Rory O'Donnell Ruaidrí Ó Domhnaill | |
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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 Rome, Papal States | (aged 32–33)
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]