Brian O'Neill (died 1617)
Brian O'Neill Brian Ó Néill | |
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| Born | c. 1604 Ulster, Ireland |
| Died | 16 August 1617 (aged 13) Brussels, Spanish Netherlands |
| Cause of death | Hanging |
| Buried | St Anthony's College, Leuven |
| Noble family | O'Neill dynasty |
| Father | Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone |
| Mother | Catherine Magennis |
Brian O'Neill (Irish: Brian Ó Néill; c. 1604 – 16 August 1617), also known as Bernard or Con Brian, was a seventeenth-century Irish noble and the youngest son of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone. He joined his parents on the Flight of the Earls and was later found dead in Brussels, possibly killed by an English assassin.