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Rose O'Neill (Irish Noblewoman)
Rose O'Neill (; fl. 1587–1607) was a Gaelic Irish noblewoman and queen consort of Tyrconnell. She was the daughter of Hugh O'Neill and wife of Hugh Roe O'Donnell, the two leaders of the Irish confederacy during the Nine Years' War. Her marriage to O'Donnell was a deliberate move to unite the O'Neills and the O'Donnells, the two most powerful Irish clans of their day. Their marriage had formally ended by 1598. She has been the subject of several poems and songs, particularly rebel song " Róisín Dubh", making her somewhat of a nationalist figure for Gaelic Ireland. In poetry, her name is often anglicised Rosaleen. Family background Rose was born into the O'Neill dynasty, specifically the MacBaron branch, in the sixteenth century, probably before 1574. The O'Neills were the most powerful Gaelic Irish clan of their time, but by the mid-to-late sixteenth century, they had fallen into internal conflict due to a succession dispute. The clan split into many septs: the MacShan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh O'Neill, Earl Of Tyrone
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone (; – 20 July 1616) was an Irish lord and key figure of the Nine Years' War. Known as the "Great Earl", he led the confederacy of Irish lords against the English Crown in resistance to the Tudor conquest of Ireland under Queen He was born into the O'Neill clan, Tír Eoghain's ruling noble family, during a violent succession conflict which saw his father assassinated. At the age of eight he was relocated to the Pale where he was raised by an English family. Although the Crown hoped to mold him into a puppet ruler sympathetic to the English government, by the 1570s he had built a strong network of both British and Irish contacts which he utilised for his pursuit of political power. Through the early 1590s, Tyrone secretly supported rebellions against the Crown's advances into Ulster whilst publicly maintaining a loyal appearance. He regularly deceived government officials via bribes and convoluted disinformation campaigns. Via his web of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh O'Neill, 1608
Hugh is the English-language variant of the masculine given name , itself the Old French variant of '' Hugo (name)">Hugo'', a short form of Continental Germanic Germanic name">given names beginning in the element "mind, spirit" (Old English ). The Germanic name is on record beginning in the 8th century, in variants ''Chugo, Hugo, Huc, Ucho, Ugu, Uogo, Ogo, Ougo,'' etc. The name's popularity in the Middle Ages ultimately derives from its use by Frankish nobility, beginning with Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris Hugh the Great (898–956). The Old French form was adopted into English from the Norman period (e.g. Hugh of Montgomery, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury d. 1098; Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester, d. 1101). The spelling ''Hugh'' in English is from the Picard variant spelling '' Hughes'', where the orthography ''-gh-'' takes the role of ''-gu-'' in standard French, i.e. to express the phoneme /g/ as opposed to the affricate /ʒ/ taken by the grapheme ''g'' before front ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Hugh O'Donnell
Hugh McManus O'Donnell ( Irish: ''Sir Aodh mac Maghnusa Ó Domhnaill''; – 7 December 1600) was a Gaelic Irish nobleman, best known as the father of Hugh Roe O'Donnell. He was clan chief of the O'Donnell clan and Lord of Tyrconnell during the Elizabethan era. In 1561, O'Donnell imprisoned his half-brother and rival Calvagh with the assistance of Shane O'Neill. Under brehon law he succeeded as ''The O'Donnell'' upon Calvagh's death in 1566. A "wary politician", O'Donnell's lordship was marked by political indecision. He attempted to appease both pro- and anti-English factions in Tyrconnell, and thus alternated between varying alliances. His clan ultimately united with long-time enemies the O'Neills against the English – this alliance would continue into the Nine Years' War (1593–1603). O'Donnell's health had heavily declined by the 1580s, leading to a major succession crisis which was compounded by the kidnapping of his son and tanist Hugh Roe O'Donnell. His second wif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanistry
Tanistry is a Gaelic system for passing on titles and lands. In this system the Tanist (; ; ) is the office of heir-apparent, or second-in-command, among the (royal) Gaelic patrilineal dynasties of Ireland, Scotland and Mann, to succeed to the chieftainship or to the kingship. The word is preserved in the Republic of Ireland's government, where the prime minister is the ''Taoiseach'' while the deputy prime minister is the ''Tánaiste''. Origins Historically the tanist was chosen from among the heads of the ''roydammna'' or "righdamhna" (literally, those of ''kingly material'') or, alternatively, among all males of the '' sept'', and elected by them in full assembly. The eligibility was based on descent from a king to a few degrees of proximity. Usually descent from the male lines of a king was the norm, however in Scotland, descent through the female lines of a king was also accepted, possibly because of an intermingling with the Pictish succession rules. An example of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brehon Law
Early Irish law, also called Brehon law (from the old Irish word breithim meaning judge), comprised the statutes which governed everyday life in Early Medieval Ireland. They were partially eclipsed by the Norman invasion of 1169, but underwent a resurgence from the 13th until the 17th century, over the majority of the island, and survived into Early Modern Ireland in parallel with English law. Early Irish law was often mixed with Christian influence and juristic innovation. These secular laws existed in parallel, and occasionally in conflict, with canon law throughout the early Christian period. The laws were a civil rather than a criminal code, concerned with the payment of compensation for harm done and the regulation of property, inheritance and contracts; the concept of state-administered punishment for crime was foreign to Ireland's early jurists. They show Ireland in the early medieval period to have been a hierarchical society, taking great care to define social sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conn O'Neill (died 1601)
Conn O'Neill (; –1601), known as Conn Mac An Iarla ("son of the Earl"), was a Gaelic Irish soldier of noble ancestry. The eldest son of Irish lord Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, he fought for his father in the Nine Years' War. He was considered illegitimate by English society because his parents' marriage was annulled, thus he has been called Tyrone's "base son" or "bastard". Family background Conn was the oldest son of Gaelic Irish lord Hugh O'Neill (Earl of Tyrone, 1585–1614), and his first wife, who was a daughter of Brian McPhelim O'Neill of Clandeboye. Conn's mother was possibly named Katherine or Feodora. He had at least one full-sister, who married Sir Ross McMahon around 1579. Tyrone also had another daughter, possibly a full-sibling of Conn, named Rose. When his grandfather Brian was incriminated in a violent conflict with English colonists, his father Tyrone withdrew any association with Brian by annulling the marriage on grounds of consanguinity. The case was ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian McPhelim O'Neill
Sir Brian McPhelim Bacagh O'Neill (died 1574) was Chief of the Name of Clan O'Neill List of rulers of Clandeboye#Lords of Lower Clandeboye, 1556—1600, Lower Clandeboye, an Irish clan in north-eastern Ireland during the Tudor conquest of Ireland. Life O'Neill was the son of Phelim Bacagh O'Neill. In 1556 he became lord of Lower Clandeboye. O'Neill sided with the English government in Ireland to help bolster his position against the threat of Shane O'Neill (Irish exile), Shane O'Neill of Tyrone to the west and a large influx of Scots Highlanders from Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg led by Sorley Boy MacDonnell, Somhairle Buidhe MacDonnell into the Glens of Antrim to his north. In 1568, Brian McPhelim O'Neill would be knighted for his service to the Crown as part of William Piers (constable), William Piers' campaign against Shane O'Neill (son of Conn), Shane O'Neill of Tyrone. O'Neill and his father-in-law, Brian Carragh O'Neill, would wage a private war against Shane O'Neill's success ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiram Morgan
Hiram Morgan (born 1960) is an Irish historian. He is an expert on the Nine Years War (1594–1603), the career of Hugh O'Neill (1550–1616) and Ireland's connections with Europe and beyond. He was chairman of the Royal Irish Academy Committee for Historical Sciences from 2003 to 2007. Early life Morgan was born in Belfast in 1960. He was educated at Our Lady and St. Patrick's College, Knock and at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He teaches at University College Cork. Publications His main works are: *Monograph: **Tyrone's rebellion: the outbreak of the Nine Years War in Tudor Ireland' (Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, April 1993), no. 67 in The Royal Historical Society Studies in History series. *Edited Books: **''Political Ideology in Ireland, 1541–1641''' (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 1999). **''Information, Media and Power through the Ages'' (Dublin: University College Dublin Press, 2001). **'' The Battle of Kinsale'' (Bray: Wordwell Books, March 2004). *Translation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siobhán O'Donnell
Siobhán O'Donnell, Countess of Tyrone ('; died January 1591), sometimes anglicised Joanna, Joan, or Judith, was a sixteenth-century Irish noblewoman of the O'Donnell clan. She was the second wife of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, and bore him most of his children. Family background Siobhán was the daughter of Hugh McManus O'Donnell, Lord of Tyrconnell. Her mother was Sir Hugh's first wife (not his second wife, Iníon Dubh). Historian Francis Martin O'Donnell has named Sir Hugh's first wife as "Nuala, a daughter of O’Neill",. Footnote vi. and states that she was the daughter of Shane O'Neill. Siobhán's mother had probably died by 1566. Historian Helena Concannon believes Siobhán was born 1569, and that her mother was Iníon Dubh, whom her father married in 1569. However, Siobhán's marriage in 1574 makes that date of birth extremely unlikely. Siobhán's most prominent full-sibling was Donal O'Donnell. He attempted to depose his father, and in September 1590's Battle of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niall Garve O'Donnell
Niall Garve O'Donnell (;. – 1626) was an Irish nobleman and soldier who claimed the lordship of Tyrconnell, alternately a rebel against and ally of English rule in Ireland. He is best known for siding with the 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, his own father was passed over in favour of his half-uncle Hugh McManus O'Donnell. After a violent succession conflict, Hugh McManus's son Hugh Roe—Niall's younger cousin by two years—succeeded to the lordship in 1592. A long lasting bitterness ensued between the two cousins. Niall initially fought for Hugh Roe and the Irish confederacy, but in 1600 he entered secret negotiations with leading royal soldier Henry Docwra. The English government hoped to harness Niall's feud against Hugh Roe and promised him the lordship of Tyrconnell for his military assistance. Niall defected in October bringing many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine O'Neill, Countess Of Tyrone
Catherine O'Neill, Countess of Tyrone (née Magennis; before 1574 – 15 March 1619) was an Irish aristocrat. She was the fourth and final wife of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, a leading Gaelic Ireland, Gaelic lord in Ireland during the late Elizabethan Era, Elizabethan and early Stuart eras. Catherine was part of the Magennis dynasty, a powerful family in County Down which enjoyed favour from the Crown. Refined and well-educated, she was betrothed to O'Neill in a political marriage during the Nine Years' War (Ireland), Nine Years' War. Due to increasing hostility against her husband and his allies, Catherine reluctantly Flight of the Earls, fled to mainland Europe in 1607. She was separated from her children and settled with her husband in Rome, receiving minimal support from Philip III of Spain and Pope Paul V. After her husband's death, Catherine faced major financial difficulties and constantly petitioned the Spanish government for their assistance. She died in Naples with m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
