Iníon Dubh
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Lady Fiona O'Donnell[lower-alpha 1] (Irish: Fionnghuala Ó Dhomhnaill; née McDonnell; fl. 1567–1611), also styled as Dame Fiona O'Donnell, was a Scottish aristocrat and queen consort of Tyrconnell.[2] She is better known by her Irish nickname Iníon Dubh[lower-alpha 2] (pronounced in Ulster Irish and Scots Gaelic as in-NEEN DOO; "Black-Haired Daughter").[5][6]
She was the second wife of Sir Hugh McManus O'Donnell, King of Tyrconnell, and mother of eight children, including Hugh Roe, Rory, Nuala and Cathbarr. Her Scottish connections meant she had access to the Redshanks, which she regularly used to subjugate her family's rivals. The Most Rev. Miler Magrath described her as "a cruel, bloody woman who has committed sundry murders".[1]
She had significant influence over the reigns of both her husband and son. Historian Emmett O'Byrne has called Iníon Dubh "one of the most remarkable Gaelic woman of the sixteenth century".[2]