The Great O'Neill: A Biography of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, 1550-1616

A great deal more than a popular biography of one of Ireland's greatest chieftains. It is also a graphic portrait of life in Gaelic Ireland, when the Gaels were making their last stand against the English invaders, and the Gaelic way of life was about to become extinct.. The O'Neill who emerges.is a gifted soldier, a wily politician, and a ruthless gambler who would destroy anybody to win, including other Gaelic chieftains. He was also the master of the double-cross, time and again promising the English he would behave only to ambush them later.If you have not yet read this work, I suggest you pick up a copy and discover the roots of the present problems in Ulster""--Irish Echo.