• Calvagh O'Donnell (Irish: Calbhach Ó Domhnaill; c. 1515 – 26 October 1566), eldest son of Manus O'Donnell, was an Irish King of Tyrconnell of the mid-16th...
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  • deposed by his son Calvagh, who effectively took over the kingdom's leadership. Manus died during his imprisonment in Lifford. Manus O'Donnell was born in 1490...
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    distant Irish paternal ancestry, the 11th generation descendant of Calvagh O'Donnell, Rí of Tír Chonaill, a Gaelic territory in the west of Ulster in the...
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    two rival O'Donnell branches led by Hugh McHugh Dubh O'Donnell and Conn O'Donnell. Conn had a strong claim to the lordship as his father Calvagh was a prior...
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  • Conn McCalvagh O'Donnell (died 13 March 1583) was a member of the O'Donnell dynasty of Donegal. At various points in his turbulent career, Conn either...
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  • O'Donnell (died 1601) was a member of the O'Donnell dynasty of Donegal. He was the youngest son of Conn O'Donnell, and grandson of Calvagh O'Donnell who...
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  • Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll Lady Janet Campbell, who married Calvagh O'Donnell, Lord of Tyrconnell. Archibald was married secondly to Lady Margaret...
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  • grandfather was Calvagh O'Donnell, who was Lord of Tyrconnell and Chief of the Name O'Donnell. However, at the time of Calvagh's death in 1566, Calvagh's son Conn...
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    ensuing conflict, the O'Neill captured and imprisoned her father Calvagh O'Donnell. Calvagh was married to Catherine, the Dowager Countess of Argyll and daughter...
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    Colmcille or Columba; mainly lived at Lifford Calbhach Ó Domhnaill (Calvagh O'Donnell; d. 1566), An Ó Domhnaill, 22nd Chieftain and King of Tyrconnell;...
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  • (1926–2019), Irish surgeon Pacho O'Donnell (born 1941), Argentine psychoanalyst Calvagh O'Donnell (died 1566), The O'Donnell, 22nd Chieftain, and Lord of...
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  • challenged for the lordship, which was held by his two nephews, Calvagh O'Donnell and Sir Hugh O'Donnell. He was supported in his claim by Miler Magrath who suggested...
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    O'Donnell Conn Oge O'Donnell Conn O'Donnell Calvagh O'Donnell, King of Tír Chonaill Manus O'Donnell, King of Tír Chonaill Hugh Dubh O'Donnell, King of Tír Chonaill...
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  • Hugh O'Donnell feuded with his half-brother Calvagh for control of Tyrconnell's lordship. He allied himself with the O’Neill family against Calvagh. In...
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  • chief Shane O'Neill. Shane had captured Catherine MacLean, wife of Calvagh O'Donnell, and made her his mistress. Their son gained the name Gavelagh, meaning...
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  • Battle of Binnion Hill (category O'Donnell dynasty)
    time as Calvagh O'Donnell had his father locked up for two years so that he himself could be ruler of the O’Donnell’s and O’Donnell lands. Calvagh, unsure...
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    House of Commons. Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuan, Spanish general and statesman, a descendant of Calvagh O'Donnell, chieftain of Tyrconnell. Juan...
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    (b. 1510) date unknown Charles Dumoulin, French jurist (b. 1500) Calvagh O'Donnell, Irish chieftain probable – Jacob Acontius, Swiss jurist, theologian...
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  • Gaelic kingdom Tyrconnell. Hugh MacEdegany was an illegitimate son of Calvagh O'Donnell, raised as[citation needed] the son of the Dean of Raphoe ("the Deacon...
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    O’Neill's army was Hugh O’Donnell (brother of Calvagh) and his followers. The Kinel-Connell was in turmoil at this time as Calvagh O'Donnell had his father locked...
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    latter avoided a pitched battle, Sidney restored O'Neill's rival Calvagh O'Donnell to his rights, and established an English garrison at Derry to prevent...
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    times: firstly to Archibald Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll; secondly to Calvagh O'Donnell, Lord of Tyrconnell; thirdly to Shane O'Neill, Prince of Ulster; and...
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  • List of rulers of Tyrconnell (category O'Donnell dynasty)
    His brother, Hugh, the son of Manus O'Donnell, was inaugurated in his place." Webb, Alfred (1878). "Calvagh O'Donnell". A Compendium of Irish Biography...
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  • Domhnaill becomes king of Tír Chonaill and The O'Donnell in succession to his half-brother Calvagh O'Donnell. November – Shane O'Neill attacks the troops...
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  • (b. 1510) date unknown Charles Dumoulin, French jurist (b. 1500) Calvagh O'Donnell, Irish chieftain probable – Jacob Acontius, Swiss jurist, theologian...
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  • Shane O'Neill invades Tyrconnell but is surprised and defeated by Calvagh O'Donnell at the Battle of Binnion Hill. Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989)....
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    that. Calvagh O'Donnell was treated exceptionally harshly: Shane took his wife as a concubine and had several children with her, while Calvagh was tortured...
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  • Killydonnell Friary Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular founded 1471 by Calvagh O'Donnell, on grant of petition to the Pope by Franciscan brothers Dermit Idurnyn...
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  • Battle of Farsetmore (category O'Donnell dynasty)
    MacDonnells of Antrim in Battle and O'Donnells by kidnapping the O'Donnell leader Calvagh, in Donegal. In 1566, the English Lord Deputy of Ireland, Henry...
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    O’Donnell clan. He then proceeded to banish the people loyal to the O’Donnell's from the castle so that he could keep it for himself. In 1544 Calvagh...
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