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    Fiach mac Aodha Ó Broin (anglicised as Feagh or Fiach MacHugh O'Byrne) (1534 – 8 May 1597) was Chief of the Name of Clann Uí Bhroin (Clan O'Byrne) and...
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  • Fiach is an Irish male given name. It may refer to: Saint Fiacc, fifth-century bishop of Sletty in Ireland Fiach McHugh O'Byrne (1534–1597) Irish chief...
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    and Fiach O'Byrne. He was inaugurated as clan chief ("The O'Donnell") at the Rock of Doon on 3 May 1592. Along with his father-in-law O'Neill, Hugh Roe...
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  • folk musician Fiach McHugh O'Byrne (1534–1597), Gaelic chieftain famed for his resistance to English rule in Ireland Felim McFiach O'Byrne (d.1630), Gaelic...
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    Rebellions, the warlord Hugh O'Byrne gave support to the Earl of Desmond, and died during the second rebellion. His son Fiach McHugh O'Byrne took over the chieftainship...
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    defeat of an army of 3,000 English soldiers by Fiach Mac Aodh Ó Broin (anglicised Fiach MacHugh O'Byrne) at the Battle of Glenmalure, during the Second...
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    Catholic army of united Irish clans from the Wicklow Mountains led by Fiach MacHugh O'Byrne and James Eustace, 3rd Viscount Baltinglass of the Pale, defeated...
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    1485–1540) Richard Gwyn (c. 1537–1584) Muiris Mac Ionrachtaigh (d. 1585) Fiach McHugh O'Byrne (1534–1597) Feidhlimidh Riabhach Mac Dhaibheid (d. 1608) Cathaoir...
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  • firm ally of Fiach McHugh O'Byrne with whom he intrigued until the latter's death in 1597. After O'Byrne's death, he intrigued with Hugh O'Neill. When...
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  • included the coalition of Irish clans led by Fiach McHugh O'Byrne, Chief of the Name of Clann Uí Bhroin (Clan O'Byrne) and Lord of Ranelagh. At first the uprising...
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    leaders of the O'Toole and O'Byrne clans (notable examples include Art Óg Mac Murchadha Caomhánach and Fiach McHugh O'Byrne) until the 17th century. Mesgegra...
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    Majesty's service: he claimed that the clan leader and ally of O'Neill, Fiach McHugh O'Byrne, was hindering his proceedings with the rebel earl, and that the...
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    to the Wicklow Mountains to seek shelter with Tyrone's ally Fiach McHugh O'Byrne. O'Byrne's search party found the two men buried in snow and close to...
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  • United States first published as Free Society A nickname given to Fiach McHugh O'Byrne (1534–1597), an Irish rebel This disambiguation page lists articles...
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    2009). "O'Donnell, 'Red' Hugh (Ó Domhnaill, Aodh Ruadh)". Dictionary of Irish Biography. doi:10.3318/dib.006343.v1. O'Byrne, Emmett (October 2009). "O'Donnell...
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  • (with Bagenal one of the commanders of the rear) into battle with Fiach McHugh O'Byrne and Viscount Baltinglass in the Wicklow mountain passes. In 1584...
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  • commissioned to follow the lord deputy in the government's campaign against Fiach McHugh O'Byrne, a rebel leader whose fastness lay in the Wicklow mountains. During...
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    conditions, making for Fiach McHugh O'Byrne's stronghold at Glenmalure. Art O'Neill died from exposure during the journey and Red Hugh had several toes amputated...
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    for fighting against the Queen's forces. Fiach McHugh O'Byrne was chief of the O'Byrne clan in Wicklow. Fiach had achieved acclaim for his defeat of the...
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    O'More allied with Fiach McHugh O'Byrne, Hugh O'Byrne's son, and the two men considerably terrorised the Pale. In April 1572 Fiach was implicated in the...
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    of the McKeogh (Mac Eochaidh, Mac Eochadha) family. Some are also by Eochaidh Ó hÉoghusa. Several poems are dedicated to Fiach McHugh O'Byrne (1534–1597)...
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    belonged to Fiach McHugh O'Byrne sometimes described as Lord Ranelagh, because he was head of the Gabhal Ragnaill branch of the O'Byrne clan. In 1785...
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  • O'More, Lord of Laois, and Margaret O’Byrne, daughter of Hugh McSeán O'Byrne. He had six full-siblings, which include Fiach, Remainn (fellow rebels) and Doryne...
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    O'Neill's alliance was not limited to Ulster as he was allied to Fiach McHugh O'Byrne in Leinster. He had come under increasing pressure from Lord Deputy...
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    Walsingham. Sixty to eighty kern and gallowglass, led by two brothers of Fiach McHugh O'Byrne, having burnt the "towne" of Rathmore were retreating into the mountains...
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    which he then escaped. The escape was completed with the help of Fiach McHugh O'Byrne (1534-1597), Lord of Ranelagh and leader of the Clann Uí Bhroin,...
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  • during the escapers' desperate trek towards the land of Fiach McHugh O'Byrne, and Perrot enabled Hugh O'Neill and Turlough Luineach to attack the territory...
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  • O'Byrnes had been allied to Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone since the outbreak of the Nine Years' War in 1593. Fiach McHugh O'Byrne had worked together with...
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    raid on Roscommon in the company of Fiach McHugh O'Byrne, who had brought forces from Leinster. In September Hugh Roe O'Donnell sent a small force to...
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  • simultaneously held bishoprics in the Protestant Church of Ireland. July – Fiach McHugh O'Byrne from the Wicklow Mountains launches a new phase of the Second Desmond...
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