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Richard Piers of Piers Hall in Yorkshire was the father of the soldier who took Shane O'Neill's head.
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✓ DOCUMENTED (Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, PIERS article pp.3133-34, photographed and read 6 Aug 2026): RICHARD PIERS, of PIERS HALL, Yorks; father of Capt. William Piers (I99135, our line - who migrated to Ireland 1566, was granted Tristernagh, governed Carrickfergus, was rewarded 1000 marks in 1569 for bringing in the head of Shane O'Neill, and d.1602). DOCUMENTED FLOOR of the Piers line - the family's Yorkshire origin.