Eoghan Ruadh Ó Néill

(b London, 14 March 1875; d there, 3 March 1934). English composer. A pupil of Somervell (1890-93) and of Knorr in Frankfurt (1893-7), he taught at the RAM (from 1924). He was the most skilful conductor and composer of incidental music (over 50 scores) for London theatres of his time.

Ó Néill, Eoghan Ruadh (Owen Roe O'Neill) (?1584-1649), commander of native Irish forces in the Confederation of Kilkenny. A nephew of Hugh O'Neill, he was born in Co. Armagh, and served in the Spanish army in Flanders for nearly forty years before returning to Ireland in 1642, when he took command of the Ulster army. On 6 June 1646 he resoundingly defeated Robert Munro's Scottish army at Benburb, a victory celebrated by Pope Innocent X in Rome.