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Murtagh Roe O'Neill was a lord of Clandeboye in medieval Ireland. He succeeded his father Brian Ballagh O'Neill who died in 1425 to the lordship of Clandeboye. Before O'Neill could take control he and his second-in-command, his younger brother Hugh Boy, had to remove their uncle Henry Caoch O'Neill who strongly challenged their claim.
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- ↑ "Irish Pedigree's; Or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation" . Retrieved 11 July 2020.
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