Sadhbh. Could a member of Feach's family, five generations removed from Sadhbh, by strange chance be named Hugh and be connected with Clonmore? It seems very unlikely! Aodh Ó Broin looks phoney, so the genealogy ... is probably false, but perhaps there is someone out there who could prove me wrong." Sadhbh Ní Bhroin was the daughter of Feidhlim Buidhe Ó Broin of Clonmore. Legacy O'Byrne's role has been overshadowed by accounts of O'Neill in the Nine Years War. In June 1597, O'Neill attacked on several fronts – Carrickfergus, Newry and Westmeath – in retaliation for the killing of his ally. O'Byrne's sons, Phelim and Redmond, survived their father and were active during the remainder of the war. On going north into Ulster, Phelim was given charge of the Blackwater fort. In October 1597, the brothers returned south and began active operations at O'Neill's direction with a force under the command of the O'Mores. In 1599, Phelim had a success against the ill-fated army of the Earl of Essex (see Essex in Ireland), and Redmond returned to O'Neill's ranks. The war ended with the Treaty of Mellifont, and in 1606 Phelim and Redmond received grants of what lands were left to them in their father's estate. It was under the patronage of Fiach McHugh O'Byrne that part of the Book of O'Byrne, a collection of Gaelic poems, was compiled. A manuscript copy was sold at auction in 2000 in Dublin. Feagh McHugh O'Byrne is celebrated in the song by P.J. McCall 'Follow me up to Carlow'. "The Marching Song of Fiach Mac Hugh" by Irish Folk metal band Cruachan from their album Blood for the Blood God is about the march into Carlow by O'Byrne. Notes References Daniel Byrne-Rothwell, "The Byrnes and the O'Byrnes", (House of Lochar, 2010). Richard Bagwell, Ireland under the Tudors 3 vols. (London, 1885–1890) John O'Donovan (ed.) Annals of Ireland by the Four Masters (1851). Calendar of State Papers: Carew MSS. 6 vols (London, 1867–1873). Calendar of State Papers: Ireland (London) Nicholas Canny The Elizabethan Conquest of Ireland (Dublin, 1976); Kingdom and Colony (2002). Steven G. Ellis Tudor Ireland (London, 1985) . Hiram Morgan Tyrone's Rebellion (1995). Standish O'Grady (ed.) "Pacata Hibernia" 2 vols. (London, 1896). Cyril Falls Elizabeth's Irish Wars (1950; reprint London, 1996) . Dictionary of National Biography 22 vols. (London, 1921–1922). 1534 births 1597 deaths 16th-century Irish people Irish lords People of Elizabethan