Rose O'Neill Róisín Dubh Ní Néill | |
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| Born | Sixteenth century |
| Noble family | O'Neill dynasty |
| Spouse(s) | Hugh Roe O'Donnell (1592–1595) Donnell Ballagh O'Cahan (c. 1598–c. 1607) |
| Father | Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone |
Rose O'Neill (Irish: Róisín Dubh Ní Néill; fl. 1587–1607) was an Irish noblewoman and queen consort of Tyrconnell. She was the daughter of Hugh O'Neill and wife of "Red" Hugh Roe O'Donnell, the two leaders of the Irish alliance during the Nine Years' War. Her marriage to O'Donnell was a deliberate move to unite the O'Neills and the O'Donnells, the two most powerful Irish clans of their day. She separated from O'Donnell in 1595.
She has been the subject of several poems and songs, particularly rebel song Róisín Dubh by James Clarence Mangan, making her somewhat of a nationalist figure for Gaelic Ireland. In poetry, her name is typically anglicised Rosaleen.[1][2]
- ^ Mangan, James Clarence; Guiney, Louise Imogen (1897). James Clarence Mangan, his selected poems;. University of California Libraries. Boston, New York : Lamson, Wolffe & co.; London, John Lane. p. 115.
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