Conn Ruadh O'Neill Conn Ruadh Ó Néill | |
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Other names | Conn na Creige |
Born | c. 1602 Ulster, Ireland |
Died | In or after 1622 Tower of London, London, England |
Father | Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone |
Mother | Catherine 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.