Conn O'Neill (died 1601)
Conn O'Neill Conn Ó Néill | |
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| Other names | Conn Mac An Iarla |
| Born | Between 1569–1574 Likely Ulster, Ireland |
| Died | December 1601 Tír Eoghain, Ulster, Ireland |
| Noble family | O'Neill dynasty |
| Father | Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone |
| Mother | Daughter of Brian McPhelim O'Neill |
Conn O'Neill (Irish: Conn Ó Néill; c. 1572–1601), known as Conn Mac An Iarla ("son of the Earl"), was a Gaelic Irish soldier of noble ancestry. The eldest son of Irish lord Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, he fought for his father in the Nine Years' War. He was considered illegitimate by English society because his parents' marriage was annulled, thus he has been called Tyrone's "base son" or "bastard".