| Rory O'Donnell Ruaidrí Ó Domhnaill | |
|---|---|
| Earl of Tyrconnell | |
 Rory O'Donnell, depicted in a fresco in the Vatican | |
| King of Tyrconnell | |
| Reign | 10 September 1602 – 4 September 1603 |
| Predecessor | Hugh Roe O'Donnell |
| Successor | Title abolished |
| 1st Earl of Tyrconnell | |
| Reign | 4 September 1603 – 14 September 1607 |
| Predecessor | Title created |
| Successor | The 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell |
| Born | 1575 Tyrconnell, Ireland |
| Died | 28 July 1608 (aged 32–33) Rome, Papal States |
| Burial | 29 July 1608 |
| Spouses | Bridget Fitzgerald |
| Issue | The 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell Lady Mary Stuart O'Donnell |
| Dynasty | O'Donnell |
| Father | Sir Hugh O'Donnell |
| Mother | Inion Dubh |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell (Irish: Ruaidrí Ó Domhnaill, 1d Iarla na Tír Chonaill; 1575 – 28 July 1608),[1][2][3] was an Irish Gaelic lord and the last King of Tyrconnell. He was a younger brother of Hugh Roe O'Donnell and in 1603 became the first to be styled the Earl of Tyrconnell.[4]
- ^ Webb, Alfred (1878). "Rury O'Donnell". A Compendium of Irish Biography.
- ^ Bagwell, Richard (1895). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 41. pp. 444–447.
- ^ O'Byrne, Emmett (October 2009). "O'Donnell (Ó Domhnall), Ruaidhrí". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ An apparent original of the letters patent of the Earldom were in the possession of Count Maximilian Karl Lamoral O'Donnell in Austria, (See Ó Domhnaill Abu – O'Donnell Clan Newsletter, no.2, Summer 1985), although that family did not inherit the title, nor the related territorial Lordship of Tyrconnell, the remainders of which were destined elsewhere