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NIALL GARVE

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 7 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NIALL GARVE  O'DONNELL (1569-1626), who was incensed at the See also:

elevation of his See also:cousin See also:Hugh See also:Roe to the chieftainship in 1592, was further alienated when the latter. deprived him of his See also:castle of See also:Lifford, and a See also:bitter See also:feud between the two O'Donnells was the result . Niall Garve made terms with the See also:English See also:government, to whom he rendered valuable service both against the O'Neills and against his cousin . But in 16or he quarrelled with the See also:lord See also:deputy, who, though willing to establish Niall Garve in the lordship of Tyrconnel, would not permit him to enforce his supremacy over Cahir O'Dogherty in Inishowen . After the departure of Hugh Roe from See also:Ireland in 1602, Niall Garve and Hugh Roe's See also:brother Rory went to See also:London, where the privy See also:council endeavoured to arrange the See also:family See also:quarrel, but failed to satisfy Niall . Charged with complicity in Cahir O'Dogherty's See also:rebellion in 16o8, Niall Garve was sent to the See also:Tower of London, where he remained till his See also:death in 1626 . He married his cousin Nuala, See also:sister of Hugh Roe and Rory O'Donnell . When Rory fled with the See also:earl of See also:Tyrone to See also:Rome in 1607, Nuala, who had deserted her See also:husband when he joined the English against her brother, accompanied him, taking with her her daughter Grania . She was the subject of an Irish poem, of which an . English version was written by See also:James See also:Mangan from a See also:prose See also:translation by See also:Eugene O'See also:Curry .

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