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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 an Irish clan chief,...
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  • of Hugh O'Neill and wife of "Red" Hugh Roe O'Donnell, the two leaders of the Irish confederacy during the Nine Years' War. Her marriage to O'Donnell was...
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    prior to the Plantation of Ulster. He succeeded his older brother Hugh Roe O'Donnell and in 1603 became the first to be styled the Earl of Tyrconnell....
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  • English against his kinsman Hugh Roe O'Donnell during the Nine Years' War. Although Niall's paternal grandfather was O'Donnell clan chief and Lord of Tyrconnell...
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    during his exile. In comparison to his "warlike and arrogant" ally Hugh Roe O'Donnell, Tyrone was cautious and deliberate. A consummate liar, he is considered...
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    Hugh Roe O'Donnell (Irish: Aodh Ruadh mac Néill Gairbh Ó Domhnaill; c. 1427 – 11 July 1505) was a leading figure in Gaelic Ireland, ruling as king of Tyrconnell...
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  • Strike of 1892 Hugh O'Donnell (priest) (1884–1947), American priest and President of the University of Notre Dame Hugh Roe O'Donnell (died 1505), ruler...
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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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    Nine Years' War (Ireland) (category O'Donnell dynasty)
    was fought between an Irish confederacy—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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    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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  • O'Neill clansman Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, married O'Donnell's daughter Siobhán. In 1587, O'Donnell's son (and tanist) Hugh Roe O'Donnell was betrothed...
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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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  • 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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  • List of rulers of Tyrconnell (category O'Donnell dynasty)
    monastery of Donegal." O'Donnell 2020, p. 3. Annals of the Four Masters 2008, pp. 1437–1439. "O'Donnell (Hugh, the son of Hugh Roe, son of Niall Garv, son...
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  • half-siblings included chiefs Hugh Roe O'Donnell and Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell. From the late-1560s to early-1570s, Hugh O'Neill (then 3rd Baron...
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    son Hugh Albert O'Donnell. After Cathbarr's death, Rosa remarried to the Irish soldier Owen Roe O'Neill. Cathbarr had a son with Rosa named Hugh O'Donnell...
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    the appointment of a sheriff. In 1592, Maguire provided refuge for Hugh Roe O'Donnell after his escape from imprisonment in Dublin Castle. In early 1593...
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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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  • 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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    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 Nine Years' War...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    Hugh Albert O'Donnell, 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell (October 1606 – August/September 1642) was an Irish nobleman descended from the O'Donnell clan of Tyrconnell...
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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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  • of the O'Donnell's against his great-nephews Sir Donnell O'Donnell and Hugh Roe O'Donnell. Ironically Hugh Dubh was a foster-father to Hugh Roe. In 1593...
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    Mary's Abbey St. Michan's Church The Tholsel Early modern Escape of Hugh Roe O'Donnell et al. from Dublin Castle (1592) Trinity College Dublin (est. 1592)...
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