Hugh O'Neill, 4th Baron Dungannon[1][2][3] (c. 1585 – 23/4 September 1609) was an Irish nobleman. He was the son and heir to Irish Gaelic lord Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone,[4] though he predeceased his father. His title was attainted in 1608.[citation needed]
Hugh O'Neill | |
|---|---|
| 4th Baron Dungannon | |
| Coat of arms |  |
| Tenure | 1587–1608 |
| Predecessor | Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone |
| Successor | Title attainted in 1608 |
| Born | c. 1585 Ireland |
| Died | 23/24 September 1609 (aged about 24) Rome, Papal States |
| Father | Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone |
| Mother | Siobhán O'Donnell |
Biography
editHugh O'Neill was born c. 1585,[5] specifically before December 1585.[1] His father was Irish lord Hugh O'Neill,[3][1] leader of the Irish confederacy during the Nine Years' War.[4] His mother was Tyrone's second wife, Siobhán O'Donnell,[3][2][1] who was a daughter of clan chief Hugh McManus O'Donnell.[4]
Hugh became Baron Dungannon after his father was named the Earl of Tyrone[6] on 10 May 1587.[1][7]
In 1603, he received a new patent which elevated him to the baronage of Dungannon.[8]
By September 1607, Dungannon was to be married to a daughter of Archibald Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll.[9][4] However, Tyrone's snap decision to flee Ireland put an end to these plans.[4] Dungannon accompanied his father on the Flight of the Earls in 1607.[10] Because of this, his title was attainted.[1] The Irish refugees settled in Rome, where they were provided with a paltry pension from Pope Paul V.[4][11]
The Irish nobles proved to be unhappy with the Italian climate and their poor accommodation.[12][4][11] In early July 1608, Dungannon travelled to Ostia, a coastal town fifteen miles west of Rome, for a holiday and change of air. He was accompanied by fellow nobles Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell and Cathbarr O'Donnell, and clergyman Donal O’Carroll. Unfortunately, the men "all agreed that that particular place [was] one of the worst and most unhealthy for climate in all Italy".[12][13] Ostia's marshlands were ridden with mosquitoes,[11][13] and after four days the young nobles became violently ill with fevers.[14][11][13]
Dungannon died in Rome, unmarried, on 23[6][1] or 24 September 1609.[15] He was buried in San Pietro in Montorio,[2][5] where Tyrconnell, Cathbarr, and eventually his father Tyrone were also buried.[13][4]
References
editCitations
edit- ^ a b c d e f g Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. p. 3006
- ^ a b c Dunlop 1895, p. 196.
- ^ a b c Casway 2016, p. 71.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Morgan, Hiram (September 2014). "O'Neill, Hugh". Dictionary of Irish Biography. doi:10.3318/dib.006962.v1. Archived from the original on 26 September 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ a b Concannon 1920, p. 218. "The inscription on the tomb in San Pietro in Montorio shows that her eldest child, Hugh, was born in 1585."
- ^ a b Casway 2016, p. 71-72.
- ^ O'Neill 2017, p. 23.
- ^ McGurk, John (August 2007). "The Flight of the Earls: escape or strategic regrouping?". History Ireland. 15 (4). Archived from the original on 18 April 2024.
- ^ Callow, John (2004). "Campbell, Archibald, seventh earl of Argyll (1575/6–1638), magnate and politician". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4471. Retrieved 12 September 2024. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Casway 2016, pp. 71–72.
- ^ a b c d Casway, Jerrold (2009). "O'Donnell, Nuala". Dictionary of Irish Biography. doi:10.3318/dib.006696.v1. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ a b FitzPatrick, Elizabeth (August 2007). "San Pietro in Montorio, burial-place of the exiled Irish in Rome, 1608-1623". History Ireland. 15 (4). Archived from the original on 1 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d Casway 2003, p. 64.
- ^ O'Byrne, Emmett (October 2009). "O'Donnell (Ó Domhnall), Ruaidhrí". Dictionary of Irish Biography. doi:10.3318/dib.006701.v1. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ Walsh 1930, p. 30.
Sources
edit- Casway, Jerrold (2003). "Heroines or Victims? The Women of the Flight of the Earls". New Hibernia Review / Iris Éireannach Nua. 7 (1): 56–74. ISSN 1092-3977. JSTOR 20557855.
- Casway, Jerrold (2016). "Catherine Magennis and the Wives of Hugh O'Neill". Seanchas Ardmhacha: Journal of the Armagh Diocesan Historical Society. 26 (1): 69–79. JSTOR 48568219.
- Concannon, Helena (1920). "'The Woman of the Piercing Wail' (The Lady Nuala O'Donnell)". The Irish Ecclesiastical Record. 16. Dublin: John F. Fowler.
- Dunlop, Robert (1895). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 42. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 188–196.
- O'Neill, James (2017). The Nine Years War, 1593-1603: O'Neill, Mountjoy and the Military Revolution. Dublin: Four Courts Press. ISBN 9781846827549.
- Walsh, Paul, ed. (1930). The Will and Family of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone (with an appendix of genealogies) (PDF). Dublin: Sign of the Three Candles.
Further reading
edit- Pinkerton, William (1867). "The Last of the O'Neills, Earls of Tyrone". The Journal of the Kilkenny and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society. 6 (1): 91–100. ISSN 0790-6366. JSTOR 25502693.
- Walsh, Micheline (April 1957). The O'Neills in Spain (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 July 2024.