Changed small County Mayo village forever
Born in 1550, Aodh Mór Ó Néill (Hugh O’Neill) came from a line of the and the successors to the Chief’s of the O’Neills.
Armed with poles and boiling water
Ó Néill was a Gaelic Irish soldier and one of the most famous of the O’Neill dynasty of Ulster in Ireland.
Accounts were so horrific that many thought they were exaggerated
Desperate Mayo, Sligo families
Ballinamuck
Changed small County Mayo village forever
“Sacrifice was the hallmark of his life”,
Born in 1550, Aodh Mór Ó Néill (Hugh O’Neill) was born to the Clann Uí Néíll , the ruling noble family in Tír Eoghain. He was the second son of Feardorcha Ó Néill and grandson of Conn O’Neill, the first Earl of Tyrne. At the age of nine he became a ward of Giles Hovenden, […]
Armed with poles and boiling water
Ó Néill was a Gaelic Irish soldier and one of the most famous of the O’Neill dynasty of Ulster in Ireland.