Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone (Aodh Mór Ó Néill), c. 1608
Image
Hugh Oneill 2nd Earl of Tyrone (1608)
Creator
Unknown (anonymous, c. 1608); from a contemporary fresco
Physical form
Fresco-derived portrait, head and shoulders, bearded man
Current location
Wikipedia Commons; original held in collection (unidentified)
Provenance
Public domain by age (1608, 416+ years old). Extracted from Wikipedia 2026-06-05 via system_ops/red_team/scripts/wiki-image-extract.js.
Content note
Contemporary portrait of Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone (c. 1550-1616), the most famous Gaelic Irish ruler of the late 16th and early 17th centuries — leader of the Nine Years' War against English rule (1595-1603), exiled at the Flight of the Earls in 1607 to Rome where he died in 1616. NOT a direct ancestor of Brant Hindman (we have ruled out our Hugh O'Neil 1605 Omagh as his son), but the historical figure who looms over the era of Brant's verified Omagh O'Neill ancestors (Hugh O'Neil 1605, Bridgit O'Neil Dennan 1630). The Sliocht Airt sept that occupied the Castle of Omagh was a parallel noble O'Neill branch contemporary to Hugh 2nd Earl.
Background on the 1608 portrait. Brant's Hugh O'Neil (b. 1605 Omagh) is NOT a documented son of the 2nd Earl, but both come from the broader O'Neill of Tyrone milieu.
