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Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone (Irish: Aodh Mór Ó Néill; literally Hugh the Great O'Neill; c. 1550 – 20 July 1616) was an Irish Gaelic lord and key figure of the Irish Nine Years' War. Known as the "Great Earl", [4] [5] O'Neill led the coalition of Irish clans against the English Crown in resistance to the Tudor conquest of Ireland under ...
Jul 20, 1998 · Hugh O’Neill, 2nd earl of Tyrone (born c. 1550—died July 20, 1616, Rome, Papal States [Italy]) 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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O’Neill, Hugh, Earl of Tyrone, was born about 1540. He was the second son of Matthew, Baron of Dungannon, the reputed son of Con O’Neill, Earl of Tyrone. Hugh’s elder brother died in 1562.
Mar 29, 2024 · Hugh O’Neill (born c. 1605, Spanish Netherlands—died c. 1660, Spain?) was an Irish general, nephew of the celebrated Owen Roe O’Neill. He was a major Irish commander against the English parliamentary forces of Oliver Cromwell.
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O'Neill, Hugh ( c. 1550–1616), 2nd earl of Tyrone , the ‘Great O'Neill’, was second son of Joan Maguire and Matthew Feardorcha O'Neill (qv), who had been designated baron of Dungannon when Conn O'Neill (qv) arranged the surrender and regrant of Tyrone with the crown in 1542.
Jan 10, 2019 · He testifies that the rebellion was planned by priests ‘brought in from foreign parts’ under the protection of exiled Earl of Tyrone – son of Hugh O’Neill, leader of the native Irish resistance in the Nine Years War.
Hugh O’Neill, Earl of Tyrone (2) ». Book Contents. History page. Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, including an account of the wrecking of the Spanish Armada on the Irish coast, from 'A History of Ireland and Her People' by Eleanor Hull.
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