The time has now come briefly to sketch the career of the most remarkable man who had appeared in Celtic Ireland since the days of Art McMurrough—Shane O'Neill, son of Conn Bacach, often styled, by reason of his high and independent spirit, SeAgan an "Oiomaif (John the Proud).Shane O'Neill Claims the Succession to the Chieftaincy.—To trace his early life we must return to the days of Henry VIII. We have told (chap, v.) how Conn, his father, received from the English King ... Read More