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County Antrim · 16 September 1597

The Clandeboy pardon

The pardon names people as servants, followers and dependents of the O’Neill leaders identified in the document. It gives us a group of family names together in one record.

The names below follow the spelling in the printed fiant. Select a name to see the individual entry. Morrin’s calendar of the same instrument gives different spellings for some names.

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co. Antrim. This pardon shall not include any but the servants, followers, and dependents of Shane m'Brian O Neale or Neale [m'Hugh O Neale] dwelling in their countries.

Source: Deputy Keeper of the Public Records in Ireland, Seventeenth Report (1885), appendix p. 69, fiant 6145, 16 September 1597.

The passage is transcribed from the printed calendar; spelling and abbreviations are retained. Bracketed text follows the research transcription.