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Eógan mac Néill
Eógan mac Néill
(
modern orthography
:
Eoghan mac Néill
) (reportedly died
465
) was a son of
Niall Noígiallach
and the eponymous ancestor of the
Cenél nEógain
branch of the
Northern Uí Néill
, who founded the over-kingdom of
Ailech
and later
Tír Eoghain
. His territory occupied the counties of
Tyrone
,
Armagh
,
Londonderry
and north west
Donegal
. His burial place lies in the Inish Owen Peninsula in County Donegal which was named after him.
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