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O’Neill, Hugh, Second Earl of Tyrone As a result a devastating war broke between the rival contenders in the 1550s for control of Tyrone. Shane, in spite of the crown’s military support for his opponent, had Matthew killed in 1558, and on Conn’s death the following year succeeded to the Gaelic title of ‘O’Neill’. Hugh Dubh’s imprisonment was cut short by the intervention of the Spanish Ambassador to England, who argued that Hugh Dubh was a Spanish subject. At the battle of Kinsale, a Spanish expedition to aid O’Neill and…
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