Conn O'Neill Conn Ó Néill | |
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Other names | Conn Mac An Iarla |
Born | Between 1569–1574 |
Died | c. December 1601 Tír Eoghain, Ulster, Ireland |
Noble family | O'Neill dynasty |
Father | Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone |
Mother | Daughter of Brian McPhelim O'Neill |
Conn O'Neill (Irish: Conn Ó Néill; c. 1572–1601), known as Conn Mac An Iarla[1][2] ("son of the Earl"), was an Irish soldier of noble ancestry. The eldest son of Gaelic lord Hugh O'Neill, he fought for his father in the Nine Years' War. Historian Paul Walsh described Conn as a "capable soldier".[3]
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