The Great O'Neill, a Biography of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, 1550-1616 |
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... known from that day as Baron of Dungannon . Indeed , what he really bestowed on Matthew was the role of Banquo to the Macbeth of his son Sean . The fortunate Fleance of that story was the Hugh of this biography . Matthew was murdered by ...
... known from that day as Baron of Dungannon . Indeed , what he really bestowed on Matthew was the role of Banquo to the Macbeth of his son Sean . The fortunate Fleance of that story was the Hugh of this biography . Matthew was murdered by ...
Page 82
... known that poison was considered a legitimate weapon by the most chivalrous statesmen . At a banquet in London at Holborn the father of the tenth Earl of Ormond was poisoned , together with his steward and sixteen servants . His uncle ...
... known that poison was considered a legitimate weapon by the most chivalrous statesmen . At a banquet in London at Holborn the father of the tenth Earl of Ormond was poisoned , together with his steward and sixteen servants . His uncle ...
Page 118
... known sympathy for the Fitzmaurice - Desmond nexus , his persistent vacillations , all put him out of the running , and that carefully built up connection of O'Neill's , and his well established loyalty , gave him an unanswerable claim ...
... known sympathy for the Fitzmaurice - Desmond nexus , his persistent vacillations , all put him out of the running , and that carefully built up connection of O'Neill's , and his well established loyalty , gave him an unanswerable claim ...
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1817 LIBRARIES adventure Armagh army attack Bagenal battle became began Bingham Bishop Blackwater bogs brother brought Burghley Burke Carew Catholic century CHIGAN coast colonists Connaught Cork Council Desmond Dowcra Dublin Castle Dundalk Dungannon Earl of Desmond Earl of Tyrone Elizabeth enemy England English Erne Essex fight Fitzmaurice force friends Gaelic Gaelic captains garrison guerillas horse Hugh O'Neill Ireland Irish John Norreys King Kinsale knew land later letter lived London Lord Deputy Lough Lough Foyle MacCarthy Maguire Majesty MICHIGAN miles mind Monaghan Mountjoy Munster never Newry Niall Garv Niall Garv O'Donnell night Norreys North O'Dogherty O'Neill's O'Rourke once Ormond peace Philip poet Queen raid rebel Red Hugh O'Donnell river Scots sent ships Sidney soldiers sons of Sean Spain Spaniards Spanish story thing tion took town traitor Turlough Tyrconnell Tyrone's Ulster whole winter woods