Early Life
MacNeill was born John MacNeill in Glenarm, County Antrim. He was educated in Belfast at St Malachy's College and Queen's College, Belfast. MacNeill had an enormous interest in Irish history and immersed himself in its study. In 1893 he founded the Gaelic League, along with Douglas Hyde, and became editor of its first publication, the Gaelic Journal. In 1908, he was appointed professor of early Irish history at University College Dublin (UCD).
He married Agnes Moore on 19 April 1898, and they had 8 children, four sons and four daughters.
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