O'Donnell, Hugh Roe

O'Donnell, Hugh Roe

▪ king of Ireland
also called  Red Hugh  
born c. 1572
died Sept. 10, 1602, Simancas, Spain

      last of the old Gaelic kings of Ireland.

      When he became chieftain of the O'Donnells, he was only 20 years old and his previous experiences helped to make him an inveterate enemy of the English. When less than 16 years old he had been kidnapped by Sir John Perrot (Perrot, Sir John), the English lord deputy, who, conscious of the O'Donnell family's connections with the O'Neills, feared a dangerous combination against the English government. He was long imprisoned in Dublin Castle, made an abortive attempt to escape in 1590, and was finally successful in January 1592.

      Red Hugh's first concern was to drive out the English sheriff and his company of undisciplined marauders who, despite promises, had come to Tyrconnell and occupied the monastery of Donegal, after expelling the friars. This he accomplished successfully. Two expeditions against the O'Neills followed. Red Hugh's exploits in 1594 have been exaggerated; but in 1595 and 1597 he certainly turned his attention again to the west, making good his control of Connaught from Sligo to Leitrim. These, however, were minor operations compared with the war which followed, famous for the great Irish victory of the Yellow Ford in 1598, where O'Donnell played a major part, and for the disaster of Kinsale (December 1601). O'Donnell's march to join Tyrone at Kinsale was remarkable; in 24 hours he and his men covered no less than 40 miles, including the almost impassable Slieve Phelim Mountains. Red Hugh's support of the Spanish commander, Juan del Aquila, who counselled an immediate attack against the advice of the more cautious O'Neill, may well have brought about the crushing defeat that may be regarded as the death blow of the old Gaelic Ireland. O'Donnell then went to Spain where he died, said to have been poisoned by an English agent, though this has never been fully proved.

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