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Hugh Maguire (Irish: Aodh Mág Uidhir; [1] before 1570 [a] – 1 March [N.S. 11 March] 1600) was an Irish nobleman and military commander who served in the Nine Years' War.As Chief of the Maguire clan and Lord of Fermanagh, he was the first [2] [3] of the Gaelic chiefs to openly rebel against Elizabeth I's conquest of Ireland.
In the Nine Years' War (1594–1603), Hugh Maguire, the Lord of Fermanagh, took the rebels' side, while his subordinate kinsman Connor Roe Maguire of Magherastephana sought to displace him and was nicknamed "the Queen's Maguire" for his support of Queen Elizabeth's forces. [5]
In 1593, Hugh Maguire, Chief of the Name and Lord of Fermanagh, had objected to the behaviour of the newly-appointed English Crown sheriff Humphrey Willis.As he had done before being expelled by Hugh Roe O'Donnell from Tyrconnell in 1592, Willis was cattle raiding and plundering throughout Clan Maguire territory.
The Gaelic territory of Fermanagh was shired as a county and elements of Irish Brehon Law were replaced by English law. Hugh Maguire, the Gaelic lord of Fermanagh, opposed the introduction of English law which reduced his overlordship over his weaker neighbours, and particularly the misdeeds of the local English sheriff, Captain Humphrey Willis.
Bagenal entered Fermanagh on 22 September leading 144 horsemen, 763 foot soldiers, and 118 kern. [2] Hugh O'Neill, lord of Tyrone, met Bagenal near Enniskillen Castle on 26 September with 200 horsemen and 600 foot soldiers – half the number of promised infantry. Maguire held Enniskillen Castle and blocked the ford across the Erne at Lisgoole ...
Under Hugh Maguire, Fermanagh was involved in the Nine Years' War against English rule. His successor, Cú Chonnacht Óg Mag Uidhir, was one of the Gaelic Irish leaders who fled Ireland during the Flight of the Earls. Fermanagh was subsequently merged into the Kingdom of Ireland as County Fermanagh.
Hugh Maguire was the Lord of Fermanagh and one of the confederation's chief tacticians. He spearheaded vital victories in the early stages of the war, namely at Enniskillen and Ford of the Biscuits. He also led the victorious cavalry units at Yellow Ford and Clontibret. As the war expanded in scope he commanded the Irish cavalry in Leinster and ...
Her father was Cúconnacht Maguire, Lord of Fermanagh. [1] [2] [3] On 8 October 1537, Cúconnacht was murdered on the island of Craghan in Lough Erne. [2] Siobhán was married three times. Her first husband was Feardorcha "Matthew" O'Neill, 1st Baron Dungannon. [1] Their children included Brian [4] [3] and Hugh.