ó Néill or Ua Néill, meaning 'grandson of Niall'. In past usage, it refers to an Irish kinship group based in Ulster descended from a family, the Uí Néill from which a number of High Kings of Ireland sprang in medieval times. The progenitor of the dynasty was Niall of the Nine Hostages (Niall Noigiallach), said to be High King and died c.450. The surname Ó Néill was taken from a descendant of his, Niall Glundubh of the Uí Néill, who was killed fighting the Danes in 919. Glundubh's grandchild and great-grandchildren would have being the first to use the surname. The O'Neill was the traditional title of the head of this family, and during early English rule the holder of this title was considered by many to be the rightful High King of Ireland. Today there are three ancient O'Neill dynasties or principalities (see Ó Neill Dynasty Today).
[edit] Names
O'Neill may refer to:-
- O'Neil, Common christian name in Jamaica
- O'Neill (brand), a wetsuit and surf clothing manufacturer
- O'Neill class battleship, fictional spacecraft in the television show Stargate SG-1
- O'Neill cylinder, a space habitat design, proposed by Gerard O'Neill
- Baron O'Neill, title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Earl O'Neill, title in the Peerage of Ireland
- P. O'Neill, a pseudonym used in statements of the Provisional Irish Republican Army
- Sandler O'Neill and Partners, New York City-based investment banking firm that lost 67 employees in the 9/11-attacks
- Tip O'Neill Award, Canadian Baseball award, named after Tip O'Neill (baseball player)
[edit] People
[edit] History of Ireland
- Conn O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone (c. 1480–1559)
- Felim O'Neill of Kinard (also known as Phelim O'Neill, died 1652), leader of the Irish Rebellion of 1641
- Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone (c. 1540–1616), The O'Neill-rebel leader in the Nine Years War
- Hugh Dubh O'Neill (1611–1660), Irish soldier in the Irish Confederate Wars
- Hugh McShane O'Neill (17th century), Irish rebel, Lord, and highwayman
- Owen Roe O'Neill (c. 1590–1649), leader of the Ulster Irish army during the Irish Confederate Wars
- Patrick O'Neill (17th century), Irish soldier and the first Count of Tyrone
- Phelim Caoch O'Neill (16th century), prince of the Cenél nEógan
- Shane O'Neill (c. 1530–1567), Irish chief of the O'Neill clan of Ulster
- Tirlough Brassileagh O'Neill (16th century), son of Phelim Caoch O'Neill
- Turlough Luineach O'Neill (c. 1530–1595), earl of Clan-connell, King of Tyrone
[edit] Politics
- Ana María O'Neill (1894–1981), Puerto Rico women's rights activist
- B.F. O'Neal, Jr. (1922–2004), Louisiana businessman Republican politician
- C. William O'Neill (1916–1978), Ohio Republican politician
- Charles O'Neill (1821–1893), United States Congressman
- Charles Duncan O'Neale (1879–1936), Barbados politician and physician
- Clare O'Neil, Australian politician, mayor and student
- Dave O'Neal (born 1937), American politician, former Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
- Eamonn O'Neill (Irish politician) (died 1954), Irish politician
- Emmet O'Neal (1853–1922), American Democratic politician who was Governor of Alabama
- Hugh O'Neil (born 1936), Canadian politician
- Hugh O'Neill, 1st Baron Rathcavan (1883–1982), Northern Irish politician
- Ivan O'Neal, Vincentian political leader
- James O'Neill (politician) (19th century), New Zealand politician
- Margaret O'Neill Eaton (better known as Peggy O'Neill, 1799–1879), central person in the Petticoat Affair (1983 US sex scandal)
- Martin O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of Clackmannan (born 1945), Scottish politician
- Michael O'Neill (politician) (born 1910), Irish politician in the United Kingdom
- Mike O'Neal (born 1951), Kansas Republican politician
- Mildred O'Neill (1914–2003), wife of Tip O'Neill
- Onora Sylvia O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve (born 1941), British House of Lords member, philosopher, life peer
- Paul O'Neill (born 1935), 72nd United States Secretary of the Treasury
- Ralph T. O'Neal, British Virgin Islands politician
- Rose O'Neal Greenhow (1817–1864), Confederate spy
- Terence O'Neill (1914–1990), 4th Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
- Thomas O'Neill (journalist), American journalist and Nixon opponent
- Thomas P. O'Neill III, leader of the Boston public relations and government affairs firm O'Neill and Associates, son of Tip O'Neill
- Tip O'Neill (Thomas Phillip O'Neill, 1912–1994), former US Congressman and Speaker of the House of Representatives
- William O'Neill (Connecticut politician) (born 1930), American political figure
- Yvonne O'Neill (born 1936), Canadian politician
[edit] Culture
- Alexandre O'Neill (1924–1986), Portuguese poet of Irish origin
- Alexander O'Neal (born 1953), American musician
- Andrew O'Neill (born 1979), British comedian
- Barbara O'Neil (1910–1980), American actress, Oscar nominated
- Brittany O'Neil (born 1971), British porno actress
- Carol O'Neal (born 1948), American model and Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in July 1972
- Charles O'Neal (born 1904), American film and televion screenwriter
- Colette O'Neil, British television actress
- Con O'Neill, British theatre actor
- Dan O'Neill (born 1942), American underground cartoonist
- Daria O'Neill (born 1971), American radio and television personality
- Dennis O'Neil, comic book writer and editor
- Dennis Joseph O'Neil (born 1981), South Korean actor
- Ed O'Neill (born 1946), American actor
- Eliza O'Neill (1791–1872), Irish actress
- Elizabeth O'Neill Verner (1883–1979), American artist
- Ella O'Neill (19th century), mother of Eugene O'Neill and wife of James O'Neill
- Eugene O'Neill (1888–1953), American playwright, Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winner
- Francis O'Neill (1848–1936), Irish traditional music collector
- Frank O'Neal, American cartoonist
- Griffin O'Neal (born 1964), American actor
- Henry O'Neill (1891–1961), film actor
- Henry Nelson O'Neil (1817–1880), British historical genre painter and minor Victorian writer
- James O'Neill (actor) (1849–1920), Irish-American actor
- Jamie O'Neal (born Jamie Murphy, 1968), Australian country singer and songwriter
- Jerry O'Neill (born 1968), American born artist and writer
- Jamie O'Neill (born 1962), Irish author
- John J. O'Neill, journalist, 1937 Pulitzer Prize winner
- John O'Neill (editor), science fiction magazine editor
- Johnny O'Neal, American jazz pianist
- Joseph O'Neill, (born 1964), Irish author
- Jennifer O'Neill (born 1948), American actress and author
- Karen O'Neil Ganci (born 1974), American portrait artist and Big Brother contestant
- Kevin O'Neill (comics) (born 1953), British comics illustrator
- Linda O'Neil (1974), American model and actress
- Maire O'Neill (born Mary Allgood, 1885–1952), Irish stage and film actress
- Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879–1967), Irish poet and dramatist
- Melissa O'Neil (born 1988), Canadian singer, winner of the third season of Canadian Idol
- Michael O'Neill (actor), American actor
- Mike O'Neill (musician), Canadian singer-songwriter
- Moira O'Neill (pseudonym of Agnes Shakespeare Higginson, 1864–1955), Irish-Canadian poet
- Nance O'Neil (1874–1965), American stage and silent movie actress
- O'Neil De Noux (born 1950), American writer of short stories and novels
- Oona O'Neill (1925–1991), daughter of Eugene O'Neill
- Pat O'Neill (born 1939), American experimental film-maker
- Patrice Oneal (born 1969), African-American comedian
- Patrick O'Neal (1927–1994), American television, stage, and film actor
- Paul O'Neill (author) (born 1928), Canadian historian, writer and producer
- Peggy O'Neal, voice actress
- Reagan O'Neal, pseudonym of James Oliver Rigney, Jr (born 1948), American writer
- Ron O'Neal (1937–2004, American actor, director and screenwriter
- Rose O'Neill (1874–1944), American illustrator and writer
- Ryan O'Neal (born 1941), American actor
- Séamus Ó Néill (1910–1986), versatile Irish writer
- Simon O'Neill (born 1971), International opera singer.
- Tatum O'Neal (born 1963), American actress
- Terry A O'Neal (born 1973), California author and poet
- Terry O'Neill (karateka) (born 1948), British martial artist and actor
- Terry O'Neill (photographer) (born 1938), British fashion and celebrity photographer
- Tony O'Neill, New York based musician and author
- Ty O'Neal (born 1978), American actor
- Ward O'Neill (born 1951), Australian illustrator, caricaturist and cartoonist
- Wil O'Neal, American technology journalist
[edit] Sport
- Buck O'Neil (John Jordan O'Neil), (1911-2006), American baseball player and manager in the Negro league baseball
- Chris O'Neil (born 1956), Australian female tennis player, winner of the 1978 Australian Open.
- Deltha O'Neal (born 1977), American football player
- Eamon O'Neill, Irish professional wrestler
- Ed O'Neil (football), (born 1952), NFL Europe coach and former NFL American football player
- Fabian O'Neill (born 1973), Uruguayan football (soccer) midfielder
- Gary O'Neil (born 1983), English football (soccer) player
- Jack O'Neill (baseball) (1873–1935), Irish-American baseball player
- Jeff O'Neill (born 1976) Canadian NHL hockey player
- Jermaine O'Neal (born 1978), American NBA basketball player
- Jerry O'Neil (1956), American NASCAR auto racer
- John O'Neill (rugby league footballer) (1943–1999), Australian rugby player
- John O'Neill (sport administrator), Australian sporting administrator
- Jonjo O'Neill (born 1953), Irish jockey
- Keith O'Neil (born 1980), American football linebacker
- Keith O'Neill (footballer), Irish football player
- Kevin O'Neill (basketball) (born 1957), American basketball coach
- Kevin O'Neill (footballer), Scottish football (soccer) player
- Kitty O'Neil (born 1946), American stuntwoman and racer
- Leslie O'Neal (born 1964), American Football player
- Mark O'Neill (born 1975), Australian rugby league player
- Martin O'Neill (born 1952), Northern Irish football (soccer) player and manager
- Mike O'Neill (baseball player) (1877–1959), Irish-American baseball player
- Nathan O'Neill (born 1974), Australian professional cyclist, Commonwealth Games gold medallist
- Norm O'Neill (born 1937), Australian cricket player
- O'Neil Bell (born 1974), Jamaican cruiserweight boxing champion
- O'Neil Longson, American professional poker player
- Paul O'Neill (baseball player) (born 1963), American Major League baseball player
- Paul O'Neill (racing driver), Irish-British racecar driver
- Seán O'Neill, Northern Irish Gaelic football player
- Shaquille O'Neal (born 1972), American basketball player
- Stephen O'Neill, Irish Gaelic footballer
- Steve O'Neill (1891–1962), American baseball player, manager and coach
- Susan O'Neill (born 1973), Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist
- Tip O'Neill (baseball player) (1858–1915), Canadian baseball player
[edit] Other people
- Edward Asbury O'Neal (1818–1890), American Confederate general during the American Civil War
- Gerard O'Neill (1927–1992), American physicist and space pioneer
- Jack O'Neill (businessman), founder of the wetsuit manufacturing company O'Neill
- James O'Neil Mayne (1861–1938), University of Queensland donator
- Jasmine O'Neill, mute autistic woman, autistic rights activists
- John O'Neill (VC) (1897–1942), Scottish soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross
- John O'Neill (Vietnam veteran) (born 1946), Vietnam War veteran, lawyer and spokesman for Swift Vets and POWs for Truth
- John P. O'Neill (1952–2001), American anti-terrorism expert, died in the 9/11-attacks
- Merlin O'Neill (1898–1981), seventh Commandant of the United States Coast Guard
- O'Neil Ford (1905–1982), Texas architect
- Michael O'Neill (educator), American educator
- Pete O'Neal (born 1940), American Black Panther Party member
- Stan O'Neal, American manager
- Pauline O'Neill, first president of Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana
- Robin O'Neil, British Holocaust researcher
- Robin O'Neill, (born 1958) American Software Engineer
- Tom O'Neill, chairman and CEO of Parsons Brinckerhoff
- William O'Neil (born 1933), American entrepreneur, stockbroker and writer
- William O'Neill (Ohio jurist), American jurist and judge
- William C. O'Neil, descendant of Davy Crockett (Through the Carmack family) and William F. O'Neil
- William F. O'Neil, Founder of General Tire in 1915
[edit] Fictional characters
- April O'Neil, character in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Connor O'Neill, character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
- Derek O'Neil, detective in the comic The Gasman
- Jack O'Neill, character in the Stargate film and television series
- Young Jack O'Neill, character in the Stargate SG-1 television series, clone of Jack O'Neill
- Timothy O'Neill, animated character in MTV's animated series Daria
[edit] Places
- O'Neill, Nebraska, USA
- O'Neil, Florida, USA
- O'Neill Collegiate and Vocational Institute, school in Oshawa, Ontario
- O'Neill Hall (University of Notre Dame), men's residence hall at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana
- O’Neill House Office Building, former Congressional Office Building in Washington D.C., named after Tip O'Neill
- Eugene O'Neill Theatre, a Broadway Theatre named after Eugene O'Neill
- Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site, former home of Eugene O'Neill
[edit] References
[edit] See also
- Uí Néill, the Irish Dynasty
- Ó Neill Dynasty Today
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