Hugh O’Neill, 2nd earl of Tyrone: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Sean O’Faolain, The Great O’Neill (1942, reissued 1970, reprinted 1986); Hiram Morgan, Tyrone’s Rebellion: The Outbreak of the Nine Years War in Tudor Ireland (1993, reissued 1999); Hiram Morgan (ed.), The Battle of Kinsale (2004); John McCavitt, The Flight of the Earls (2002).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Jul 16, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Apr 12, 2024
Add new Web site: Dictionary of Irish Biography - Hugh O'Neill. Oct 17, 2021
Add new Web site: Internet Archive - The Fate and Fortunes of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, and Rory O'Donel, earl of Tyrconnel; their Flight from Ireland, their Vicissitudes Abroad, and their Death in Exile. Jun 10, 2016
Clarified the circumstances of O'Neill's youth. May 02, 2016
Add new Web site: Library Ireland - Biography of Hugh O'Neill. Oct 25, 2015
Added new Web site: Earrings - Biography of Huge O'neill. Jan 22, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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