Hugh O’Neill: Quick Facts

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Born	c.1605 • Spanish Netherlands
Died	c.1660 • Spain?

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James Butler, 12th earl and 1st duke of Ormonde

Irish noble

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Ulick Burke, marquess and 5th earl of Clanricard

Irish noble

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Patrick Sarsfield

Irish Jacobite

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Owen Roe O’Neill

Irish rebel commander

Richard Talbot, earl of Tyrconnell

Richard Talbot, earl of Tyrconnell

Irish Jacobite

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Sir Phelim O’Neill

Irish rebel

Painting of Oliver Cromwell in black armor with a white sash, standing outdoors as a young attendant in red helps adjust his armor.

Oliver Cromwell

English statesman

William III

William III

king of England, Scotland, and Ireland

Earl of Totnes, detail of an oil painting after a portrait, c. 1615–20; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

George Carew, earl of Totnes

English administrator

Robert Walker: Henry Ireton

Henry Ireton

British statesman

Ludlow; portrait by an unknown artist

Edmund Ludlow

English soldier and politician

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Shane O’Neill

Irish patriot

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Hugh O’Neill, 2nd earl of Tyrone

Irish rebel

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Sorley Boy MacDonnell

Scots-Irish chieftain

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Hugh Roe O’Donnell

Irish chieftan

Thomas Francis Meagher

Thomas Francis Meagher

Irish revolutionary leader and orator

monastery of Kildonnell, Ireland, where Calvagh O'Donnell was captured

Calvagh O’Donnell

Irish lord

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James Butler, 2nd duke of Ormonde

Irish general

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Sir Niall Garvach O’Donnell

Irish chieftain

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James Fitzmaurice Fitzgerald

Irish noble