Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
✓ Source-basedfallingIrish earl and military leader
United KingdomLived 1540 to 1616 · aged 76Fame51.0
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Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone 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's conquest of Ireland during the Elizabethan era.
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This well-known 19th-century portrait of Hugh O'Neill, once owned by Lord Dunsany, is a "Victorian fantasy".
Arms of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, which features the Red Hand of Ulster
Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex was an early English ally to Tyrone.
Tyrone had a polarising relationship with Nicholas Bagenal's children - marrying Mabel but becoming "arch-enemy" to Henry.
1574 sketch of Turlough Luineach O'Neill in the State Papers
The Irish confederacy formed following a meeting at Enniskillen Castle.In their orbit 16
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Lived 1540 to 1616 · aged 76
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