Rosa O'Neill

In 1608, angered at his treatment by local officials, Cahir launched O'Doherty's rebellion by burning Derry.

[5] Rosa remarried in 1613–14 to Owen Roe O'Neill, an Irish officer serving in the Spanish army who she met in Flanders.

[6] In 1642, when Owen Roe returned to Ireland to serve the Irish Confederacy during the War of Three Kingdoms, Rosa accompanied him.

[7] Owen Roe became a leading figure of the Irish Confederacy, enjoying mixed fortunes but winning a notable success against Scottish forces at the Battle of Benburb in 1646.

[citation needed] Owen Roe O'Neill died at Cloughoughter Castle in County Cavan in November 1649.