Iníon Dubh and Red Hugh O’Donnell

(Recorded at Maggie’s Tavern, St Johnston, Co. Donegal, on Saturday 28 October ’23)Join History Ireland editor, Tommy Graham, to mark the 421st anniversary of the passing of Red Hugh O’Donnell, the ‘Fighting Prince of Donegal’. But no discussion of Red Hugh would be complete without consideration of the real ‘mover and shaker’ in these events, the power behind the throne, his mother Iníon Dubh—with Billy Kelly, Matthew McGinty, Tomás Ó Brógáin and Éamonn Ó Ciardha.This Hedge School is supported by the Red Hugh O’Donnell Society and Donegal County Council.