Owen Roe O'Neill
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Irish soldier (c. 1585 - 1649)
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Owen Roe O'Neill (Irish: Eoghan Ruadh Ó Néill;c.– 1649) was a Gaelic Irish soldier and one of the most famous of the O'Neill dynasty of Ulster. O'Neill left Ireland at a young age and spent most of his life as a mercenary in the Spanish Army serving against the Dutch in Flanders during the Eighty Years' War. After the Irish Rebellion of 1641, O'Neill returned and took command of the Irish Confederate Ulster Army. He is known for his victory at the Battle of Benburb in 1646.
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| Born | County Armagh, Kingdom of Ireland |
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1649 (aged ) Cloughoughter Castle, County Cavan, Kingdom of Ireland
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