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Brian O'Neill (died 1617)
Brian O'Neill (; – 16 August 1617), also known as Bernard or Con Brian, was a seventeenth-century Irish noble and the youngest son of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone. He joined his parents on the Flight of the Earls and was later found dead in Brussels, possibly killed by an English assassin. Family Brian O'Neill was the son of Irish lord Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, and his fourth wife Catherine Magennis. Tyrone was Chief of the Name of the O'Neill clan, Tír Eoghain's ruling Gaelic Irish noble family. Catherine, Countess of Tyrone, was born into the Magennis family of Rathfriland. Brian had two full-brothers, Conn and Shane. Born , Brian was Tyrone's youngest son. Shane was born in 1599, and Conn was born . Flight of the Earls Brian, Shane and their parents took part in the Flight of the Earls, leaving Ireland for mainland Europe in September 1607. Conn could not be located in time, and was left behind in Ireland. As the Irish refugees travelled through Europe, Brian a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O'Neill Coat Of Arms
The O'Neill dynasty (irish language, Irish: ''Ó Néill'') are a lineage of Irish people, Irish Gaels, Gaelic origin that held prominent positions and titles in Ireland and elsewhere. As kings of Cenél nEógain, they were historically one of the most prominent family of the Northern Uí Néill, along with the O'Donnell dynasty. Some O'Neills state that their ancestors were kings of Ailech during the Early Middle Ages, as descendants of Niall of the Nine Hostages. Two of their progenitors were High Kings of Ireland: Niall Glúndub (from whom they take their name) and Domnall ua Néill. From 1232 until 1616, the O'Neills were sovereign kings of Tír Eógain, holding territories in the north of Ireland in the province of Ulster, particularly around modern County Tyrone, County Londonderry and County Antrim, in what is now Northern Ireland. After their territory was merged with the Kingdom of Ireland and the land was caught up in the Plantation of Ulster, they were involved in a nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leuven
Leuven (, , ), also called Louvain (, , ), is the capital and largest City status in Belgium, city of the Provinces of Belgium, province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipality itself comprises the deelgemeente, sub-municipalities of Heverlee, Kessel-Lo, Leuven proper, Wilsele, Wijgmaal and part of Haasrode, Leuven, Haasrode and Korbeek-Lo, Leuven, Korbeek-Lo. It is the eighth largest city in Belgium, with more than 100,244 inhabitants. Leuven has been a university city since 1425. This makes it the oldest university city in the Low Countries. KU Leuven, the largest Dutch-speaking university in the world and the largest university in the Low Countries (and thus also Belgium's largest university), has its flagship campus in Leuven. The city is home of the headquarters of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest beer brewer and sixth-largest fast-moving consumer goods company. History Middle Ages The earli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Ireland
''History Ireland'' is a magazine with a focus on the history of Ireland. The first issue of the magazine appeared in Spring 1993. It went full-colour in 2004 and since 2005 it is published bi-monthly. It features articles by a range of writers and book reviews. The magazine's editor is Tommy Graham of the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ..., Dublin Programme. References External linksMagazine website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Analecta Hibernica
''Analecta Hibernica'' is the official academic journal of the Irish Manuscripts Commission, carrying reports on the commission's work and publishing shorter manuscripts. It was established in 1930 and is edited by James Kelly. References * *Analecta Hibernica' at JSTOR JSTOR ( ; short for ''Journal Storage'') is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources founded in 1994. Originally containing digitized back issues of academic journals, it now encompasses books and other primary source ... Academic journals established in 1930 English-language journals Annual journals Irish history journals 1930 establishments in Ireland {{history-journal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is an American 501(c)(3) organization, non-profit organization founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle that runs a digital library website, archive.org. It provides free access to collections of digitized media including websites, Application software, software applications, music, audiovisual, and print materials. The Archive also advocates a Information wants to be free, free and open Internet. Its mission is committing to provide "universal access to all knowledge". The Internet Archive allows the public to upload and download digital material to its data cluster, but the bulk of its data is collected automatically by its web crawlers, which work to preserve as much of the public web as possible. Its web archiving, web archive, the Wayback Machine, contains hundreds of billions of web captures. The Archive also oversees numerous Internet Archive#Book collections, book digitization projects, collectively one of the world's largest book digitization efforts. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John O'Hart
John O'Hart (; 1824–1902) was an Irish historian and genealogist. He is noted for his work on ancient Irish lineage. He was born in Crossmolina, County Mayo, Ireland. A committed Roman Catholic and Irish nationalist, O'Hart had originally planned to become a priest but instead spent two years as a police officer. He was an Associate in Arts at the Queen's University, Belfast. He worked at the Commissioners of National Education during the years of the Great Famine. He worked as a genealogist and took an interest in Irish history. He died in 1902 in Clontarf near Dublin, at the age of 78. O'Hart's 800-page, ''The Irish and Anglo-Irish landed gentry'' (Dublin 1884), was reprinted in 1969, with an introduction by Edward MacLysaght, the first Chief Herald of Ireland. Another work, ''Irish pedigrees; or, The origin and stem of the Irish nation'', first published in 1876, has come out in several subsequent editions. To complete his genealogies he used the writings of Cú Choig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Walsh (priest)
Paul Walsh (; 19 June 1885 – 18 June 1941) was an Irish priest and historian. Life and career Walsh was the eldest of the five sons and three daughters born to Michael Walsh and Brigid Gallagher of Ballina (aka Balliea), in the parish of Mullingar, County Westmeath. Educated locally, he spent a year at Mullingar's Congregation of Christian Brothers, Christian Brothers school, and subsequently in 1900 to St. Finnian's College, Navan, where he studied for three years. Noted as a good student, Walsh achieved special distinction in classics and mathematics. In autumn 1903 he became a student at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, again achieving great distinction in subjects such as Irish, French, Italian and Philosophy. Under the influence of Peter Yorke (1864–1925), Walsh became interested in many aspects of Irish culture. Tomás Ó Fiaich later commented that Walsh was one of "... a generation of students [at Maynooth] which was collectively able, multi-talented, committed and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Roe O'Neill
Owen Roe O'Neill ( Irish: ''Eoghan Ruadh Ó Néill;'' – 6 November 1649) was a Gaelic Irish soldier and one of the most famous of the O'Neill dynasty of Ulster. O'Neill left Ireland at a young age and spent most of his life as a mercenary in the Spanish Army serving against the Dutch in Flanders during the Eighty Years' War. After the Irish Rebellion of 1641, O'Neill returned and took command of the Irish Confederate Ulster Army. He is known for his victory at the Battle of Benburb in 1646. O'Neill's later years were marked by infighting amongst the Confederates, and in 1647 he led his army to seize power in the capital of Kilkenny. His troops clashed with rival forces of the Confederacy, leading to O'Neill forming a temporary alliance with Charles Coote's English Parliamentary forces in Ulster. He initially rejected a treaty of alliance between the Confederates and the Irish Royalists, but faced with the Cromwellian invasion he changed his mind. O'Neill died shortly a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert VII, Archduke Of Austria
Albert VII (; 13 November 1559 – 13 July 1621) was the ruling Archduke of Austria for a few months in 1619 and, jointly with his wife, Isabella Clara Eugenia, sovereign of the Habsburg Netherlands between 1598 and 1621. Prior to this, he had been a Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toledo, Archbishop of Toledo, List of viceroys of Portugal, viceroy of Portugal and Governors of the Habsburg Netherlands, Governor General of the Habsburg Netherlands. He succeeded his brother Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, Matthias as reigning archduke of Archduchy of Austria, Lower and Upper Austria, but abdicated in favor of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand II the same year, making it the shortest (and often ignored) reign in Austrian history. Early life Archduke Albert was the fifth son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria of Spain, daughter of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and Isabella of Portugal. He was sent to the Spanish Court at the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Page (servant)
A page or page boy is traditionally a young male attendant or servant, but may also have been a messenger in the service of a nobleman. During wedding ceremonies, a page boy is often used as a symbolic attendant to carry the rings. Etymology The origin of the term is uncertain, but it may come either from the Latin ''pagius'' (servant), possibly linked to peasant, or an earlier Greek word (''pais'' = child). The medieval page In medieval times, a page was an attendant to a nobleman, a knight, a governor or a castellan. Until the age of about seven, sons of noble families would receive training in manners and basic literacy from their mothers or other female relatives. Upon reaching seven years of age, a boy would be sent to the castle, great house or other estate of another noble family. This would match the age at which apprenticeships or servants' employment would be entered into by young males from lower social classes. A young boy served as a page for about seven ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathbarr O'Donnell
Cathbarr O'Donnell (; – 15 September 1608) was an Irish nobleman and member of the O'Donnell dynasty of Tyrconnell. The youngest brother of Red Hugh O'Donnell, Cathbarr fought in the Nine Years' War. He married Rosa O'Doherty, sister of Cahir O'Doherty. In 1607 Cathbarr took part in the Flight of the Earls, leaving Ireland for mainland Europe. He settled in Rome but shortly afterwards died of a fever. His name is often anglicised as ''Caffar''. It is latinised as ''Calfurnius'' on his tomb inscription. Family background Born , Cathbarr was the fourth and youngest sonMcGettigan 2005, p. 36 of Sir Hugh McManus O'Donnell, an Irish Gaelic lord who ruled Tyrconnell from 1566 to 1592. Cathbarr's mother was Hugh McManus's Scottish second wife, Iníon Dubh. His older brothers were Hugh Roe ( Lord of Tyrconnell, 1592–1602), Rory ( Earl of Tyrconnell, 1602–1608) and Manus (died 1600). He also had several sisters, including Nuala, Mary and Margaret. Nine Years' War His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl Of Tyrconnell
Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell (Irish language, Irish: ''Rudhraighe'' ''Ó Domhnaill''; 1575 – 28 July 1608), was an Gaelic Ireland, Irish Gaelic lord and the last lord of Tyrconnell 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. In 1607, following their defeat in the Nine Years' War (Ireland), Nine Years' War, Tyrconnell and his wartime ally Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, Flight of the Earls, fled Ireland for mainland Europe. Tyrconnell died of a fever shortly after settling in Rome. Early life Born in 1575, Rory O'Donnell was the second son of Irish lord Sir Hugh O'Donnell, Sir Hugh McManus O'Donnell and his second wife Iníon Dubh. Hugh McManus reigned as Chief of the Name and Tighearna, Lord of Tyrconnell from 1566 until his 1592 abdication in favour of Rory's older brother Hugh Roe O'Donnell. Iníon Dubh was a Scottish aristocrat of Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
