Sir Hugh O'Donnell

Sir Hugh McManus O'Donnell
*Sir Aodh mac Maghnusa Ó Domhnaill*
Sir Hugh McManus O'Donnell; Sir Aodh mac Maghnusa Ó Domhnaill
	King of Tyrconnell
Reign	1566-1592
Predecessor	Calvagh O'Donnell
Heir	Hugh Roe O'Donnell
Born	c. 1540; Tyrconnell, Ulster, Ireland
Died	c. 1600 (aged 59-60); Donegal, Tyrconnell, Ulster, Ireland
Spouse	Ineen Dubh
Issue	Numerous
House	Uí Dhomhnaill
Father	Manus O'Donnell
Mother	Judith O'Neill

Sir Hugh McManus O'Donnell (Irish: Sir Aodh mac Maghnusa Ó Domhnaill; died c. 1600)[1] was an Irish Gaelic lord. He was The O'Donnell of his clan, and king of Tyrconnell in medieval Ireland.

Biography

O'Donnell's second marriage was to Iníon Dubh.[1] In the 1580s, a violent succession dispute broke out amongst the O'Donnells over who would succeed him. He abdicated in favour of his eldest son by his second wife, Hugh Roe O'Donnell,[1] in 1592. He lived in retirement until his death 1600, by which time Tyrone's Rebellion was in full flight.

Family

From his first marriage, their children were:

Donnchadh (Duncan) "Scaite"[2]
Sir Donnell (d. 1590)
Ruaidhri (Rory) (d. 1575)
Siobhán (Joan), (d. January 1591), married Hugh, 2nd Earl of Tyrone, in 1574.[1]
unknown daughter, married a son of Turlough Luineach O'Neill.

His second marriage was to Fionnghuala (Fiona) MacDonald, known by the Irish nickname Iníon Dubh,[1] daughter of James MacDonald, 6th of Dunnyveg and Agnes Campbell,[1] their children were:

Nuala, married Niall Garve O'Donnell
Hugh Roe[1] (c. 1572 – 10 September 1602)
Rory (c. 1575 – 1 August 1608),[1] later Earl of Tyrconnell, married Brigid FitzGerald
Maghnus (Manus)
Mairghead (Margaret)
Máire (Mary) (d. 1662), married firstly Sir Donnell Ó Cathain and later Tadhg O'Rourke.
Cathbarr (d. 1608)
Gráinne[3]

Family tree

Notes

Burke 1866, p. 409.
The historicity of this person is disputed; Ó Domhnaill, Niall; Na Glúnta Rosannacha (1952), page 87
O'Donnell, Eunan; Reflection on the Flight of the Earls; Donegal Annual, Bliainiris Dhún na nGall, Journal of the County Donegal Historical Society, No. 58 (2006); pp. 31-44. Gráinne is known only as a sister of the Earl (i.e., Rory), with no additional information.

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References

Burke, Sir Bernard (1866), A Genealogical History of the Dormant: Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, Harrison, pp. 409–410

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[FOOTNOTEBurke1866409-1] Burke 1866, p. 409.

[2] The historicity of this person is disputed; Ó Domhnaill, Niall; Na Glúnta Rosannacha (1952), page 87

[3] O'Donnell, Eunan; Reflection on the Flight of the Earls; Donegal Annual, Bliainiris Dhún na nGall, Journal of the County Donegal Historical Society, No. 58 (2006); pp. 31-44. Gráinne is known only as a sister of the Earl (i.e., Rory), with no additional information.