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Signature. Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone [b] ( Irish: Aodh Mór Ó Néill; literally Hugh the Great O'Neill; 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", [4] [5] O'Neill led the coalition of Irish clans against the English Crown in resistance to the Tudor conquest ...
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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A Compendium of Irish Biography. 1878. 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. His claims to the title were disregarded for many years; but great efforts were made to conciliate him to the ...
A biography of Hugh O'Neill, the 2nd earl of Tyrone, who led the Gaelic resistance against the English crown in the late 16th century. Learn about his upbringing, early life, wars, marriages, and legacy.
Jan 10, 2019 · Hugh O’Neill By John Dorney. In the early part of the 16 th century the English Tudor monarchs had embarked on a project to bring all of Ireland for the first time under the control on their Crown. By the 1590s, the Fitzgerald magnates of Munster had been smashed in the Desmond Rebellions. South Leinster was extensively garrisoned by English ...
Hugh O’Neill 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. In 1646 O’Neill was made a major general of the forces commanded by Owen Roe. After the death of the latter (1649), he
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A History of Ireland and Her People. 1926-1931. Hugh O’Neill, Earl of Tyrone. It is curious to reflect that the two men who are accounted the greatest representatives of the race of the O’Neills— Hugh, Earl of Tyrone, and Owen Roe O’Neill —may neither of them have been members of the O’Neill family, but were possibly the offspring ...
