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Hugh O'Neill (d
Hugh O'Neill or O'Neil may refer to: *Hugh O'Neill (d. 1524), king of Clandeboye in medieval Ireland *Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone (c. 1550–1616), Irish chieftain who resisted the annexation of Ireland by Elizabeth I of England *Hugh O'Neill, 1st Baron Rathcavan (1883–1982), Ulster Unionist politician who served as Father of the House of Commons *Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Baron Rathcavan (born 1939) *Hugh Dubh O'Neill (1611–1660), Irish soldier who commanded the defenders in the Siege of Clonmel and Siege of Limerick *Hugh O'Neil (1936–2015), Canadian politician *Hugh O'Neil (baseball), 19th-century baseball player *Hugh O'Neill (artist) (1784–1824), English artist *Hugh O'Neill (soccer) (born 1954), American soccer player *Hugh O'Neill (bishop) (1898–1955), coadjutor bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand, 1943–1946 *Hugh O'Neill (Canadian football) (born 1990), Canadian football punter and placekicker *Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Baron Rathcavan (born 1939) *Hugh Boy O'Neill, the last ruler of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh O'Neill (d
Hugh O'Neill or O'Neil may refer to: *Hugh O'Neill (d. 1524), king of Clandeboye in medieval Ireland *Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone (c. 1550–1616), Irish chieftain who resisted the annexation of Ireland by Elizabeth I of England *Hugh O'Neill, 1st Baron Rathcavan (1883–1982), Ulster Unionist politician who served as Father of the House of Commons *Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Baron Rathcavan (born 1939) *Hugh Dubh O'Neill (1611–1660), Irish soldier who commanded the defenders in the Siege of Clonmel and Siege of Limerick *Hugh O'Neil (1936–2015), Canadian politician *Hugh O'Neil (baseball), 19th-century baseball player *Hugh O'Neill (artist) (1784–1824), English artist *Hugh O'Neill (soccer) (born 1954), American soccer player *Hugh O'Neill (bishop) (1898–1955), coadjutor bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand, 1943–1946 *Hugh O'Neill (Canadian football) (born 1990), Canadian football punter and placekicker *Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Baron Rathcavan (born 1939) *Hugh Boy O'Neill, the last ruler of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh O'Neill, Earl Of Tyrone
Hugh O'Neill (Irish: ''Aodh Mór Ó Néill''; literally ''Hugh The Great O'Neill''; – 20 July 1616), was an Irish Gaelic lord, Earl of Tyrone (known as the Great Earl) and was later created ''The Ó Néill Mór'', Chief of the Name. O'Neill's career was played out against the background of the Tudor conquest of Ireland, and he is best known for leading a coalition of Irish clans during the Nine Years' War, the strongest threat to the House of Tudor in Ireland since the uprising of Silken Thomas against King Henry VIII. Family background and early career Hugh O'Neill came from a line of the O'Neill dynasty—derbfine—that the English authorities recognized as the legitimate successors to the Chiefs of the O'Neills and to the title of Earl of Tyrone. He was the second son of Matthew O'Neill, also called Feardorach, reputed illegitimate son of Conn, 1st Earl of Tyrone. Shane O'Neill, a legitimate son of Conn O'Neill, employed the ambivalent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh O'Neill, 1st Baron Rathcavan
Robert William Hugh O'Neill, 1st Baron Rathcavan, (8 June 1883 – 28 November 1982), known as Sir Hugh O'Neill, 1st Baronet, from 1929 to 1953, was an Ulster Unionist member of both the Parliament of the United Kingdom and the Parliament of Northern Ireland. Background and education O'Neill was the third son of Edward O'Neill, 2nd Baron O'Neill, and the uncle of Terence O'Neill, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. Educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford, Hugh O'Neill was subsequently called to the Bar at Inner Temple. He served as a Major in the British Army. Political career Although O'Neill contested the constituency of Stockport in 1906, he was first elected to the Westminster Parliament for Mid-Antrim in 1915, he later represented Antrim and then North Antrim. O'Neill was also elected to represent Antrim in the Northern Ireland House of Commons in 1921 and served as its first Speaker, before standing down from his seat in 1929. On 17 June 1929 he was cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Baron Rathcavan
Hugh Detmar O'Neill, 3rd Baron Rathcavan (born 14 June 1939), is a hereditary peer who sat as a crossbencher in the British House of Lords from 1994 until 1999. He was educated at Eton College. O'Neill ran Lamont, a textile company in Northern Ireland, in the 1980s and was chairman of the Northern Ireland Tourist Board before taking on the Brasserie St Quentin in Knightsbridge Knightsbridge is a residential and retail district in central London, south of Hyde Park, London, Hyde Park. It is identified in the London Plan as one of two international retail centres in London, alongside the West End of London, West End. ... in 2002. External links Debrett's People of Today Notes 1939 births Living people People educated at Eton College High Sheriffs of Antrim Crossbench hereditary peers {{UK-baron-stub Rathcavan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Dubh O'Neill
Hugh Dubh O'Neill, 5th Earl of Tyrone ("Black Hugh", meaning "black-haired" or "dark tempered") (1611–1660) was an Irish soldier of the 17th century. He is best known for his participation in the Irish Confederate Wars and in particular his defence of Clonmel in 1650. O'Neill was a member of the O'Neill dynasty, the leaders of which left Ireland in the flight of the Earls in 1607. Hugh Dubh's father, Art Óg O'Neill, was among those exiles who made careers for themselves in the Spanish Army of Flanders. Hugh Dubh was, as a result, born in Brussels in 1611 and grew up in the Irish military community there, becoming a professional soldier and serving in the Irish regiment of the Spanish army in Flanders during the Eighty Years' War against the United Provinces of the Netherlands. In 1642, his uncle, Owen Roe O'Neill, organised the return of 300 Irish officers in the Spanish service to Ireland to support the Irish Rebellion of 1641. O'Neill's men became the nucleus of the Ulster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh O'Neil
Hugh Patrick O'Neil (July 10, 1936 – September 14, 2015) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1995, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson. Background O'Neil was educated at Peterborough Teachers' College (c. 1907 as Peterborough Normal School), and worked as a teacher and real estate broker before entering political life. He was married to Donna Grace (McColl) and they raised two children, David and Catherine. Politics He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1975 provincial election, defeating the Progressive Conservative candidate by 659 votes in the eastern Ontario riding of Quinte. He was re-elected by a much greater margin in the 1977 provincial election, and in the elections of 1981, 1985, 1987, and 1990. The Liberals under David Peterson formed a minority government following the 1985 election, and O'Neil was appointed as Minister of Industry, Trad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh O'Neil (baseball)
Hugh O'Neil (sometimes referred to as J. O'Neill) was an American professional baseball player who played pitcher for the 1875 Brooklyn Atlantics The Atlantic Base Ball Club of Brooklyn ("Atlantic" or the "Brooklyn Atlantics") was baseball's first champion and its first dynasty. The team was also the first baseball club to visit the White House in 1865 at the invitation of President And .... External links Brooklyn Atlantics players 19th-century baseball players Major League Baseball pitchers Baseball players from Brooklyn Date of birth missing Date of death missing {{US-baseball-pitcher-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh O'Neill (artist)
Hugh O'Neill (1784–1824) was an English architectural and antiquarian draughtsman who contributed 441 drawings of scenes from Bristol, England to the topographical collection of George Weare Braikenridge. The Braikenridge Collection makes Bristol's early 19th century appearance one of the best documented of any English city. O'Neill was born in Bloomsbury, London on 20 April 1784, the son of Jeremiah O'Neill, an architect. He exhibited at the Royal Academy during 1800–04. He was a drawing master at Oxford and Edinburgh, then moved to Bath in 1813. In 1821 he settled in Bristol and worked almost exclusively thereafter for George Weare Braikenridge. Most of the commissioned works were in monochrome wash. Some of his surviving drawings suggest that he also undertook commissions for architectural alterations. He does not seem to have participated in the activities of the Bristol School of artists. He died in Bristol on 7 April 1824. The Braikenridge Collec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh O'Neill (soccer)
Hugh O'Neill (born July 16, 1954) is a retired American soccer player who played professionally in the North American Soccer League, Scottish First Division, American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League. Early life Born and raised in Kearny, New Jersey, O'Neill graduated from Essex Catholic High School before playing soccer at the Scots Club, and the University of Bridgeport where he was a 1973 and 1975 All American soccer player. Playing career Club In 1975, O'Neill turned professional with the Hartford Bicentennials of the North American Soccer League. The following fall, the Bicentennials sent him on loan to Glasgow Rangers F.C. of the Scottish League. The Bicentennials failed to perceive that O'Neill's Roman Catholic faith and his family history of supporting Celtic could present a problem. Despite this, O'Neill played every reserve game that season, except for the games against the Celtic reserves. The Bicentennials became the Connecticut Bicentennials for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh O'Neill (bishop)
Hugh John O'Neill (29 June 1898 – 27 December 1955) was the Roman Catholic coadjutor Bishop of Dunedin (1943–1949). Early life O'Neill was born in Dunedin on 29 June 1898, the son of Edward and Elizabeth O'Neill."Death of His Lordship Bishop O'Neill: A Beloved Prelate's Years of Suffering", ''Zealandia'', Thursday, 5 January 1956, p. 1. The family moved to Mosgiel a few years later. He was educated by the Sisters of Mercy in Mosgiel and at the Christian Brothers School in Dunedin."Obituary: Bishop O'Neill", ''Otago Daily Times'', Wednesday 28 December 1955, p. 4. In 1915 he commenced at Holy Cross seminary and was ordained by Bishop Whyte at St. Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin on 31 July 1921. Career Immediately after ordination, O'Neill was sent to Rome where he studied canon law at the Pontifical Lateran University (the Apollinaris) and resided at the Irish College. He returned to New Zealand in 1923 and was appointed Professor of Canon Law and Scholastic Philosophy a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh O'Neill (Canadian Football)
Hugh O'Neill (born January 20, 1990) is a professional Canadian football punter and placekicker for the Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was originally drafted 11th overall by the BC Lions in the 2011 CFL Draft and spent parts of three seasons with the team. He has also been a member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He played CIS football with the Alberta Golden Bears. Professional career BC Lions In the Canadian Football League's Amateur Scouting Bureau final rankings, O'Neill was ranked as the eighth best player for players eligible in the 2011 draft, and fifth by players in Canadian Interuniversity Sport. O'Neill was drafted in the second round and 11th overall by the BC Lions in the 2011 CFL Draft and was signed by the team on May 30, 2011. His first two years with the BC Lions were spent on the injured list, a conventional way in the CFL to hide players from the salary cap while keeping the player protected from poaching by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Boy O'Neill
Hugh Boy O'Neill (Irish: ''Aed Buide Ó Néill'') was the last ruler of the Cenél nEógain to be styled as king of Ailech and was the eponymous ancestor of the Clandeboye O'Neill's in medieval Ireland. The son of Donnell Og O'Neill, he succeeded to the kingship of Ailech after the death of Brian O'Neill at the battle of Down in 1260. His name in English translates as "Yellow Hugh" on account of his hair colour giving rise to the English alias' Hugh the Yellow, Hugh the Tawny and Hugh the Blond. Career In 1259 O'Neill along with Donnell Óg O'Donnell, king of Tyrconnell, led an expedition into Tyrone where his fathers first-cousin Brian O'Neill was king. They burned the country before passing into Airgíalla and taking the hostages of everywhere they went. He would become king of Tyrone in 1260 after the death Brian at the battle of Down, however his brother Niall Culanach contested the kingship and sized it in 1261, holding it until Hugh Boy expelled him from it in 1262 and k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
