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Hugh McSeáin O’Neill genealogies list Hugh as the son of Con MacShane O’Neill 3rd son of Shane O’Neill and as the 10th son of Shane O’Neill. In both cases he was a grandson of Conn O’Neill 1st Earl of Tyrone and Gearoid Mór Fitzgerald 8th Earl of Kildare and of the primary line of the O’Neill of Tyrone clan. Shane was the Prince of Ulster and Chief of all the O’Neill septs until his death in 1567.