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O'Donnell family tree
Issue of Hugh McManus O'Donnell (Aodh mac Maghnusa Ó Domhnaill ; c. 1520 - 1600), son of King of Tyrconnell Manus O'Donnell (Maghnas Ó Domhnaill ), and Judith O'Neill (Siobhán Ó Néill ).
First marriage: Nuala O'Neill [ i]
Joanna O'Donnell (Siobhán Ní Domhnaill )
Died c. January 1591
Married Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone in June 1574 - marriage repudiated in 1579 - later reconfirmed
Margaret O'Neill (fl. c. 1596 )
Sarah O'Neill (fl. 1595–1602)
Married Sir Arthur Roe Magennis before 4 March 1595
Mary O'Neill (fl. 1608)
Married Brian McHugh Og MacMahon
Alice O'Neill (1583 – c. 1665 )
Hugh O'Neill (c. 1585 – September 1609)
Henry O'Neill (c. 1586 – 25 August 1610)
Duncan "Scaite" O'Donnell (Donnchadh Ó Domhnaill )[ ii]
Second marriage, 1569: Fiona MacDonald (Fionnghuala Nic Dhomhnaill , also known as Iníon Dubh ), daughter of James MacDonald, 6th of Dunnyveg and Agnes Campbell .
Hugh Roe O'Donnell (Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill )
Born 30 October 1572
Died 10 September 1602
Betrothed to Rose O'Neill , c. 1587 ; married in December 1592; separated in 1595; divorced in 1596
Nuala O'Donnell (Nuala Ní Domhnaill )
Born c. 1575
Died c. 1630
Married Niall Garve O'Donnell in 1591 - separated 1600
Child of unknown paternity:
Grania O'Donnell (fl. 1607 - 1617)
Children of Niall Garve, possibly by Nuala:
Naghtan O'Donnell (died 1640)
Manus O'Donnell (died 5 June 1646)
George Hill mentions Naghtan having two younger brothers (see Niall_Garve_O'Donnell#Family )
Margaret O'Donnell (Mairghead Ní Domhnaill )
Mary O'Donnell (Máire Ní Domhnaill )
Caffar O'Donnell (Cathbarr Ó Domhnaill )
Born c. 1583
Died 15 September 1608
Married Rose O'Doherty
Hugh O'Donnell (c. June 1605 – 1625)
Relationship with an unmarried woman
Conn O'Donnell (fl. 1608–1629)
Gráinne O'Donnell (Gráinne Ní Domhnaill )[ iv]
References
^ O'Donnell, Francis Martin (2018). The O'Donnells of Tyrconnell – A Hidden Legacy . Francis Martin O'Donnell names Sir Hugh's first wife as "Nuala, a daughter of O’Neill".
^ Ó Domhnaill, Niall (1952). Na Glúnta Rosannacha , page 87. The historicity of this person is disputed.
^ a b c O'Donnell, Francis Martin (2020). Memorialising Emigré Dignity - The Cultural Heritage of St. Anthony's College, Leuven Irish College Leuven - Memorialising Emigré Dignity - The Cultural Heritage of St. Anthony's College, Leuven. p. 7. Francis Martin O'Donnell believes that Margaret was the widow of O'Rourke.
^ O'Donnell, Eunan; Reflection on the Flight of the Earls; Donegal Annual, Bliainiris Dhún na nGall, Journal of the County Donegal Historical Society, No. 58 (2006); pp. 31-44. Gráinne is known only as a sister of the Earl (i.e., Rory), with no additional information.