Fighting for Spain at Arras, with only 1,500 men, Owen Roe O'Neill held off a French Army of more than 30,000. Returning to serve Ireland in her time of need, he held the field at the Battle of Benburb.

But in October 1649,
just as an alliance with Ormande
prepared the way for his Army
to March against Cromwell,
Owen Roe fell mortally ill.