O'Donnell, ‘Red’ Hugh (Ó Domhnaill, Aodh Ruadh) (c.1572–1602), Gaelic lord, was the eldest son of Sir Hugh O'Donnell (qv) and…
Morgan, Hiram
O'Neill, Hugh
O'Neill, Hugh (c. 1550–1616), 2nd earl of Tyrone , the ‘Great O'Neill’, was second son of Joan Maguire and Matthew Feardorcha O'Neill (qv), who had been designated baron of Dungannon when…
O'Sullivan Beare, Philip
O'Sullivan Beare, Philip (1590–1636), writer, soldier, and exile, was born on Dursey Island, Co. Cork, one of seventeen children of Johanna McSweeny and Dermot O'Sullivan, a member of the local ruling family. After the Irish defeat at Kinsale, Philip was sent to Spain in February…