Hugh Gavelagh O'Neill explained

Hugh Gavelagh MacShane O'Neill (;^[1] – January 1590) was a sixteenth-century Irishman of the O'Neill dynasty, specifically the MacShane branch. He was executed on the orders of his cousin the Earl of Tyrone.

Family background

Gavelagh was one of the many sons of Gaelic chief Shane O'Neill. Shane had captured^[2] Catherine MacLean, wife of Calvagh O'Donnell, and made her his mistress.

Notes and References

1. Book: Walsh, Micheline Kerney . An exile of Ireland, Hugh O'Neill, Prince of Ulster . 1996 . Four Courts Press . 978-1-85182-234-8 . Dublin . 20.
2. Brady . Ciaran . October 2009 . O'Neill, Shane (Seaán) . . 10.3318/dib.006966.v1 . 26 June 2024.