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List of rulers of Tyrconnell

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This article lists the rulers of Tyrconnell (Irish: Tír Ċonaıll), a medieval Irish kingdom which covered much of what is now County Donegal.

Oral history

It was founded in the fifth century by a son of Niall of the Nine Hostages, Conall Gulban, of whom the Cenél Conaill are descended.{{Sfn|O'Hart|1892|p=643}}{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Tyrconnell|volume=27|page=549}} {{Sfn|O'Clery|O'Clery|Murphy|1895|p=xii}} They ruled the kingdom until the Flight of the Earls in September 1607, which marked the end of the kingdom.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}

Early Chiefs of Cenél Conaill

Kings of Tyrconnell (''Rí Thír Chonaill'') from c. 1201 to 1608

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|Egneghan MacDaly

{{Small|Eigneachan mac Dalach}}

|1201{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}

|1207{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|p=153}}

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|1207{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|p=153}}

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|Donall Mor MacEgneghan O'Donnell

{{Small|Domhnall Mór mac Eicnechain Ó Domhnaill}}

|1207{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|p=153}}

|1241{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|ps=. "Donnell More, the son of Egnaghan O'Donnell, Lord of Tirconnell, Fermanagh, and Lower Connaught, as far as the Curlieu Mountains, and of Oriel, from the plain northwards, died in the monastic habit, victorious over the world and the devil, and was interred with honour and respect in the monastery of Assaroe, in the harvest time."|p=303}}

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|1241{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|ps=. "Donnell More, the son of Egnaghan O'Donnell, Lord of Tirconnell, Fermanagh, and Lower Connaught, as far as the Curlieu Mountains, and of Oriel, from the plain northwards, died in the monastic habit, victorious over the world and the devil, and was interred with honour and respect in the monastery of Assaroe, in the harvest time."|p=303}}Ó hUiginn 2016, p. 104.{{Sfn|Simms|2001|p=14}}

|Son of Eneas{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|ps=. "Donnell More, the son of Egnaghan O'Donnell, Lord of Tirconnell, Fermanagh, and Lower Connaught, as far as the Curlieu Mountains, and of Oriel, from the plain northwards, died in the monastic habit, victorious over the world and the devil, and was interred with honour and respect in the monastery of Assaroe, in the harvest time."|p=303}}{{Sfn|O'Hart|1892|p=643}}

|Melaghlin O'Donnell

{{Small|Maol Seachlainn Ó Domhnaill}}

|1241{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|ps=. "Donnell More, the son of Egnaghan O'Donnell, Lord of Tirconnell, Fermanagh, and Lower Connaught, as far as the Curlieu Mountains, and of Oriel, from the plain northwards, died in the monastic habit, victorious over the world and the devil, and was interred with honour and respect in the monastery of Assaroe, in the harvest time."|p=303}}

|1247{{Sfn|Simms|2001|p=14}}

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|1247{{Sfn|Simms|2001|p=14}}

|Son of Donall Mor{{Sfn|Simms|2001|p=14}}

|Gofraid O'Donnell

{{Small|Gofraidh Ó Domhnaill}}

|1247{{Sfn|Simms|2001|p=14}}

|1257{{Sfn|Simms|2001|p=14}}

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|1257{{Sfn|Simms|2001|p=14}}

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File:Domhnall_Óg_Ó_Domhnaill_(Oxford_Bodleian_Library_Rawlinson_B_489,_folio_68r).jpg

|Donal Oge O'Donnell

{{Small|Domhnall Óg Ó Domhnaill}}

|1257{{Sfn|Simms|2001|p=14}}

|1281{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|ps=. "[1281] The battle of Disert-da-chrioch was fought by the Kinel-Connell and the Kinel-Owen, that is, between Hugh Boy, son of Donnell Oge, son of Hugh Meth, son of Hugh, who was usually called an Macaemh Toinleasc, assisted by the English of Ulster, on the one side; and Donnell Oge O'Donnell, Lord of Tirconnell, Fermanagh, Oriel, and the greater part of the Irish of Ulster, of Connaught, excepting a small portion, and of the entire of Breifny, on the other. In this battle the Kinel-Connell were defeated; and Donnell Oge O'Donnell, the most illustrious man of the Irish of his time for hospitality, prowess, splendour, and nobility, and the greatest commander in the west of Europe, was slain; and he was interred in the monastery of Derry, having obtained the palm in every goodness up to that time... [Later in 1281,] Hugh, son of Donnell Oge O'Donnell, was inaugurated in the place of his father."|pp=433–435}}{{Sfn|Simms|2001|p=14}}

|{{Circa|1242}}{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}

|1281{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|ps=. "[1281] The battle of Disert-da-chrioch was fought by the Kinel-Connell and the Kinel-Owen, that is, between Hugh Boy, son of Donnell Oge, son of Hugh Meth, son of Hugh, who was usually called an Macaemh Toinleasc, assisted by the English of Ulster, on the one side; and Donnell Oge O'Donnell, Lord of Tirconnell, Fermanagh, Oriel, and the greater part of the Irish of Ulster, of Connaught, excepting a small portion, and of the entire of Breifny, on the other. In this battle the Kinel-Connell were defeated; and Donnell Oge O'Donnell, the most illustrious man of the Irish of his time for hospitality, prowess, splendour, and nobility, and the greatest commander in the west of Europe, was slain; and he was interred in the monastery of Derry, having obtained the palm in every goodness up to that time... [Later in 1281,] Hugh, son of Donnell Oge O'Donnell, was inaugurated in the place of his father."|pp=433–435}}{{Sfn|Simms|2001|p=14}}

|Son of Donall MorSimms (2001) p. 14 tab. ii; McKenna (1946) p. 40.{{Sfn|O'Hart|1892|p=643}}

|Hugh O'Donnell

{{Small|Aodh Ó Domhnaill}}

|1281{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|ps=. "[1281] The battle of Disert-da-chrioch was fought by the Kinel-Connell and the Kinel-Owen, that is, between Hugh Boy, son of Donnell Oge, son of Hugh Meth, son of Hugh, who was usually called an Macaemh Toinleasc, assisted by the English of Ulster, on the one side; and Donnell Oge O'Donnell, Lord of Tirconnell, Fermanagh, Oriel, and the greater part of the Irish of Ulster, of Connaught, excepting a small portion, and of the entire of Breifny, on the other. In this battle the Kinel-Connell were defeated; and Donnell Oge O'Donnell, the most illustrious man of the Irish of his time for hospitality, prowess, splendour, and nobility, and the greatest commander in the west of Europe, was slain; and he was interred in the monastery of Derry, having obtained the palm in every goodness up to that time... [Later in 1281,] Hugh, son of Donnell Oge O'Donnell, was inaugurated in the place of his father."|pp=433–435}}

|1290{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|p=451|ps=. "Hugh, son of Donnell Oge O'Donnell, was deposed by his own brother, Turlough O'Donnell, aided by his mother's tribe, i.e. the Clann-Donnell Mac Donnells of Scotland, and many other gallowglasses; and he himself assumed the lordship by force."}}

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|1333{{Sfn|Simms|2001|p=14}}

|Son of Donal Oge{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|ps=. "[1281] The battle of Disert-da-chrioch was fought by the Kinel-Connell and the Kinel-Owen, that is, between Hugh Boy, son of Donnell Oge, son of Hugh Meth, son of Hugh, who was usually called an Macaemh Toinleasc, assisted by the English of Ulster, on the one side; and Donnell Oge O'Donnell, Lord of Tirconnell, Fermanagh, Oriel, and the greater part of the Irish of Ulster, of Connaught, excepting a small portion, and of the entire of Breifny, on the other. In this battle the Kinel-Connell were defeated; and Donnell Oge O'Donnell, the most illustrious man of the Irish of his time for hospitality, prowess, splendour, and nobility, and the greatest commander in the west of Europe, was slain; and he was interred in the monastery of Derry, having obtained the palm in every goodness up to that time... [Later in 1281,] Hugh, son of Donnell Oge O'Donnell, was inaugurated in the place of his father."|pp=433–435}}{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|p=477|ps=. "Turlough, the son of Donnell Oge O'Donnell, usually called Turlough of Cnoc-an-Madhma, Lord of Tirconnell, a warlike tower of protection in battle, and the Cuchullin of the Clann-Daly in valour, was slain by his brother, Hugh, son of Donnell Oge, after a long war, during which much of their country was spoiled between them in every direction; and great numbers of the Kinel-Owen, of the chiefs of the English of the North, and of the Kinel-Connell themselves, were slaughtered along with him. Among these were Murtough Mac Clancy, Chief of Dartry; Donn O'Kane, Lord of Firnacreeva and Kienaghta; Donough Mac Menman, and Hugh Mac Menman; two grandsons of the Ferleighin Lector O'Donnell; Niall, son of Niall O'Boyle, heir presumptive to the Three Tuathas; Mac Hugossa, his son, and brother; Adam Sandal; and many others, as well English as Irish. After this, Hugh, son of Donnell Oge, enjoyed the lordship of Tirconnell in happiness and prosperity as long as he lived."}}{{Sfn|O'Hart|1892|p=643}}{{Sfn|Simms|2001|p=14}}

|Turlough O'Donnell

{{Small|Toirdhealbhach Ó Domhnaill}}

|1290{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|p=451|ps=. "Hugh, son of Donnell Oge O'Donnell, was deposed by his own brother, Turlough O'Donnell, aided by his mother's tribe, i.e. the Clann-Donnell Mac Donnells of Scotland, and many other gallowglasses; and he himself assumed the lordship by force."}}

|1303{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|p=477|ps=. "Turlough, the son of Donnell Oge O'Donnell, usually called Turlough of Cnoc-an-Madhma, Lord of Tirconnell, a warlike tower of protection in battle, and the Cuchullin of the Clann-Daly in valour, was slain by his brother, Hugh, son of Donnell Oge, after a long war, during which much of their country was spoiled between them in every direction; and great numbers of the Kinel-Owen, of the chiefs of the English of the North, and of the Kinel-Connell themselves, were slaughtered along with him. Among these were Murtough Mac Clancy, Chief of Dartry; Donn O'Kane, Lord of Firnacreeva and Kienaghta; Donough Mac Menman, and Hugh Mac Menman; two grandsons of the Ferleighin Lector O'Donnell; Niall, son of Niall O'Boyle, heir presumptive to the Three Tuathas; Mac Hugossa, his son, and brother; Adam Sandal; and many others, as well English as Irish. After this, Hugh, son of Donnell Oge, enjoyed the lordship of Tirconnell in happiness and prosperity as long as he lived."}}

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|1303{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|p=477|ps=. "Turlough, the son of Donnell Oge O'Donnell, usually called Turlough of Cnoc-an-Madhma, Lord of Tirconnell, a warlike tower of protection in battle, and the Cuchullin of the Clann-Daly in valour, was slain by his brother, Hugh, son of Donnell Oge, after a long war, during which much of their country was spoiled between them in every direction; and great numbers of the Kinel-Owen, of the chiefs of the English of the North, and of the Kinel-Connell themselves, were slaughtered along with him. Among these were Murtough Mac Clancy, Chief of Dartry; Donn O'Kane, Lord of Firnacreeva and Kienaghta; Donough Mac Menman, and Hugh Mac Menman; two grandsons of the Ferleighin Lector O'Donnell; Niall, son of Niall O'Boyle, heir presumptive to the Three Tuathas; Mac Hugossa, his son, and brother; Adam Sandal; and many others, as well English as Irish. After this, Hugh, son of Donnell Oge, enjoyed the lordship of Tirconnell in happiness and prosperity as long as he lived."}}

|Son of Donal Oge{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|p=477|ps=. "Turlough, the son of Donnell Oge O'Donnell, usually called Turlough of Cnoc-an-Madhma, Lord of Tirconnell, a warlike tower of protection in battle, and the Cuchullin of the Clann-Daly in valour, was slain by his brother, Hugh, son of Donnell Oge, after a long war, during which much of their country was spoiled between them in every direction; and great numbers of the Kinel-Owen, of the chiefs of the English of the North, and of the Kinel-Connell themselves, were slaughtered along with him. Among these were Murtough Mac Clancy, Chief of Dartry; Donn O'Kane, Lord of Firnacreeva and Kienaghta; Donough Mac Menman, and Hugh Mac Menman; two grandsons of the Ferleighin Lector O'Donnell; Niall, son of Niall O'Boyle, heir presumptive to the Three Tuathas; Mac Hugossa, his son, and brother; Adam Sandal; and many others, as well English as Irish. After this, Hugh, son of Donnell Oge, enjoyed the lordship of Tirconnell in happiness and prosperity as long as he lived."}}

|Hugh O'Donnell

{{Small|Aodh Ó Domhnaill}}

|1303{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|p=477|ps=. "Turlough, the son of Donnell Oge O'Donnell, usually called Turlough of Cnoc-an-Madhma, Lord of Tirconnell, a warlike tower of protection in battle, and the Cuchullin of the Clann-Daly in valour, was slain by his brother, Hugh, son of Donnell Oge, after a long war, during which much of their country was spoiled between them in every direction; and great numbers of the Kinel-Owen, of the chiefs of the English of the North, and of the Kinel-Connell themselves, were slaughtered along with him. Among these were Murtough Mac Clancy, Chief of Dartry; Donn O'Kane, Lord of Firnacreeva and Kienaghta; Donough Mac Menman, and Hugh Mac Menman; two grandsons of the Ferleighin Lector O'Donnell; Niall, son of Niall O'Boyle, heir presumptive to the Three Tuathas; Mac Hugossa, his son, and brother; Adam Sandal; and many others, as well English as Irish. After this, Hugh, son of Donnell Oge, enjoyed the lordship of Tirconnell in happiness and prosperity as long as he lived."}}

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|Son of Donal Oge{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|ps=. "[1281] The battle of Disert-da-chrioch was fought by the Kinel-Connell and the Kinel-Owen, that is, between Hugh Boy, son of Donnell Oge, son of Hugh Meth, son of Hugh, who was usually called an Macaemh Toinleasc, assisted by the English of Ulster, on the one side; and Donnell Oge O'Donnell, Lord of Tirconnell, Fermanagh, Oriel, and the greater part of the Irish of Ulster, of Connaught, excepting a small portion, and of the entire of Breifny, on the other. In this battle the Kinel-Connell were defeated; and Donnell Oge O'Donnell, the most illustrious man of the Irish of his time for hospitality, prowess, splendour, and nobility, and the greatest commander in the west of Europe, was slain; and he was interred in the monastery of Derry, having obtained the palm in every goodness up to that time... [Later in 1281,] Hugh, son of Donnell Oge O'Donnell, was inaugurated in the place of his father."|pp=433–435}}{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|p=477|ps=. "Turlough, the son of Donnell Oge O'Donnell, usually called Turlough of Cnoc-an-Madhma, Lord of Tirconnell, a warlike tower of protection in battle, and the Cuchullin of the Clann-Daly in valour, was slain by his brother, Hugh, son of Donnell Oge, after a long war, during which much of their country was spoiled between them in every direction; and great numbers of the Kinel-Owen, of the chiefs of the English of the North, and of the Kinel-Connell themselves, were slaughtered along with him. Among these were Murtough Mac Clancy, Chief of Dartry; Donn O'Kane, Lord of Firnacreeva and Kienaghta; Donough Mac Menman, and Hugh Mac Menman; two grandsons of the Ferleighin Lector O'Donnell; Niall, son of Niall O'Boyle, heir presumptive to the Three Tuathas; Mac Hugossa, his son, and brother; Adam Sandal; and many others, as well English as Irish. After this, Hugh, son of Donnell Oge, enjoyed the lordship of Tirconnell in happiness and prosperity as long as he lived."}}{{Sfn|O'Hart|1892|p=643}}

|Connor O'Donnell

{{Small|Conchobhar Ó Domhnaill}}

|1333{{Sfn|Simms|2001|p=14}}

|1342{{Sfn|Simms|2001|p=14}}

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|Son of Hugh{{Sfn|Simms|2001|p=14}}

|Niall Maelsechlainn Donnchadh Garbh O'Donnell

|1342{{Sfn|Simms|2001|p=14}}

|1348{{Sfn|Simms|2001|p=14}}

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|Son of Hugh{{Sfn|Simms|2001|p=14}}

|Aonghus O'Donnell

{{Small|Aonghus Ó Domhnaill}}

|1348{{Sfn|Simms|2001|p=14}}

|1352{{Sfn|Simms|2001|p=14}}

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|Son of Connor{{Sfn|Simms|2001|p=14}}

|Felim O'Donnell

{{Small|Felim Ó Domhnaill}}

|1352{{Sfn|Simms|2001|p=14}}

|1356{{Sfn|Simms|2001|p=14}}

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|Son of Hugh{{Sfn|Simms|2001|p=14}}

|Seaán O'Donnell

{{Small|Seaán Ó Domhnaill}}

|1356{{Sfn|Simms|2001|p=14}}

|1380{{Sfn|Simms|2001|p=14}}

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|Son of Connor{{Sfn|Simms|2001|p=14}}

|Neal Garbh O'Donnell

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|1380{{Sfn|O'Hart|1892|p=643}}

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|1380{{Sfn|O'Hart|1892|p=643}}

|Son of Hugh{{Sfn|O'Hart|1892|p=643}}

|Turlough-an-Fhina O'Donnell

{{Small|Tairrdelbach an Fhiona Ó Domhnaill}}

|1380{{Sfn|O'Hart|1892|p=643}}{{Sfn|Simms|2001|p=14}}

|1422{{Sfn|O'Hart|1892|p=643}}{{Sfn|Simms|2001|p=14}}

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|1422{{Sfn|O'Hart|1892|p=643}}

|Son of Neal Garbh{{Sfn|O'Hart|1892|p=643}}{{Sfn|Simms|2001|p=14}}

|Niall Garve O'Donnell

{{Small|Niall Garbh Ó Domhnaill}}

|1422{{Sfn|O'Hart|1892|p=643}}

|1439{{Sfn|O'Hart|1892|p=644}}

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|1439{{Sfn|O'Hart|1892|p=644}}

|Son of Turlough-an-Fhina{{Sfn|O'Hart|1892|p=644}}

|Naughton O'Donnell

{{Small|Neachtan Ó Domhnaill}}

|1439{{Sfn|O'Hart|1892|p=644}}

|16 May 1452{{Efn|He died on the festival of St Brendan,{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|p=977|ps=. "Naghtan, son of Turlough-an-Fhina O'Donnell, Lord of Tirconnell, Kinel-Moen, Inishowen, and the neighbouring territories, a brave and protecting man, and arbiter of the peace and war of the North, was slain in the darkness of the night, on the festival of St. Brendan, by Donnell and Hugh Roe, the sons of Niall O'Donnell, his brother, because he had some time before banished these sons of Niall from Tirconnell. Naghtan was sixty years of age when he was killed."}} which takes place on 16 May.The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica (19 February 2024). [https://web.archive.org/web/20240709162348/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Brendan "St. Brendan"]. Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Brendan the original] on 9 July 2024.}}

|{{Circa|1392}}{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|p=977|ps=. "Naghtan, son of Turlough-an-Fhina O'Donnell, Lord of Tirconnell, Kinel-Moen, Inishowen, and the neighbouring territories, a brave and protecting man, and arbiter of the peace and war of the North, was slain in the darkness of the night, on the festival of St. Brendan, by Donnell and Hugh Roe, the sons of Niall O'Donnell, his brother, because he had some time before banished these sons of Niall from Tirconnell. Naghtan was sixty years of age when he was killed."}}

|16 May 1452{{Efn|He died on the festival of St Brendan,{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|p=977|ps=. "Naghtan, son of Turlough-an-Fhina O'Donnell, Lord of Tirconnell, Kinel-Moen, Inishowen, and the neighbouring territories, a brave and protecting man, and arbiter of the peace and war of the North, was slain in the darkness of the night, on the festival of St. Brendan, by Donnell and Hugh Roe, the sons of Niall O'Donnell, his brother, because he had some time before banished these sons of Niall from Tirconnell. Naghtan was sixty years of age when he was killed."}} which takes place on 16 May.The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica (19 February 2024). [https://web.archive.org/web/20240709162348/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Brendan "St. Brendan"]. Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Brendan the original] on 9 July 2024.}}

|Son of Turlough-an-Fhina{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|p=977|ps=. "Naghtan, son of Turlough-an-Fhina O'Donnell, Lord of Tirconnell, Kinel-Moen, Inishowen, and the neighbouring territories, a brave and protecting man, and arbiter of the peace and war of the North, was slain in the darkness of the night, on the festival of St. Brendan, by Donnell and Hugh Roe, the sons of Niall O'Donnell, his brother, because he had some time before banished these sons of Niall from Tirconnell. Naghtan was sixty years of age when he was killed."}}

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|Hugh Roe O'Donnell I

{{Small|Aodh Ruadh mac Néill Gairbh Ó Domhnaill}}

|{{Circa|1461}}{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|p=1283|ps=. "O'Donnell, Hugh Roe, the son of Niall Garv, son of Turlough of the Wine, Lord of Tirconnell, Inishowen, Kinel-Moen, and Lower Connaught, died... He died... at his own fortress in Donegal, on Friday, the 5th of the Ides of July, in the seventy-eighth year of his age, and forty-fourth of his reign, and was interred in the monastery of Donegal."}}

|11 July 1505{{Sfn|O'Donnell|2020|p=3}}{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|p=1283|ps=. "O'Donnell, Hugh Roe, the son of Niall Garv, son of Turlough of the Wine, Lord of Tirconnell, Inishowen, Kinel-Moen, and Lower Connaught, died... He died... at his own fortress in Donegal, on Friday, the 5th of the Ides of July, in the seventy-eighth year of his age, and forty-fourth of his reign, and was interred in the monastery of Donegal."}}

|{{Circa|1427}}{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|p=1283|ps=. "O'Donnell, Hugh Roe, the son of Niall Garv, son of Turlough of the Wine, Lord of Tirconnell, Inishowen, Kinel-Moen, and Lower Connaught, died... He died... at his own fortress in Donegal, on Friday, the 5th of the Ides of July, in the seventy-eighth year of his age, and forty-fourth of his reign, and was interred in the monastery of Donegal."}}

|11 July 1505{{Sfn|O'Donnell|2020|p=3}}{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|p=1283|ps=. "O'Donnell, Hugh Roe, the son of Niall Garv, son of Turlough of the Wine, Lord of Tirconnell, Inishowen, Kinel-Moen, and Lower Connaught, died... He died... at his own fortress in Donegal, on Friday, the 5th of the Ides of July, in the seventy-eighth year of his age, and forty-fourth of his reign, and was interred in the monastery of Donegal."}}

|Son of Niall Garve{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|p=1283|ps=. "O'Donnell, Hugh Roe, the son of Niall Garv, son of Turlough of the Wine, Lord of Tirconnell, Inishowen, Kinel-Moen, and Lower Connaught, died... He died... at his own fortress in Donegal, on Friday, the 5th of the Ides of July, in the seventy-eighth year of his age, and forty-fourth of his reign, and was interred in the monastery of Donegal."}}{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|ps=. "O'Donnell (Hugh, the son of Hugh Roe, son of Niall Garv, son of Turlough of the Wine, Lord of Tirconnell, Inishowen, Kinel-Moen, Fermanagh, and Lower Connaught), died... The aforesaid O'Donnell (Hugh, the son of Hugh Roe) died on the 5th of July, being Wednesday, in the monastery of Donegal, having first taken upon him the habit of St. Francis, and having wept for his crimes and iniquities, and done penance for his sins and transgressions. He was buried in the same monastery with great honour and solemnity, as was meet; and Manus O'Donnell was inaugurated in his place by the successors of St. Columbkille, with the permission and by the advice of the nobles of Tirconnell, both lay and ecclesiastical."|pp=1437–1439}}{{Sfn|O'Hart|1892|p=644}}

|Hugh Duff O'Donnell

{{Small|Aodh Dubh Ó Domhnaill}}

|11 July 1505{{Sfn|O'Donnell|2020|p=3}}{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|p=1283|ps=. "O'Donnell, Hugh Roe, the son of Niall Garv, son of Turlough of the Wine, Lord of Tirconnell, Inishowen, Kinel-Moen, and Lower Connaught, died... He died... at his own fortress in Donegal, on Friday, the 5th of the Ides of July, in the seventy-eighth year of his age, and forty-fourth of his reign, and was interred in the monastery of Donegal."}}

|5 July 1537{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|ps=. "O'Donnell (Hugh, the son of Hugh Roe, son of Niall Garv, son of Turlough of the Wine, Lord of Tirconnell, Inishowen, Kinel-Moen, Fermanagh, and Lower Connaught), died... The aforesaid O'Donnell (Hugh, the son of Hugh Roe) died on the 5th of July, being Wednesday, in the monastery of Donegal, having first taken upon him the habit of St. Francis, and having wept for his crimes and iniquities, and done penance for his sins and transgressions. He was buried in the same monastery with great honour and solemnity, as was meet; and Manus O'Donnell was inaugurated in his place by the successors of St. Columbkille, with the permission and by the advice of the nobles of Tirconnell, both lay and ecclesiastical."|pp=1437–1439}}The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica (29 March 2024). [https://web.archive.org/web/20240903182542/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Manus-ODonnell "Manus O'Donnell"]. Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Brendanhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Manus-ODonnell the original] on 3 September 2024.

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|5 July 1537{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|ps=. "O'Donnell (Hugh, the son of Hugh Roe, son of Niall Garv, son of Turlough of the Wine, Lord of Tirconnell, Inishowen, Kinel-Moen, Fermanagh, and Lower Connaught), died... The aforesaid O'Donnell (Hugh, the son of Hugh Roe) died on the 5th of July, being Wednesday, in the monastery of Donegal, having first taken upon him the habit of St. Francis, and having wept for his crimes and iniquities, and done penance for his sins and transgressions. He was buried in the same monastery with great honour and solemnity, as was meet; and Manus O'Donnell was inaugurated in his place by the successors of St. Columbkille, with the permission and by the advice of the nobles of Tirconnell, both lay and ecclesiastical."|pp=1437–1439}}

|Son of Hugh Roe I{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|ps=. "O'Donnell (Hugh, the son of Hugh Roe, son of Niall Garv, son of Turlough of the Wine, Lord of Tirconnell, Inishowen, Kinel-Moen, Fermanagh, and Lower Connaught), died... The aforesaid O'Donnell (Hugh, the son of Hugh Roe) died on the 5th of July, being Wednesday, in the monastery of Donegal, having first taken upon him the habit of St. Francis, and having wept for his crimes and iniquities, and done penance for his sins and transgressions. He was buried in the same monastery with great honour and solemnity, as was meet; and Manus O'Donnell was inaugurated in his place by the successors of St. Columbkille, with the permission and by the advice of the nobles of Tirconnell, both lay and ecclesiastical."|pp=1437–1439}}

|Manus O'Donnell

{{Small|Maghnas Ó Domhnaill}}

|5 July 1537{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|ps=. "O'Donnell (Hugh, the son of Hugh Roe, son of Niall Garv, son of Turlough of the Wine, Lord of Tirconnell, Inishowen, Kinel-Moen, Fermanagh, and Lower Connaught), died... The aforesaid O'Donnell (Hugh, the son of Hugh Roe) died on the 5th of July, being Wednesday, in the monastery of Donegal, having first taken upon him the habit of St. Francis, and having wept for his crimes and iniquities, and done penance for his sins and transgressions. He was buried in the same monastery with great honour and solemnity, as was meet; and Manus O'Donnell was inaugurated in his place by the successors of St. Columbkille, with the permission and by the advice of the nobles of Tirconnell, both lay and ecclesiastical."|pp=1437–1439}}

|1555{{Sfn|O'Hart|1892|p=645}}

|1490{{Sfn|O'Donnell|2020|p=10}}

|9 February 1563{{Cite journal |last=McGettigan |first=Darren |date=October 2009 |title=O'Donnell, Manus (Ó Domhnaill, Maghnas) |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/odonnell-manus-o-domhnaill-maghnas-a6339 |url-status=live |journal=Dictionary of Irish Biography |doi=10.3318/dib.006339.v1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624051148/https://www.dib.ie/biography/odonnell-manus-o-domhnaill-maghnas-a6339 |archive-date=24 June 2021}}{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|pp=1595–1597}}

|Son of Hugh Duff

|Calvagh O'Donnell

{{Small|Calbhach Ó Domhnaill}}

|1555{{Sfn|O'Hart|1892|p=645}}

|26 October 1566{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|p=1607|ps=. "O'Donnell (Calvagh, the son of Manus, son of Hugh Duv, son of Hugh Roe, son of Niall Garv, son of Turlough of the Wine) fell dead from his horse, in the beginning of Winter, i.e. on the 26th of October, on the public road, between Baile-aghaidh-chaoin and the church of Rath, in the midst of his cavalry, without the slightest starting, stumbling, shying, or prancing of his horse, after his return from England, where he had been that same year. This Calvagh was a lord in understanding and personal shape, a hero in valour and prowess, stern and fierce towards his enemies, kind and benign towards his friends; he was so celebrated for his goodness, that any good act of his, be it ever so great, was never a matter of wonder or surprise ; a man who was not expected to meet his death in this manner, but who was expected to live until he should have avenged the wrongs of his tribe. His brother, Hugh, the son of Manus O'Donnell, was inaugurated in his place."}}{{Cite journal |last=Webb |first=Alfred |date=1878 |title=Calvagh O'Donnell |url=https://www.libraryireland.com/biography/CalvaghODonnell.php |journal=A Compendium of Irish Biography |access-date=5 October 2024}}

|{{Circa|1515}}{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}

|26 October 1566{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|p=1607|ps=. "O'Donnell (Calvagh, the son of Manus, son of Hugh Duv, son of Hugh Roe, son of Niall Garv, son of Turlough of the Wine) fell dead from his horse, in the beginning of Winter, i.e. on the 26th of October, on the public road, between Baile-aghaidh-chaoin and the church of Rath, in the midst of his cavalry, without the slightest starting, stumbling, shying, or prancing of his horse, after his return from England, where he had been that same year. This Calvagh was a lord in understanding and personal shape, a hero in valour and prowess, stern and fierce towards his enemies, kind and benign towards his friends; he was so celebrated for his goodness, that any good act of his, be it ever so great, was never a matter of wonder or surprise ; a man who was not expected to meet his death in this manner, but who was expected to live until he should have avenged the wrongs of his tribe. His brother, Hugh, the son of Manus O'Donnell, was inaugurated in his place."}}

|Son of Manus{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|p=1607|ps=. "O'Donnell (Calvagh, the son of Manus, son of Hugh Duv, son of Hugh Roe, son of Niall Garv, son of Turlough of the Wine) fell dead from his horse, in the beginning of Winter, i.e. on the 26th of October, on the public road, between Baile-aghaidh-chaoin and the church of Rath, in the midst of his cavalry, without the slightest starting, stumbling, shying, or prancing of his horse, after his return from England, where he had been that same year. This Calvagh was a lord in understanding and personal shape, a hero in valour and prowess, stern and fierce towards his enemies, kind and benign towards his friends; he was so celebrated for his goodness, that any good act of his, be it ever so great, was never a matter of wonder or surprise ; a man who was not expected to meet his death in this manner, but who was expected to live until he should have avenged the wrongs of his tribe. His brother, Hugh, the son of Manus O'Donnell, was inaugurated in his place."}}

|Hugh McManus O'Donnell

{{Small|Aodh mac Maghnusa Ó Domhnaill}}

|26 October 1566{{Sfn|Annals of the Four Masters|2008|p=1607|ps=. "O'Donnell (Calvagh, the son of Manus, son of Hugh Duv, son of Hugh Roe, son of Niall Garv, son of Turlough of the Wine) fell dead from his horse, in the beginning of Winter, i.e. on the 26th of October, on the public road, between Baile-aghaidh-chaoin and the church of Rath, in the midst of his cavalry, without the slightest starting, stumbling, shying, or prancing of his horse, after his return from England, where he had been that same year. This Calvagh was a lord in understanding and personal shape, a hero in valour and prowess, stern and fierce towards his enemies, kind and benign towards his friends; he was so celebrated for his goodness, that any good act of his, be it ever so great, was never a matter of wonder or surprise ; a man who was not expected to meet his death in this manner, but who was expected to live until he should have avenged the wrongs of his tribe. His brother, Hugh, the son of Manus O'Donnell, was inaugurated in his place."}}

|3 May 1592{{Cite journal |last=O'Byrne |first=Emmett |author-link=Emmett O'Byrne |date=October 2009 |title=O'Donnell (Ó Domhnaill), Sir Aodh mac Maghnusa |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/odonnell-o-domhnaill-sir-aodh-mac-maghnusa-a6332 |journal=Dictionary of Irish Biography |doi=10.3318/dib.006332.v1}}

|{{Circa|1520}}

|1600

|Son of Manus

File:Hugh Roe O'Donnell, depiction in stained-glass window by Richard King (cropped).png

|Hugh Roe O'Donnell II

{{Small|Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill}}

|3 May 1592

|10 September 1602{{sfn|Dunlop|1894|p=440}}

|30 October 1572{{Sfn|Starke|1984|p=3}}

|10 September 1602{{sfn|Dunlop|1894|p=440}}

|Son of Hugh McManus{{Cite journal |last=Morgan |first=Hiram |author-link=Hiram Morgan |date=October 2009 |title=O'Donnell, 'Red' Hugh (Ó Domhnaill, Aodh Ruadh) |url=https://doi.org/10.3318/dib.006343.v1 |url-status=live |journal=Dictionary of Irish Biography |doi=10.3318/dib.006343.v1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725150911/https://www.dib.ie/biography/odonnell-red-hugh-o-domhnaill-aodh-ruadh-a6343 |archive-date=25 July 2021 |website=}}

File:Rory O'Donnell, Earl of Tyrconnell.png

|Rory O'Donnell

{{Small|Ruaidrí Ó Domhnaill}}

|1602

|1607

|1575{{Cite journal |last=O'Byrne |first=Emmett |author-link=Emmett O'Byrne |date=October 2009 |title=O'Donnell (Ó Domhnall), Ruaidhrí |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/odonnell-o-domhnall-ruaidhri-a6701 |url-status=dead |journal=Dictionary of Irish Biography |language=en |doi=10.3318/dib.006701.v1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416190248/https://www.dib.ie/biography/odonnell-o-domhnall-ruaidhri-a6701 |archive-date=16 April 2024 |access-date=2024-04-15}}

|28 July 1608

|Son of Hugh McManus

(Unrecognised)

|Niall Garve O'Donnell

{{Small|Niall Garbh Ó Domhnaill}}

|1603

|1608

|{{Circa|1569}}{{Sfn|McNeill|1911|p=7}}{{Cite journal |last=Clavin |first=Terry |date=October 2009 |title=O'Donnell, Sir Niall Garvach |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/odonnell-sir-niall-garvach-a6345 |url-status= |journal=Dictionary of Irish Biography |doi=10.3318/dib.006345.v1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103175741/https://www.dib.ie/biography/odonnell-sir-niall-garvach-a6345 |archive-date=3 January 2024}}

|1626

|Grandson of Calvagh

References

= Notes =

{{Notelist}}

= Citations =

{{reflist}}

= Sources =

  • {{Cite book |url=https://celt.ucc.ie/published/T100005E.html |title=Annals of the Four Masters |publisher=CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts |year=2008 |ref={{sfnref|Annals of the Four Masters|2008}} |orig-date=1636}}
  • {{cite journal |last=McKenna |first=L |author-link=Lambert McKenna |year=1946 |title=Some Irish Bardic Poems: LXXVII |journal=Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review |volume=35 |issue=137 |pages=40–44 |issn=0039-3495 |jstor=30099620 |ref=M1}}
  • {{cite DNB|wstitle=O'Donnell, Hugh Roe|volume=40|last=Dunlop|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Dunlop (historian)|pages=436-440|short=1}}
  • {{Cite EB1911|wstitle=O'Donnell|display=O'Donnell s.v. Hugh Roe O'Donnell|volume=20|pages=7–8|first=Ronald John|last=McNeill|author-link=Ronald McNeill, 1st Baron Cushendun}}
  • {{Cite book |last=O'Clery |first=Lughaidh |url=https://archive.org/details/beathaaodharuaid00ocle/page/n35/mode/2up |title=Beatha Aodha Ruaidh ui Dhomhnaill. The life of Hugh Roe O'Donnell, prince of Tirconnell (1586-1602) |last2=O'Clery |first2=Cucogry |last3=Murphy |first3=Denis |date=1895 |publisher=Dublin, Fallon |others=Boston College Libraries}}
  • {{Cite book |last=O'Donnell |first=Francis Martin |author-link=Francis Martin O'Donnell |url=https://www.academia.edu/43816384 |title=What did they really look like? An Iconography of the O'Donnells of Tyrconnell: myth, allegory, prejudice, and evidence |date=2020 |publisher=Tyrconnell-Fyngal Publishing}}
  • {{Cite book |last=O'Hart |first=John |url=https://archive.org/details/irishpedigreesor_01ohar/page/642/mode/2up |title=Irish pedigrees; or, The origin and stem of the Irish nation |date=1892 |publisher=Dublin, J. Duffy and Co.; New York, Benziger Brothers |others=University of Pittsburgh Library System}}
  • {{cite book |last=Ó hUiginn |first=Ruairí |title=Ollam: Studies in Gaelic and Related Traditions in Honor of Tomás Ó Cathasaigh |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |year=2016 |isbn=9781611478358 |editor-last=Boyd |editor-first=Matthieu |location=Stroud |pages=101–114 |chapter=Annals, Histories, and Stories |ref=O1}}
  • {{cite journal |last=Simms |first=K |year=2001 |title=The Clan Murtagh O'Conors |journal=Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society |volume=53 |pages=1–22 |issn=0332-415X |jstor=25535718}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Starke |first=Shirley |url=https://valkyriepub.tripod.com/eBook1cross.pdf |title=Red Hugh: The Story of Hugh Roe O'Donnell |date=1984 |publisher=The Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill Guild |location=Valley City, North Dakota}}

Further reading

  • {{citation|last=Annals of the Four Masters |authorlink=Annals of the Four Masters |title=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) |publisher=De Burca |location=Dublin |year=1998 |isbn=0946130 06 X |url=https://celt.ucc.ie//published/T100005B/index.html}}
  • [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100001A/index.html Annals of Ulster] University College Cork
  • [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G100002/index.html Annals of Tigernach] University College Cork
  • Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press, {{ISBN|978-1-85182-196-9}}
  • Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2000), Early Christian Ireland, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, {{ISBN|0-521-36395-0}}
  • Mac Niocaill, Gearoid (1972), Ireland before the Vikings, Dublin: Gill and Macmillan
  • {{citation|last=O’Donnell |first=Francis Martin |authorlink=Francis Martin O'Donnell |date=2018 |title=The O’Donnells of Tyrconnell – A Hidden Legacy |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Academica Press LLC |isbn=978-1-680534740 |url=http://www.academicapress.com/node/330}}

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