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    Hugh Roe O'Donnell II (Irish: Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill; 30 October 1572 – 10 September 1602), also known as Red Hugh O'Donnell, was a sixteenth-century Irish...
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  • of Hugh O'Neill and wife of "Red" Hugh Roe O'Donnell, the two leaders of the Irish alliance during the Nine Years' War. Her marriage to O'Donnell was...
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    during his exile. In comparison to his "warlike and arrogant" ally Hugh Roe O'Donnell, Tyrone was cautious and deliberative. He is considered an enigma...
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    brother of Hugh Roe O'Donnell and in 1603 became the first to be styled the Earl of Tyrconnell. Rory O'Donnell was the second eldest son of Sir Hugh McManus...
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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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  • powerful O'Neill clansman Hugh O'Neill married O'Donnell's daughter Siobhán. In 1587, O'Donnell's son (and tanist) Hugh Roe O'Donnell was betrothed to Tyrone's...
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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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    same technique Hugh Roe O'Donnell used to expell Willis from Tyrconnell in 1592. It was after Willis' first offensive that Maguire, O'Donnell and Brian Oge...
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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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  • 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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    Iníon Dubh (redirect from Finula O'Donnell)
    of Irish nobleman Sir Hugh McManus O'Donnell, King of Tyrconnell, and mother of his most significant children, including Hugh Roe, Rory, Nuala and Cathbarr...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 1599 – Nine Years' War: Battle of Curlew Pass: Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford, sent...
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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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  • 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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  • years later, Hugh Roe successfully had himself made The O'Donnell. Sir Donal O'Donnell was survived by his only son, Donal Óg O'Donnell. In a Spanish...
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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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    clan chief Hugh Roe O'Donnell, Lord of Tyrconnell. True to his clan's coat of arms and the Constantinian motto of the House of O'Donnell (In Hoc Signo...
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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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