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Irish nobles

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 succeede ...

, the last ruler of the Cenél nEógain to be styled as king of Ailech * Hugh O'Neill (d. 1524), king of Clandeboye in medieval Ireland *

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 Ir ...

(–1616), Irish chieftain who resisted the annexation of Ireland by Elizabeth I of England *

Hugh Oge O'Neill Hugh Oge O'Neill (died 1586), known fully as Hugh Oge McHugh O'Neill, was the son of Hugh O'Neill of the Clandeboye O'Neill's of eastern Ulster, Gaelic Ireland. Lord of Edenduffcarrick In 1574, Hugh's paternal uncle, Sir Brian McPhelim O'Neill, l ...

(died 1586) *

Hugh Gavelagh O'Neill Hugh Gavelagh MacShane O'Neill (; – January 1590) was a sixteenth-century Irish noble of the O'Neill dynasty, specifically the MacShane branch. He was executed on the orders of his cousin the Earl of Tyrone. Family background Gavelagh was ...

(died 1590), Irish nobleman *

Hugh McShane O'Neill Hugh McShane O'Neill ( – after 1621) was an early modern Irish nobleman and rebel associated with the McShanes of Glenconkeyne and Killetra (modern south County Londonderry). This group was also called the "Wild Clan Shanes of Killetragh" or ...

, Irish nobleman and rebel *

Hugh O'Neill, 4th Baron Dungannon Hugh O'Neill, 4th Baron Dungannon (; – 23 September 1609) was an Irish nobleman. The eldest son of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, and Siobhán O'Donnell, he was considered the heir to the O'Neill clan, though he predeceased his father. Dunga ...

(–1609), Irish nobleman *

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 de ...

(1611–1660), Irish soldier who commanded the defenders in the Siege of Clonmel and Siege of Limerick *

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 ...

(1883–1982), Ulster Unionist politician who served as Father of the House of Commons *

Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Baron Rathcavan Hugh Detmar Torrens O'Neill, 3rd Baron Rathcavan (born 14 June 1939), is a British hereditary peer and businessman who sat as a crossbencher in the House of Lords from 1994 until 1999. He was educated at Eton College. O'Neill ran Lamont, a text ...

(born 1939)

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* 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) Hugh O'Neill (born January 20, 1990) is a Canadian former professional football punter and placekicker who played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the BC Lions, Edmonton Eskimos / Elks, and Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He was selected by the Lio ...

(born 1990), Canadian football punter and placekicker *Hugh O’Neill (GAA Dublin minor star) - victor of Gaelic A Dublin championship 2024

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