Owen Roe O'Neill

Eoghan Ruadh Ó Néill (ca. 1590–1649), anglicised as Owen Roe O'Neill / Eoin Roe O'Neill ("Red Owen"), was a seventeenth century soldier and one of the most famous of the O'Neill dynasty of Ulster.

Read more about Owen Roe O'Neill:  Birth, In Spanish Service, Return To Ireland, Factionalism and Disillusionment, Death and Legacy

Famous quotes containing the words owen and/or roe:

    “I tried to peg out soldierly,—no use!
    One dies of war like any old disease.”
    —Wilfred Owen (1893–1918)

    “All day long in unrest,
    To and fro do I move,
    The very soul within my breast
    Is wasted for you, love!”
    —Owen Roe MacWard (d. 1849)