Hugh MacEdegany
Hugh MacEdegany,[1][2][a] (Irish: Aodh mac an Deaganaigh;[5] before 1567 – May 1588), also known as Hugh MacCalvagh,[6][2] and referred to as Hugh O'Gallagher by modern historians,[7][6] was a sixteenth-century Irishman who was a challenger to the Gaelic kingdom Tyrconnell.
Life
[edit]Hugh MacEdegany was an illegitimate son of Calvagh O'Donnell, King of Tyrconnell,[3][4][b] raised as[citation needed] the son of the Dean of Raphoe[6][4] ("the Deacon O'Gallagher").[3]
Calvagh's half-brother Hugh McManus united with Shane O'Neill to seize the lordship of Tyrconnell. Shane kidnapped Calvagh in 1561, and Hugh McManus was set up as Tyrconnell's ruler.[8] Since the beginning of Hugh McManus's reign, Hugh MacEdegany was a major claim to Tyrconnell's lordship.[3] At some point, Hugh MacEdegany changed his patronymic to MacCalvagh ("son of Calvagh")—possibly due to fosterage—making him a competitor to the rulings O'Donnells.[6][2]
Hugh MacEdegany killed Iníon Dubh's brother Alasdrann in 1586.[9][10] Iníon Dubh married Hugh McManus in 1569.[11][12] MacEdegany was assassinated on Iníon Dubh's orders in May 1588, during a visit to her residence, Mongavlin Castle.[13][14][7][5]
The Annals of the Four Masters describes his death:
[Hugh MacEdegany] one time happened to be coming up, in pride, vigour, and high spirits (without remembering the spite or the enmity against him) towards the place where she was, at Magh-gaibhlin. When he had come to the town, she addressed her faithful people, i.e. the Scots; and begged and requested of them to fulfil their promise. This was accordingly done for her, for they rushed to the place where Hugh was, and proceeded to shoot at him with darts and bullets, until they left him lifeless; and there were also slain along with him the dearest to him of his faithful people.[4]
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Finnegan 2007, p. 61.
- ^ a b c Great Britain. Public Record Office (1860–1912). Calendar of the State Papers relating to Ireland, of the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth. Robarts - University of Toronto. London : Longman, H.M.S.O. pp. x.
- ^ a b c d e Dunlop 1894, p. 436.
- ^ a b c d Annals of the Four Masters 2008, p. 1873.
- ^ a b "Note 19 for Short Annals of Tirconaill".
- ^ a b c d Morgan 1993, p. 125.
- ^ a b c O'Byrne, Emmett (October 2009). "MacDonnell (Nic Dhomhnaill), Fiona (Fionnghuala) ('Iníon Dubh')". Dictionary of Irish Biography. doi:10.3318/dib.006337.v1. Archived from the original on 18 April 2024.
- ^ O'Byrne, Emmett (October 2009). "O'Donnell (Ó Domhnaill), Sir Aodh mac Maghnusa". Dictionary of Irish Biography. doi:10.3318/dib.006332.v1.
- ^ "Mongavlin Castle". Monreagh Heritage Centre. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ Gormley, Patrick (August 2020). "Mongavlin Castle Article". St Johnston and Carrigans Donegal. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ Morgan 1993, p. 124.
- ^ Walsh 1922, p. 362.
- ^ Morgan 1993, p. 130.
- ^ Newmann, Kate. "Finola MacDonald (c.1500 - )". The Dictionary of Ulster Biography. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
Sources
[edit]- Annals of the Four Masters. CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts. 2008 [1636].
- Dunlop, Robert (1894). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 40. pp. 436–440.
- Finnegan, David (2007). "Niall Garbh O'Donnell and the Rebellion of Sir Cahir O'Doherty" (PDF). Donegal Annual (59): 60–82. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
- Morgan, Hiram (1993). Tyrone's Rebellion: The outbreak of the Nine Years' War in Tudor Ireland. London: The Boydell Press. ISBN 0-85115-683-5.
- Walsh, Paul (1922). "Hugh Roe O'Donnell's Sisters". The Irish Ecclesiastical Record. XIX. Dublin: 358–364.