Turlough Lynagh O'Neill

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Turlough Lynagh O'Neill (drawing in Pacata Hibernia, published in 1896)

Sir Turlough Lynagh O'Neill (1532 – September, 1595) was an Irish Gaelic lord of Tír Eoghain in early modern Ireland. He was inauguratedupon Shane O’Neill’s death, becoming The O'Neill. From 1567 to 1595, Sir Turlough Luineach O'Neill was leader of the O'Neill clan, the most powerful family in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. He was knighted in 1578. And lord of Ireland