Rose O'Neill Róisín Dubh Ní Néill | |
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| Born | Sixteenth century |
| Noble family | O'Neill dynasty |
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| Father | Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone |
Rose O'Neill (Irish: Róisín Dubh Ní Néill; fl. 1587–1607) was a Gaelic Irish noblewoman and queen consort of Tyrconnell. She was the daughter of Hugh O'Neill and wife of "Red" Hugh Roe O'Donnell, the two leaders of the Irish confederacy during the Nine Years' War. Her marriage to O'Donnell was a deliberate move to unite the O'Neills and the O'Donnells, the two most powerful Irish clans of their day. She separated from O'Donnell in 1595 and their marriage formally ended the following year.
She has been the subject of several poems and songs, particularly rebel song "Róisín Dubh", making her somewhat of a nationalist figure for Gaelic Ireland. In poetry, her name is often anglicised Rosaleen.[1][2]
- ^ Mangan, James Clarence; Guiney, Louise Imogen (1897). James Clarence Mangan, His Selected Poems. Boston, New York; London: Lamson, Wolffe & Co.; John Lane. p. 115.
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