Henry O'Hagan explained

Henry O'Hagan (; fl. 1599 – 1616) was an Irish secretary who worked for Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, during the Nine Years' War. Charles Patrick Meehan described him as "O'Neill's faithful secretary".

Life

The O'Hagan family fostered Hugh O'Neill in his youth.

Henry O'Hagan organised the famous riverside parley between O'Neill and Lord Deputy Essex in 1599.

O'Hagan took part in the Flight of the Earls in September 1607, leaving Ireland for mainland Europe.^[1]

After O'Neill's death on 20 July 1616,^[2] Henry O'Hagan settled disputes over his will.

According to the registry of San Pietro in Montorio, the Earl's secretary died in 1610 and was buried there. Meehan believed that this refers to O'Hagan, but it actually refers to the Tyrone's other secretary, Henry Hovenden.^[3]

References

Citations

1. Book: Hegarty, Roddy . Imeacht Na nIarlí: The Flight of the Earls: 1607 - 2007.
2. Morgan . Hiram . Hiram Morgan . September 2014 . O'Neill, Hugh . . 10.3318/dib.006962.v1 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230926084624/https://www.dib.ie/biography/oneill-hugh-a6962 . 26 September 2023 . 3 May 2024.
3. FitzPatrick . Elizabeth . August 2007 . San Pietro in Montorio, burial-place of the exiled Irish in Rome, 1608-1623 . . 15 . 4 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240301114633/https://www.historyireland.com/san-pietro-in-montorio-burial-place-of-the-exiled-irish-in-rome-1608-1623/ . 1 March 2024.

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• Casway . Jerrold . 2003 . Heroines or Victims? The Women of the Flight of the Earls . New Hibernia Review / Iris Éireannach Nua . 7 . 1 . 56–74 . 1092-3977 . 20557855.
• Casway . Jerrold . 2016 . Catherine Magennis and the Wives of Hugh O'Neill . Seanchas Ardmhacha: Journal of the Armagh Diocesan Historical Society . 26 . 1 . 69–79 . 48568219.
• Concannon . Helena . Helena Concannon . 1920 . 'The Woman of the Piercing Wail' (The Lady Nuala O'Donnell) . . Dublin . John F. Fowler . 16.
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• Book: Meehan, Charles Patrick . Charles Patrick Meehan . The Fate and Fortunes of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone and Rory O'Donel, Earl of Tyrconnel; Their Flight from Ireland, Their Vicissitudes Abroad, and their Death in Exile . James Duffy . 1868 . Dublin.
• Book: Morgan, Hiram . Hiram Morgan . Tyrone's Rebellion: The outbreak of the Nine Years' War in Tudor Ireland . 1993 . . 0-85115-683-5 . London . registration.
• Book: Paul Walsh (priest) . The Will and Family of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone (with an appendix of genealogies) . Sign of the Three Candles . 1930 . Walsh . Paul . Dublin.