Conn O'Neill (prisoner)

Conn Ruadh O'Neill
Conn Ruadh Ó Néill
Coat of arms
Other namesConn na Creige
Bornc. 1602
Ulster, Ireland
DiedIn or after 1622
Tower of London, London, England
FatherHugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
MotherCatherine Magennis

Conn Ruadh O'Neill (Irish: Conn Ruadh Ó Néill; c. 1602 – in/after 1622), also known as Conn na Creige[1][2] ("Conn of the rock"),[3] was an Irish noble of the seventeenth century.

He was a son of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone. Conn was left behind during the Flight of the Earls. The English authorities planned to re-educate Conn in the English manner by paying for him to attend Eton College. Eventually Conn was imprisoned in the Tower of London, where he likely died.

  1. ^ Walsh 1930, p. 31.
  2. ^ Moody et al. 1940, p. 189.
  3. ^ Burke's Peerage. Vol. 2. 2003. p. 3006.