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Arthur O'Neill (soldier)

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240: 235: 102:, the head of the O'Neill dynasty until 1595. He was the second son of Turlough, but his eldest brother Henry O'Neill died in 1578. At times he had a strained relationship with his father, and offered his support to Turlough's rival 156:
raging through the army camp. His brother Cormac O'Neill attempted to claim that he was Arthur's successor, but the government rejected this and acknowledged Arthur's eldest son Turlough O'Neill as his heir.
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and made preparations to change sides and bring his warriors with him. He offered important assistance to the English commander at Derry, Sir
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In 1600, however, he made contact with the Crown shortly before an Anglo-Irish force of government troops had landed at
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of Hugh O'Neill for his rebellion. This would have brought him control over vast swathes of central
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and took part in a force that captured the strategic settlement of
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Sir Henry Docwra, 1564-1631: Derry's Second Founder
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Lifford
Ireland
Irish
Turlough Luineach O'Neill
soldier
landowner
O'Neill dynasty
Gaelic
Turlough Luineach O'Neill
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
Tyrone's Rebellion
Derry
Henry Docwra
Dunnalong
Battle of Lifford
Red Hugh O'Donnell
Rory O'Cahan
Earl of Tyrone
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