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
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“He sat in a wheeled chair, waiting for dark,
And shivered in his ghastly suit of grey,
Legless, sewn short at elbow.”
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“All day long in unrest,
To and fro do I move,
The very soul within my breast
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