| Rory O'Donnell Ruaidrí Ó Domhnaill | |
|---|---|
| Earl of Tyrconnell | |
 Rory O'Donnell, depicted in a fresco in the Vatican, painted c. 1610 | |
| King of Tyrconnell | |
| Reign | 10 September 1602 – 4 September 1603 |
| Predecessor | Hugh Roe O'Donnell |
| Successor | Title abolished |
| 1st Earl of Tyrconnell | |
| Reign | 4 September 1603 – 14 September 1607 |
| Predecessor | Title created |
| Successor | The 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell |
| Born | 1575 Tyrconnell, Ireland |
| Died | 28 July 1608 (aged 32–33) Rome, Papal States |
| Burial | 29 July 1608 |
| Spouses | Bridget Fitzgerald |
| Issue | The 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell Lady Mary Stuart O'Donnell |
| Dynasty | O'Donnell |
| Father | Sir Hugh O'Donnell |
| Mother | Inion Dubh |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell (Irish: Ruaidrí Ó Domhnaill, 1d Iarla na Tír Chonaill; 1575 – 28 July 1608), was an Irish Gaelic lord and the last King of Tyrconnell prior to the Plantation of Ulster. He succeeded his older brother Hugh Roe O'Donnell and in 1603 became the first to be styled the Earl of Tyrconnell.[1] In 1607, following their defeat in the Nine Years' War, Tyrconnell and his wartime ally Tyrone fled Ireland for mainland Europe. Tyrconnell died of a fever shortly after settling in Rome.
- ^ An apparent original of the letters patent of the Earldom were in the possession of Count Maximilian Karl Lamoral O'Donnell in Austria, (See Ó Domhnaill Abu – O'Donnell Clan Newsletter, no.2, Summer 1985), although that family did not inherit the title, nor the related territorial Lordship of Tyrconnell, the remainders of which were destined elsewhere