O Donnell Liam O Donnell

Hugh Roe O'Donnell II (Irish: Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill; c. 20 October 1572 – 30 August 1602), also known as Red Hugh O'Donnell, was an Irish clan chief and leader of the confederacy of Irish lords during the Nine Years' War. He was born into the powerful O'Donnell clan of Tyrconnell (present-day County Donegal). By the age of fourteen, he was recognised as his clan's tanist (heir) and engaged to the daughter of prominent lord Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone. The English-led Irish government feared th…