Owen Roe O'Neill

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Gaelic Irish noble Irish general person

Owen Roe O'Neill was a prominent 17th-century Irish general of the O'Neill dynasty, best known for leading Gaelic Irish forces against English and Scottish armies during the Irish Confederate Wars.

Aliases (1)

Owen Roe O'Neill led the Irish Confederate forces ×1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Gaelic Irish noble → Irish general → person →
allegiance	Confederate Ireland → Irish Catholic Confederation →
battle	Battle of Benburb → Battle of Clones → Battle of Portlester →
birthName	Eoghan Ruadh Ó Néill →
burialPlace	Cavan Friary (traditional attribution) →
causeOfDeath	illness →
conflictWith	Ormondist faction within Confederate Ireland →
countryOfCitizenship	Ireland →
diedIn	1649 →
ethnicity	Gaelic Irish →
knownFor	reorganizing and training the Ulster Army → use of continental European military experience in Ireland →
language	English → Irish →
legacy	subject of Irish folk tradition and ballads → symbol of Gaelic Irish resistance →
memberOfDynasty	O'Neill dynasty →
militaryBranch	Irish Confederate Army →
militaryConflict	Eighty Years' War →
militaryRank	general →
name	Owen Roe O'Neill →
notableFor	commanding Gaelic Irish forces in the Irish Confederate Wars → victory at the Battle of Benburb →
opponent	English forces in Ireland → Scottish Covenanter forces in Ireland →
participatedIn	Irish Confederate Wars → Wars of the Three Kingdoms →
politicalAlignment	Confederate Catholic →
positionHeld	commander of the Ulster Army of Confederate Ireland →
relative	Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
returnedTo	Ireland → Ulster →
servedIn	Army of Flanders → Spanish Army →
strategicFocus	Ulster campaign against Scottish and English forces →
supportedCause	Gaelic Irish autonomy → Irish Catholic landowners →
timePeriod	17th century →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Benburb → Irish Confederate Wars →	commander
Irish Rebellion of 1641 → Royalist–Confederate alliance phase →	hasKeyFigure
Battle of Benburb →	associatedPerson
Battle of Benburb ("Owen Roe O'Neill led the Irish Confederate forces") →	combatantSide
Owen Roe O'Neill →	name