Eoghan Ruadh Ó Néill (abt. 1580 - 1649)

Born about 1580 in Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Rosa (Ó Dochartaigh) O'Neill — married about 1613 in Belgium

Descendants

Died 6 Nov 1649 at about age 69 in Lough Oughter, County Cavan, Ireland

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Eoghan Ó Néill is Notable.

Eoghan Ó Néill was born in Ireland.

Biography

Owen Roe O'Neill was the illegitimate son of Art MacBaron O'Neill.

O'Neill was a mercenary in the Spanish Army, serving against the Dutch in Flanders during the Eighty Years' War.

Following the Irish Rebellion of 1641, O'Neill returned to Ireland in command of the Ulster Army of the Irish Confederates.

His army won a decisive victory at the Battle of Benburb in 1646.

Dictionary of Irish Biography detailed profile for Owen Roe O'Neill (ca.1580-1649), by Trinity College historian Micheál Ó Siochrú:

• https://www.dib.ie/biography/oneill-owen-roe-o-neill-eoghan-rua-a6936

Owen Roe O'Neill and his nephew Hugh "Dubh" O'Neill (1611-1660) are profiled in the documentary "Cromwell: God's Executioner".^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ The documentary "Cromwell: God's Executioner" (2008) is narrated by Trinity College historian Micheál Ó Siochrú:
   • https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1zjdde
   • https://tilefilms.ie/productions/cromwell-in-ireland-gods-executioner/
   • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1437747

• Wikipedia : Owen Roe O'Neill

• Evidence of Owen Roe O'Neill's presence in Belgium and of his contributions to the Irish Pastoral College of Louvain:
  • Richard Hayes, "Limerick and Louvain," North Munster Antiquarian Journal, Vol.4, No.2, pp.74-75:
  • http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/NMAJ%20vol%2004%20no%202%2005%20Limerick%20and%20Louvain,%20by%20Richard%20Hayes.pdf