Sir Hugh McManus O'Donnell (

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

: ''Sir Aodh mac Maghnusa Ó Domhnaill''; died c. 1600) was an

Gaelic lord. He was ''The O'Donnell'' of his clan, and king of

Tyrconnell Tyrconnell (), also spelled Tirconnell, was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland, associated geographically with present-day County Donegal, which has sometimes been called ''County Tyrconnell''. At times it also included parts of County Fermanagh, Cou ...

in medieval

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

Biography

O'Donnell's second marriage was to

Iníon Dubh Finola MacDonald, styled after her marriage as Dame Finola Ó Domhnaill or Finola, Lady Ó Domhnaill, and better known by the Irish nickname ''Iníon Dubh'' (pronounced in both Scots Gaelic and Ulster Irish as 'In-neen Doo'), was queen conso ...

. In the 1580s, a violent succession dispute broke out amongst the O'Donnells over who would succeed him. He abdicated in favour of his eldest son by his second wife,

Hugh Roe O'Donnell Hugh Roe O'Donnell ( Irish: ''Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill''), also known as Red Hugh O'Donnell (30 October 1572 – 10 September 1602), was a sixteenth-century leader of the Gaelic nobility of Ireland. He became Chief of the Name of Clan O'Donne ...

, in 1592. He lived in retirement until his death 1600, by which time Tyrone's Rebellion was in full flight.

Family

From his first marriage, their children were: *Donnchadh (Duncan) "Scaite" * Sir Donnell (d. 1590) *Ruaidhri (Rory) (d. 1575) *Siobhán (Joan), (d. January 1591), married Hugh, 2nd Earl of Tyrone, in 1574. *unknown daughter, married a son of Sir Turlough Luineach O'Neill. His second marriage was to Fionnghuala (Fiona) MacDonald, known by the Irish nickname

, daughter of

James MacDonald, 6th of Dunnyveg James MacDonald (Scottish Gaelic: ''Séamus Mac Dhòmhnaill''), alias McDonnell, 6th Chief of Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg, Scottish-Gaelic lord, died 1565. Biography MacDonald was the son of Alexander MacDonald, lord of Islay and Kintyre (''Can ...

and

Agnes Campbell Lady Agnes Campbell (1526–1601) was the daughter of The 3rd Earl of Argyll and his wife, Lady Jean Gordon, daughter of The 3rd Earl of Huntly. She was likely born at Inveraray Castle. Her sister, Elizabeth, married The 1st Earl of Moray, an ...

, their children were: * Nuala, married

Niall Garve O'Donnell Niall Garve O'Donnell ( ga, Niall Garbh Ó Domhnaill; 1569 – 1626) was an Irish chieftain, alternately an ally of and rebel against English rule in Ireland. He is best known for siding with the English against his kinsman Hugh Roe O'Donnel ...

* Hugh Roe (c. 1572 – 10 September 1602) *

Rory Rory is a given name of Gaelic origin. It is an anglicisation of the ga, Ruairí/''Ruaidhrí'' and gd, Ruairidh and is common to the Irish, Highland Scots and their diasporas. for the given name "Rory". The meaning of the name is "red king", ...

(c. 1575 – 1 August 1608), later

Earl of Tyrconnell Earl of Tyrconnell is a title that has been created four times in the Peerage of Ireland. It was first created in 1603, for Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, formerly king of Tyrconnell, along with the subsidiary title Baron Donegal. The 1s ...

, married Brigid FitzGerald *Maghnus (Manus) *Mairghead (Margaret) *Máire (Mary) (d. 1662), married firstly Sir Donnell Ó Cathain and later Tadhg O'Rourke. * Cathbarr (d. 1608) *GráinneO'Donnell, Eunan; ''Reflection on the Flight of the Earls; Donegal Annual, Bliainiris Dhún na nGall, Journal of the County Donegal Historical Society, No. 58'' (2006); pp. 31-44. Gráinne is known only as a sister of the Earl (i.e., Rory), with no additional information.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:ODonnell, Hugh, Sir 1540s births 1600s deaths Kings of Tír Chonaill 16th-century Irish monarchs People of Elizabethan Ireland People from County Donegal