Colonel Hugh Albert O'Donnell, 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell, was an Irish-Spanish nobleman who served in the Spanish military. The only son of Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, he was eleven months ol
O'Donnell was raised and educated at St Anthony's College in Leuven.
Albert VII and Isabella Clara Eugenia, sovereigns of the Habsburg Netherlands
Catholic Archbishop Florence Conroy proposed a Spanish invasion of Ireland, to be led by O'Donnell.
Contemporary etching depicting the siege of Fuenterrabía, where O'Donnell distinguished himself.
Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, was an Irish earl and soldier.
Inscription above the tombs of Rory and his brother Caffar in San Pietro in Montorio, Rome
