• Hugh Roe O'Donnell (Irish: Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill), also known as Red Hugh O'Donnell (30 October 1572 – 10 September 1602), was a sixteenth-century Irish...
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  • Elizabeth I of England Hugh Roe O'Donnell (1572–1602), Prince of Tyrconnell, led a rebellion against English government in Ireland Hugh Dubh O'Neill (1611–1660)...
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    younger brother of Hugh Roe O'Donnell and became the 1st Earl of Tyrconnell. O'Donnell was one of nine known children of Sir Hugh O'Donnell, who reigned as...
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    Hugh Roe O'Donnell (Irish: Aodh Ruadh mac Néill Gairbh Ó Domhnaill; c. 1427–1505) was a leading figure in Gaelic Ireland, ruling as king of Tyrconnell...
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  • ruling O'Donnell dynasty of Tyrconnell. In Ulster Irish, Sir Hugh Dubh is pronounced as 'Sir Hugh Doo'. He was the son of Hugh Roe O'Donnell, King of...
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    the Chiefs of Clan O'Donnell, O'Neill allied himself with Hugh Roe O'Donnell, son of Shane's former ally and enemy Hugh O'Donnell, and the two chieftains...
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  • Tyrconnell Hugh Roe O'Donnell (1572–1602), Prince of Tyrconnell Sir Hugh O'Donnell (died c. 1600), Irish Gaelic lord Hugh Dubh O'Donnell (died 1618)...
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  • against his kinsman Hugh Roe O'Donnell during the Nine Years' War in the 1590s. He was the son of Conn O'Donnell, the son of Calvagh O'Donnell the ruler of the...
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    Nine Years' War (Ireland) (category O'Donnell dynasty)
    fought between an Irish confederation—led mainly by Hugh O'Neill of Tyrone and Hugh Roe O'Donnell of Tyrconnell—against English rule in Ireland, and was...
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  • Iníon Dubh (redirect from Finula O'Donnell)
    She was the second wife of Sir Hugh McManus O'Donnell, King of Tyrconnell, and mother of eight children, including Hugh Roe, Rory, Nuala and Cathbarr. Her...
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    orders of the leading Gaelic lord of the area, the ruler of Tyrconnell Hugh Roe O'Donnell, the First, and his wife Finola O'Brien. In the Nine Years' War, the...
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    Siege of Kinsale (category O'Donnell dynasty)
    Ulster under the previously loyal Earl of Tyrone, Hugh O'Neill, rebelled. Hugh Roe O'Donnell and Hugh Maguire joined Tyrone's rebellion. A string of battlefield...
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    been partially written in the old abbey in the 1630s. The story of Hugh Roe O'Donnell, Lord of Tyrconnell, was the inspiration behind many books and films...
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    during the Nine Years' War in Ireland, when a Gaelic Irish army led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell laid siege to the town of Donegal. The garrison of the town was a...
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    Cathedral in Ardfert. An O'Donnell from Tyrconnell remained behind in stewardship to hold it, according to "The Life of Hugh Roe O'Donnell, Prince of Tyrconnell"written...
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  • O'Donnell's against his great-nephews Sir Donnell O'Donnell and Hugh Roe O'Donnell. In 1593, he was forced to acknowledge the succession of Hugh Roe after...
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    Europe. He was a physician to Hugh Roe O'Donnell and King Louis XIII. Working as a physician to the prominent O'Donnell clan during the Irish Nine Years'...
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  • prince Hugh Roe "Red Hugh" O'Donnell. The story begins when Hugh's father, the Chief of the Name, dies, leaving his son as Chief of Clan O'Donnell. With...
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    both along with the Archbishop of Tuam attended Hugh Roe O'Donnell (aka Red Hugh O’Donnell), The O'Donnell of 1601 Kinsale fame, in his exile at his death...
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  • him. He abdicated in favour of his eldest son by his second wife, Hugh Roe O'Donnell, in 1592. He lived in retirement until his death in 1600, by which...
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    Hugh Albert O'Donnell, 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell (Irish: Aodh Ailbhe mac Rudhraighe Uí Dhomhnaill; October 1606 – August/September 1642) was titular King...
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  • whom he was treacherously put to death. In 1592 Hugh abdicated in favour of his son Hugh Roe O'Donnell; but there was a member of the elder branch of the...
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  • married to Hugh Roe O’Donnell, son of Niall Garve O’Donnell. Sources record her as having been a very charitable woman. In 1474, Finola O’Donnell helped establish...
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    Flight of the Earls (category O'Donnell dynasty)
    charms disappear." After the defeat at the Battle of Kinsale in 1601, Hugh Roe O'Donnell of Tyrconnell traveled to Spain to seek support from Philip III. Unsuccessful...
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  • lawful Tanist, Hugh Roe O'Donnell, was imprisoned without trial in Dublin Castle. Connill backed one of the candidates, Sir Donnell O'Donnell, High Sheriff...
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  • initially supporting his rival and cousin the lord of Tyrconnell Hugh Roe O'Donnell and his ally Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone during Tyrone's Rebellion, Niall...
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  • allowing her brother Hugh Roe to emerge victorious by 1592. In 1591, Nuala made a dynastic marriage with Niall Garve O'Donnell, her cousin and a rival...
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  • List of rulers of Tyrconnell (category O'Donnell dynasty)
    Hugh Roe O'Donnell, 1461-1505 Hugh Duff O'Donnell (Aodh Dubh Ó Domhnaill), 1505-1537 Manus O'Donnell (d. 1564) Calvagh O'Donnell (d. 1566) Sir Hugh O'Donnell...
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  • sixteenth-century Irish Gaelic noblewoman of the O'Donnell clan. She is known for being the second wife of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, bearing him most of...
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  • State Papers. During the long O'Donnell succession dispute in the 1580s and 1590s, O'Gallagher backed Hugh Roe O'Donnell, who eventually triumphed and...
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