Hugh Roe O'Donnell

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Gaelic lord Irish chieftain historical figure military leader

Hugh Roe O'Donnell was a late 16th-century Irish chieftain of Tyrconnell and key Gaelic leader who fought English expansion during the Nine Years' War.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Hugh Roe O'Donnell canonical	5
Red Hugh O'Donnell	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Gaelic lord ⓘ Irish chieftain ⓘ historical figure ⓘ military leader ⓘ
activeInPeriod	Nine Years' War period NERFINISHED ⓘ late 16th century ⓘ
ally	Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Red Hugh O'Donnell NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthPlace	Donegal NERFINISHED ⓘ Tyrconnell NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace	Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Nine Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Ireland ⓘ
deathCause	illness ⓘ
deathPlace	Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ Simancas NERFINISHED ⓘ Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
detainedBy	English authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ
detentionPlace	Dublin Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Gaelic Irish ⓘ
familyName	O'Donnell NERFINISHED ⓘ
father	Hugh mac Manus O'Donnell NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	Aodh Ruadh NERFINISHED ⓘ Hugh NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion	Ulster NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ Irish ⓘ
memberOf	O'Donnell dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryCommand	Forces of Tyrconnell NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryRank	chieftain ⓘ
mother	Fionnuala MacDonnell NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Hugh Roe O'Donnell NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeName	Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Kinsale NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Yellow Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	Escape from Dublin Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	Leadership in the Nine Years' War ⓘ
opponent	English Crown in Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedTo	English expansion in Ireland ⓘ
politicalMovement	Gaelic resistance to Tudor conquest of Ireland ⓘ
positionHeld	Chief of Tyrconnell ⓘ Lord of Tír Chonaill ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
spouse	Rose O'Doherty NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportedBy	Spanish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
territoryRuled	Tyrconnell NERFINISHED ⓘ Tír Chonaill NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tudor conquest of Ireland → opposedBy → Hugh Roe O'Donnell ⓘ

Nine Years' War in Ireland → belligerent → Hugh Roe O'Donnell ⓘ

Nine Years' War in Ireland → commander → Hugh Roe O'Donnell ⓘ

Battle of Kinsale (1601) → commander → Hugh Roe O'Donnell ⓘ

Nine Years' War → leader → Hugh Roe O'Donnell ⓘ

Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone → ally → Hugh Roe O'Donnell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Red Hugh O'Donnell