Art MacBaron O'Neill
Art MacBaron O'Neill (sometimes referred to as Arthur O'Neill) was an Irish landowner and soldier of the Elizabethan and earl Stuart eras. He was part of the O'Neill dynasty of Ulster, the illegitimate son of Matthew O'Neill, 1st Baron Dungannon. He was the half-brother of Brian O'Neill, Cormac MacBaron O'Neill and Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone. He fought alongside the Earl during Tyrone's Rebellion (1594-1603). He died in 1618.[1]
He had five sons, the youngest of whom was Owen Roe O'Neill who served as a mercenary in the Spanish Army for many years before returning to Ireland during the Irish Confederate Wars.
References
- ^ Morgan p.86-87
Bibliography
- Casway, Jerrold. Owen Roe O'Neill and the Struggle for Catholic Ireland. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1984.
- Morgan, Hiram. Tyrone's Rebellion. Boydell Press, 1999.
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