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O'Neill, Owen Roe
O'Neill, Owen Roe (c.1582–1649), the Catholic confederacy's (see confederate catholics) most successful general, and its most dogmatic politician. A nephew of Hugh O'Neill, Owen joined the Irish regiment in Spanish Flanders in 1604, received his own regiment in 1633, and distinguished himself in the defence of Arras (1640). Following the rising of 1641, he left Spanish service to return home, aiming to reverse the Ulster plantation and achieve full religious liberty for Catholics.
With their insurrection in danger of collapse, an Ulster Irish assembly selected him general to replace Sir Phelim O'Neill. Defeated at Clones (13 June 1643), Owen retired to Connacht where he forged an effective Ulster army. Although never co‐operating successfully with his fellow generals, Preston and Castlehaven, he won a stunning victory at Benburb on 5 June 1646 and then marched south, enabling Papal Nuncio Rinuccini to depose the supreme council members who favoured the Ormond peace. The decision to support rinuccini over the confederation's contentious truce with Inchiquin (May 1648) left his army isolated for over a year and forced him to truck with the parliamentarians Jones and Monck, even saving the beleaguered Coote at Derry. After Cromwell's arrival, he belatedly accepted an alliance with Ormond, but died the following month. Hiram Morgan |
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"O'Neill, Owen Roe." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "O'Neill, Owen Roe." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-ONeillOwenRoe.html "O'Neill, Owen Roe." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-ONeillOwenRoe.html |
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O'Neill, Owen Roe
O'Neill, Owen Roe (c.1590–1649). O'Neill was the military linchpin of the Confederation, which struggled for control of Ireland after the rising of 1641. He was a nephew of Hugh O'Neill, 3rd earl of Tyrone, and spent his early years in the Spanish service. He was not in Ireland at the start of the rising but arrived in July 1642 and took over command of the Ulster army from Sir Phelim O'Neill. He managed to keep an army together through all the extraordinary political vicissitudes of the next few years and in 1646 gained a significant victory at Benburb over Monro and the Scottish army. But the end of the Civil War in England enabled Parliament to strengthen its position in Ireland. The Confederation split badly on political tactics and O'Neill was declared a traitor in 1648 for supporting the intransigent line of Rinuccini, the papal nuncio. Early in 1649 he reached an agreement with Monck, who commanded the parliamentary forces in Ulster. It is doubtful whether he could have put up much resistance to Cromwell, who landed in August 1649, but he died in November of the same year.
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JOHN CANNON. "O'Neill, Owen Roe." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "O'Neill, Owen Roe." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-ONeillOwenRoe.html JOHN CANNON. "O'Neill, Owen Roe." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-ONeillOwenRoe.html |
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O'Neill, Owen Roe
O'Neill, Owen Roe (c.1590–1649). O'Neill was the military linchpin of the Confederation, which struggled for control of Ireland after the rising of 1641. He was a nephew of Hugh O'Neill, 3rd earl of Tyrone. He was not in Ireland at the start of the rising but arrived in July 1642 and took over command of the Ulster army from Sir Phelim O'Neill. He managed to keep an army together through the extraordinary political vicissitudes of the next few years and in 1646 gained a significant victory at Benburb over Monro and the Scottish army. But the end of the Civil War in England enabled Parliament to strengthen its position in Ireland. It is doubtful whether he could have put up much resistance to Cromwell, who landed in August 1649, but he died in November of the same year.
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JOHN CANNON. "O'Neill, Owen Roe." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "O'Neill, Owen Roe." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-ONeillOwenRoe.html JOHN CANNON. "O'Neill, Owen Roe." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-ONeillOwenRoe.html |
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Owen Roe O'Neill
Owen Roe O'Neill 1590?–1649, Irish chieftain. Nephew of Hugh O'Neill, 2d earl of Tyrone , he left Ireland after the "flight of the earls" in 1607 and spent 30 years in the Spanish army, serving notably at Arras (1640). He returned to Ireland in 1642, superseded his kinsman Sir Phelim O'Neill as leader of the O'Neill clan, and for the next seven years led the Roman Catholic faction in the intermittently successful rebellion against English authority. O'Neill's death removed the only Irish general who might have been capable of resisting Oliver Cromwell. |
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"Owen Roe O'Neill." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Owen Roe O'Neill." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-ONeill-O.html "Owen Roe O'Neill." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-ONeill-O.html |
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