Battle of Doire Leathan

The Battle of Doire Leathan took place on 14 September 1590 at Doire Leathan in south-western County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland.[1] This was part of the ongoing succession dispute for the leadership of the Gaelic lordship of O'Donnell. A force of Scottish Redshank mercenaries hired by Ineen Dubh (pronounced 'In-neen Doo') on behalf of her son Hugh Roe O'Donnell defeated and killed the heir (by primogeniture) to the O'Donnell lordship of Tyrconnell, Sir Donal O'Donnell.[2] [3]. The younger half-brother, Hugh Roe was at the time imprisoned in Dublin Castle, but later rose to head the O'Donnells and was a prominent figure during the Nine Years' War (Ireland).

Battle of Doire Leathan
Part of the O'Donnell Succession Dispute
Date 3 September 1590 Location Doire Leathan, County Donegal, Ulster, Kingdom of Ireland Result Sir Donal O'Donnell is killed
Belligerents
Supporters of Hugh Roe O'Donnell	Supporters of Sir Donnell O'Donnell
Commanders and leaders
	Sir Donal O'Donnell

References

1. • Annals of the Four Masters (1998), Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland (Annala Ríoghachta Éireann) from the earliest period to the year 1616 (compiled during the period 1632-1636 by Brother Michael O’Clery et al., and translated and edited by John O’Donovan in 1856), Dublin: De Burca, ISBN 0946130 06 X
2. Morgan p.130
3. • O’Donnell, Francis Martin (2018), The O’Donnells of Tyrconnell – A Hidden Legacy, Washington, D.C.: Academica Press LLC, ISBN 978-1-680534740

Bibliography

• Morgan, Hiram. Tyrone's Rebellion. Boydell Press, 1999.