Hugh O'Neill

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Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone

Hugh O'Neill ( Hugh the Great O'Neill; c. 1550 – 20 July 1616) was an Irish Gaelic lord, Earl of Tyrone (known as the Great Earl) and. O'Neill's career was played out against the background of the Tudor conquest of Ireland, and he is best known for leading a coalition of Irish clans during the Nine Years' War, the strongest threat to the House of Tudor in Ireland since the uprising of Silken Thomas against King Henry VIII. And was king of Ireland until England conquest Ireland