Sir Hugh O'Donnell
| Sir Hugh O'Donnell Sir Aodh mac Maghnusa Ó Domhnaill | |
|---|---|
| King of Tyrconnell | |
| Reign | 1566-1592 |
| Predecessor | Calvagh O'Donnell |
| Heir | Hugh Roe O'Donnell |
| Born |
c. 1540 Tyrconnell, Ulster, Ireland |
| Died |
c. 1600 (aged 59-60) Donegal, Tyrconnell, Ulster, Ireland |
| Spouse | Ineen Dubh |
| Issue | Numerous |
| House | Uí Dhomhnaill |
| Father | Manus O'Donnell |
| Mother | Judith O'Neill |
Sir Hugh O'Donnell (Irish: Sir Aodh mac Maghnusa Ó Domhnaill; died c. 1600)[1] was an Irish Gaelic lord. He was The O'Donnell of his clan, and king of Tyrconnell in medieval Ireland.
Biography
O'Donnell's second marriage was to Iníon Dubh.[1][2] 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,[1] 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"[3]
- Sir Donnell (d. 1590)
- Ruaidhri (Rory) (d. 1575)
- Siobhán (Joan), (d. January 1591), married Hugh, 2nd Earl of Tyrone, in 1574.[1]
- unknown daughter, married a son of Turlough Luineach O'Neill.
His second marriage was to Fionnghuala (Fiona) MacDonald, known by the Irish nickname Iníon Dubh,[1][2] daughter of James MacDonald, 6th of Dunnyveg and Agnes Campbell,[1] their children were:
- Nuala, married Niall Garve O'Donnell
- Hugh Roe[1] (c. 1572 – 10 September 1602)
- Rory (c. 1575 – 1 August 1608),[1] later Earl of Tyrconnell, married Brigid FitzGerald
- Maghnus
- Mairghead (Margaret)
- Máire (Mary) (d. 1662), married firstly Sir Donnell Ó Cathain and later Tadhg O'Rourke.
- Cathbarr (d. 1608)
- Gráinne[4]
Family tree
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Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Burke 1866, p. 409.
- 1 2 An Phoblacht 2007.
- ↑ The historicity of this person is disputed; Ó Domhnaill, Niall; Na Glúnta Rosannacha (1952), page 87
- ↑ O'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 merely described as a sister of the Earl (i.e., Rory) with no further information.
References
- Burke, Sir Bernard (1866), A Genealogical History of the Dormant: Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, Harrison, pp. 409–410
- Iníon Dubh - Forgotten heroine, An Phoblacht, 20 December 2007, archived from the original on 20 October 2010, retrieved 25 November 2010
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