Cathbarr O'Donnell

Cathbarr O'Donnell (Irish: Cathbarr Ó Domhnaill, died 1608) was an Irish nobleman (a member of the O'Donnell dynasty of Donegal).

Biography

Cathbarr was the son of Sir Aodh mac Maghnusa Ó Domhnaill (Sir Hugh McManus O'Donnell), An Ó Domhnaill (The O'Donnell), the ruler of Tyrconnell during the Elizabethan era. His mother was Sir Aodh's Scottish second wife, Iníon Dubh.

Cathbarr's elder half-brother, Sir Domhnaill Ó Domhnaill, was a dynastic rival of Cathbarr's elder full brother, Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill II (Red Hugh O'Donnell II), in the lengthy Ó Domhnaill succession dispute until Sir Domhnaill's death at the Battle of Doire Leathan in September 1590. Aodh Ruadh II (Red Hugh II) became head of the Ó Domhnaill dynasty in 1592. Cathbarr supported his elder brother during Tyrone's Rebellion (1594–1603). In 1602, another elder brother, Rory, succeeded Aodh Ruadh and made peace with the Crown. The following year, Rory was made Earl of Tyrconnell.

Cathbarr married Rosa O'Doherty, the sister of Sir Cathaoir Ó Dochartaigh (Sir Cahir O'Doherty), Lord of Inishowen, who fought on the Crown's side during Tyrone's rebellion but later launched O'Doherty's Rebellion by burning Derry. In 1607, Cathbarr and Rosa accompanied Rory in the Flight of the Earls to Continental Europe. The following year, Cathbarr and Rory both died of fever in Italian exile and the leadership of the O'Donnells passed to Rory's young son.^[1]

After Cathbarr's death, Rosa remarried to the Irish soldier Owen Roe O'Neill. Cathbarr's son with Rosa, Hugh O'Donnell became a Captain in the Spanish Army, serving in his stepfather's regiment in Flanders. He was killed in 1625 during the Siege of Breda.^[2]

Family tree

Sir Hugh O'Donnell (Aodh mac Maghnusa Ó Domhnaill; died 1600)^{[lower-roman 1]}
- Married first: an unnamed Irish woman
  - Donnchadh (Scaite)
  - Donnell (Domhnall d.1590
    - Wife: daughter of Turlough O'Neill
      - Dómhnall Óg^{[lower-roman 2]}
  - Ruadhri (died 1575)
  - Siobhán, or Joan (died 1591)^{[lower-roman 1]}
    - Married: Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone.^{[lower-roman 3]}
      - Hugh (1585–1609)^{[lower-roman 3]} He was known as the baron of Dungannon, died in Rome and was buried in San Pietro di Montorio.^{[lower-roman 4]}
      - Henry O'Neill (1586?–1617×21)^{[lower-roman 3]} He became a colonel of an Irish regiment in Archduke Albert's army.^{[lower-roman 4]}
      - Margaret, who married Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret.^{[lower-roman 4]}
  - daughter (fl. 1579)
  - Nuala (fl. 1592)^{[lower-roman 1]}
    - Married Niall Garbh O'Donnel(1569–1626)
      - Grania
- Second marriage: Fionnghuala "Inghean Dubh" Ní Seamus MacDonnell (married Aodh in 1569)
  - Aodh Ruadh (1571–1602).^{[lower-roman 1]}
  - Rudhraighe (died 1608).^{[lower-roman 1]}
    - - Elizabeth^{[lower-roman 5]}
        Husband: Luke Plunket later 1st Earl of Fingall survived Elizabeth and married twice more.
    - Wife: Brigid daughter of Earl of Kildare
      - Hugh O'Donnell, 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell.^{[lower-roman 5]}^{[lower-roman 2]}
        Married: Anna-Margaret, daughter of Maximilian de Hennin, Count de Bossut.^{[lower-roman 6]}
      - Mary Stuart O'Donnell (1607–1649?).^{[lower-roman 5]}
  - Maghnus alive 1608
  - Mairghead died 1662
  - Máire (died 1662)
    - Married: Tadhg Ó Ruairc, King of West Breifne (died 1605)
  - Cathbarr (dead by September 1608)
    - Wife: Rosa (c.1588–1660) the daughter of Sir John O'Doherty — married secondly Owen Roe O'Neill (c. 1585–1649) who she met in the Low Countries
      - Hugh O'Donnell (died 1625), became a captain in the Spanish Army, serving in Flanders in the regiment of his stepfather (Owen Roe O'Neill). He was killed during the Siege of Breda.^{[lower-roman 7]}

Notes:

1 2 3 4 5 Burke 1866, p. 409.
1 2 If the Earldom of Tyrconnell had not been attained, then next in line as 3rd Earl of Tyrconnell would have been Dómhnall Óg son of Sir Donnell O'Donnell (an elder half brother of the 1st Earl)
1 2 3 Canny 2008
1 2 3 Dunlop 1895, p. 196
1 2 3 "Hugh Albert O'Donnell, born [to Rory and Brigid] about October 1606, was the only son of this marriage, Mary Stuart O'Donnell being born about a year later. Some authorities give an eldest child, Elizabeth, probably illegitimate, who became first wife of Luke Plunkett, first earl of Fingall" (Silke 2006).
↑ Burke 1866, p. 410.
↑ Casway 1984, pp. 27–28.

Sources:

Burke, Sir Bernard (1866), A Genealogical History of the Dormant: Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, Harrison, pp. 409–410
Canny, Nicholas (January 2008) [2004], "O'Neill, Hugh , second earl of Tyrone (c.1550–1616)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.), Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/20775 (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Casway, Jerrold (1984), Owen Roe O'Neill and the Struggle for Catholic Ireland, University of Pennsylvania Press
Dunlop, Robert (1895), "O'Neill, Hugh (1540?-1616)" , Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 42, pp. 188–196
Silke, John J. (May 2006) [2004]. "O'Donnell, Rury , styled first earl of Tyrconnell (1574/5–1608)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/20559. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

Notes

↑ Casway 1984, p. 25.
↑ Casway 1984, p. 27–28.

References

Casway, Jerrold (1984), Owen Roe O'Neill and the Struggle for Catholic Ireland, University of Pennsylvania Press

Flight of the Earls
Journey	Rathmullan A Coruña Quillebeuf-sur-Seine Leuven Colmar Milan Ravenna Rome
General	Battle of Kinsale Nine Years' War Treaty of Mellifont O’Neill-O’Cahan disputes Arthur Chichester John Davies O'Doherty's Rebellion Ulster Conspiracy of 1615 Plantation of Ulster
Exiles	Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell Catherine Magennis, Countess of Tyrone Shane O'Neill Hugh O'Donnell Nuala O'Donnell Cathbarr O'Donnell Rosa O'Doherty Cuchonnacht Maguire Donagh O’Brien Tadhg Ó Cianáin Eoghan Ruadh Mac an Bhaird
Remained	Cormac MacBaron O'Neill Conn O'Neill Bridget FitzGerald, Countess of Tyrconnell (pregnant) Mary Stuart O'Donnell

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