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the lands out of the forfeited estate of his cousin the Earl of Tyrone. In doing so Hugh received 1,000 acres (4.0 km) of the Earl's lands around
Dungannon, and in 1611 another 120 acres (0.49 km) in Tyrone. Conn MacShane held an adjoining portion, and he and Henry both received large estates in Armagh and Fermanagh. Hugh's new neighbour and friend was the departed Earl's nephew Brian Crossagh, son of Sir
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Lieutenant also lamented in 1599 that they (the English) should have "given Glenconkeyn to the sons of Shane, instead of the Earl". It was with Hugh and his McShanes that the Earl spent the final months of his rebellion in the winter of 1602–03. The Earl lived with the McShane-O'Neills after the
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The struggles within the O'Neill family are well known. The Earl Hugh suppressed his own cousins more than he did the
English in the first few years of his reign. In 1583 and 1587, the Earl put down any other claimants to the Chiefship, including Tirlough O'Neill, until he had himself recognised as
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put aside internal family fighting and joined their cousin the Earl. Others did not, and were eventually imprisoned by the Earl. During this war Hugh commanded a force of "200-foot and 50 Horsemen" raised out of the McShane Clan from forests of
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English. However, with the loss of the Nine Years' War in 1603, Hugh McShane was able to edge out the Earl and became the new Lord of Killetragh and controlling most of the Lordship
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race of outlaws" who lived there (the clan McShane) is considered primary to O'Neill, as it was his most secure refuge for cattle, goods, and people, and away from the military might of the
English. Further, it was the Earl's secure, geographical "connection to the Clanaboy O'Neill". However, the
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put out a warrant for wanted rebels and in 1608 Hugh McShane, his brother Phelim, and Hugh's wild McShanes captured Shane
Carragh O'Cahan in Glenconkeyn forest. They turned him over to Chichester for a pardon and remit of some leases for two years. In 1610 Hugh McShane was on the jury that divided
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The family was permanently established on its own lands by Hugh's great-grandson Owen McShane (Eoghan McShane). In the Census of 1740 they had a farm in the
Townland of Moneyneany in the Parish of Ballinascreen, and another in the Townland of Carnacose/Carncose in the Parish of Desertmartin, both
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and his lands in early 1573. They were stated to have done great damage to the lands of
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in 1648. In response to this new
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and desolate forests in all of Ireland. Carew is quoted as stating that Hugh was able to field this force in 24 hours against the English. The State Papers of Ireland, in the various assessments of the strength of the rebellious Earl 1586 to 1602, state that this territory and the "
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Captain Brian O'Neill served in an Irish regiment in Spain. By the census of 1659 the use of the O'Neill surname was dwindling and there remained only five McShane households in all of County Londonderry. However, Captain Brian returned to Ireland with a pardon upon the
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for conspiring against him. In 1593 the Earl had his cousin Phelim McTurlough, Lord of Loughinshollin and chief of a sept within the Clanaboy O'Neill, murdered on Toome on the Bann River, and instilled himself as the Lord of Loughinshollin.
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