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Sir Niall Garvach O’Donnell

Irish chieftain
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1569
Died:
1626, London, Eng. (aged 57)
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Sir Niall Garvach O’Donnell (born 1569—died 1626, London, Eng.) was an Irish chieftain, alternately an ally of and rebel against the English. Niall Garvach O’Donnell, grandson of An Calbhach O’Donnell (through his son Conn), was incensed at the elevation of his cousin Hugh Roe O’Donnell to the chieftainship of the O’Donnells in 1592—and thus the lordship of the O’Donnells’ traditional land, Tyrconnell—and was further alienated when Hugh Roe deprived him of his castle of Lifford. A bitter feud between the two O’Donnells resulted. In 1597 Niall Garvach formed a military alliance with the English garrison at Derry both against the ...(100 of 228 words)

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