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Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone [b] (Irish: Aodh Mór Ó Néill; [6] c. 1550 [a] – 20 July 1616) was an Irish Gaelic lord and key figure of the Irish Nine Years' War. Known as the "Great Earl", [3] [2] he led the confederacy of Irish clans against the English Crown in resistance to the Tudor conquest of Ireland under Queen Elizabeth I.
Jul 20, 1998 · Hugh O’Neill, 2nd earl of Tyrone was an Irish rebel who, from 1595 to 1603, led an unsuccessful Roman Catholic uprising against English rule in Ireland. The defeat of O’Neill and the conquest of his province of Ulster was the final step in the subjugation of Ireland by the English.
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A comprehensive biography of Hugh O'Neill, the leader of the Irish rebellion against Elizabeth I in the late 16th century. Learn about his family, career, marriage, conflicts, and legacy in this historical account.
- A New ‘Prince of Ulster’
- Composition
- A War For Ireland
- O’Neill’s Years of Triumph
- The Tide Turns
- The End of The War
Hugh O’Neill, the son of the murdered Lord, Fear Dorcha O’Neill, educated in the Pale and reinstated in Gaelic Ulster by the English, would cast a long shadow over the future of the province. His own story so dominates that of Ulster and of Ireland in the late 16thcentury that it is worth looking at in detail. The irony of Hugh O’Neill’s early life...
By the early 1590’s, northern Connacht and the southern rim of Ulster was engulfed by Lord Deputy Fitzwilliam’s “reforming” agents who applied the “composition” formula that had been hammered out in Munster and southern Connacht. There was a short but bloody war in the Mac William Burke (northern Connacht) country, in 1588, when over a thousand Sco...
O’Neill was a politician of great shrewdness. He was anything but a consistent fighter for the Gaels or for Catholicism, in fact he had attended Protestant services up to 1594. In the early years of the war, he wanted a modest, negotiated settlement with the English. But by assuming the role of a Gaelic and Catholic crusader against the English Pro...
From the outset, O’Neill’s alliances made the rebellion felt far beyond Ulster. Dublin Castle soon realised that they had a nation-wide insurrection on their hands. Indeed, the first English reaction to O’Neills rebellion was to march on Wicklow to try and secure the Pale from Fiach MacHugh O’Byrne, who was once again attacking English garrisons an...
Carew managed to more or less quash the rebellion in Munster by mid 1601 by a mixture of conciliation and military force. By the summer of 1601 he had retaken most of the principle castles in Munster and scattered the rebel forces. Fitzthomas and Florence MacCarthy were arrested and sent to the Tower of London, where both of them eventually died in...
The really surprising thing about the end of the Nine Years War, considering the enormous cost it took the English to win it, and the outright treason involved – conspiring to give the kingdom of Ireland to a foreign power – is the generosity of the terms which the rebels got on surrendering. At the Treaty of Mellifont, O’Neill, O’Donnell and the o...
Apr 26, 2022 · Hugh O’Neill. 2nd earl of Tyrone, byname The Great Earl (born c. 1540—died July 20, 1616, Rome, Papal States [Italy]), Irish rebel who, from 1595 to 1603, led an unsuccessful Roman Catholic uprising against English rule in Ireland.
- Ulster
- 1550
- "Red Hugh O'Neill"
- July 20, 1616
Released in 1652 on the representation of the Spanish ambassador that O’Neill was a Spanish subject, he repaired to Spain, whence in 1660 he wrote to Charles II, who had recently become king, claiming the earldom of Tyrone. He probably died in Spain, though the exact date of his death is unknown.
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, (died 1616) styled Baron Dungannon 1562–1585, never de jure: before his brother's death, he was not heir apparent, for his brother could have married and had sons; after his brother's death, he was de jure Earl of Tyrone, but not Baron Dugannon by the limitation.
