36 min
The several faces of Hugh O'Neill The Royal Irish Academy
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Speaker: Professor Nicholas Canny, MRIA
Royal Irish Academy Library Seminar In association with the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Remembering Hugh O'Neill, 1616-2016.
Fostered in the Pale after his father’s murder on Shane O’Neill’s orders, Hugh O’Neill, c. 1550-1616, 2nd earl of Tyrone, is portrayed alternately as charismatic, Machiavellian, a ruthless opponent, a skilled negotiator, a power seeker par excellence, an innovator. He died at Rome on 20 July 1616. On the four-hundredth anniversary of the passing of the last of the earls, our seminar assessed O’Neill ─ the man, his milieu, Ulster in the 1600s, his many battles and his ultimate capitulation.
Location: Academy House
Date: 1 December 2016
Disclaimer:
The Royal Irish Academy has prepared this content responsibly and carefully, but disclaims all warranties, express or implied, as to the accuracy of the information contained in any of the materials. The views expressed are the authors’ own and not those of the Royal Irish Academy.
Speaker: Professor Nicholas Canny, MRIA
Royal Irish Academy Library Seminar In association with the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Remembering Hugh O'Neill, 1616-2016.
Fostered in the Pale after his father’s murder on Shane O’Neill’s orders, Hugh O’Neill, c. 1550-1616, 2nd earl of Tyrone, is portrayed alternately as charismatic, Machiavellian, a ruthless opponent, a skilled negotiator, a power seeker par excellence, an innovator. He died at Rome on 20 July 1616. On the four-hundredth anniversary of the passing of the last of the earls, our seminar assessed O’Neill ─ the man, his milieu, Ulster in the 1600s, his many battles and his ultimate capitulation.
Location: Academy House
Date: 1 December 2016
Disclaimer:
The Royal Irish Academy has prepared this content responsibly and carefully, but disclaims all warranties, express or implied, as to the accuracy of the information contained in any of the materials. The views expressed are the authors’ own and not those of the Royal Irish Academy.
36 min