Special Press Dossier Red Hugh O´Donnell

June 2, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE   This undated photo from Calle Constitución (Constitution Street) in Valladolid, Spain, shows the archaeological excavation of the Chapel of Wonders, a Franciscan monastery believed to been the last resting place of Ireland’s so-called fighting prince of Donegal. (Valladolid City Hall photo/Carlos Arranz via Courthouse…...

By James Rogers | Fox News.  JUNE 1 2020 Archaeologists in Spain are searching for the bones of Red Hugh O’Donnell, a 16th-century Irish chieftain who fought English rule in Ireland and died in exile. Born into a noble family, Red Hugh O’Donnell is known as ‘Red Hugh’ as a…...

By Eimear Flanagan. BBC News NI. 31 May 2020 Image copyright City Hall of Valladolid/Carlos Arranz Image caption Several sets of unidentified human remains have already been discovered Are the bones of a historic Irish leader entombed below the foundations of a bank in northern Spain? Archaeologists have dug up…...

Writing by Nathan Allen.The New York Times. 29-5-2020 VALLADOLID, Spain — Spanish archaeologists may have uncovered the final resting place of an Irish nobleman whose bloody 16th-century rebellion almost toppled Ireland’s English rulers. With some Spanish support, Red Hugh O’Donnell waged war against the English for nine years before his…...

By Ross Ibbetson For Mail online Published: 17:02 BST, 29 May 2020   Born in the modern day County Donegal in 1572, the ginger-haired Red Hugh led a rebellion against the English from 1593, commanding the Irish in the Nine Years’ War until 1602 before fleeing to Spain Excavations are…...

May 29, 2020. REUTERS/Juan MedinaReuters By Juan Medina VALLADOLID, Spain (Reuters) – Spanish archaeologists may have uncovered the final resting place of an Irish nobleman whose bloody 16th-century rebellion almost toppled Ireland’s English rule. A view shows human remains found in an archeological dig, during the search for Irish nobleman…...

Irish Central 21-May-2020 Spanish archaeologists are preparing to dig beneath the remains of an ancient chapel in Valladolid looking specifically for the remains of the Irish hero, Red Hugh O’Donnell. Beginning this Monday a team of Spanish excavators will begin a week-long dig inside the remains of a chapel on Constitution…...

Ashley Cowey. Ancient Origins 25 May 2020 Spanish archaeologists are preparing to dig beneath the remains of an ancient chapel in Valladolid looking specifically for the remains of the Irish hero, Red Hugh O’Donnell. Beginning this Monday a team of Spanish excavators will begin a week-long dig inside the remains of a…...

Skeleton of legendary figure should be easy to identify, claims historian Excavation for the remains of Red Hugh O’Donnell in a Valladollid street – these bones were found but they’re not those of Red Hugh. Photo: Cultura y Turismo Valladolid   Eavan Murray May 21 2020 08:59 PM Archaeologists searching…...

Gabija Gataveckaite THE INDEPENDENT May 22 2020 10:27 PM Bones have been found on the fifth day of the search for the remains of Irish hero Red Hugh O’Donnell on the streets of Valladolid in Spain. A part of a skull a femur and other bones have been found on…...