Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, Irish nobleman and rebel soldier (born 1550)

Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone

Irish earl (c. 1550–1616)

Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone was an Irish lord and key figure of the Nine Years' War. Known as the "Great Earl", he led the confederacy of Irish lords against the English Crown in resistance to the Tudor conquest of Ireland under Queen Elizabeth I.