Hugh O'Neill

Hugh O'Neill or Hugh O'Neil may refer to:

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Hugh O'Neill (piper)

Hugh O'Neill (fl. 1730's), Irish piper.

O'Neill was born at Foxford, County Mayo, late in the 1600s; his mother, Ms. MacDonnell, being a cousin of Count Taaffe.

"Having lost his sight by smallpox when but seven years old, he devoted himself to the study of music as an accomplishment. In later years this acquirement was turned to good account when he was beset with reverses of fortune."

From the respectability of his family and the propriety of his deportment, he was received more as a friend and associate than a professional performer by the gentry of Connacht."

To the generosity of Mr. Tennison of Castle Tennison, County Roscommon, he owed the possession of a large farm at a nominal rent. Though sightless he enjoyed a hunt with the hounds which in an open country like Roscommon subjected him to comparatively little physical danger.

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Hugh O'Neill (soccer)

Hugh O'Neill is a retired American soccer player who professionally in the North American Soccer League, American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League.

O'Neill graduated from Essex Catholic High School before playing soccer at the University of Bridgeport where he was a 1973 and 1975 Honorable Mention (third team) All American soccer player. In 1976, O’Neill turned professional with the Hartford Bicentennials of the North American Soccer League. That fall, the Bicentennials sent him on loan to Rangers F.C. of the Scottish League. The Bicentennials failed to perceive that O'Neill's Roman Catholic faith and his family history of supporting Celtic could present a problem. Despite this, O'Neill played every reserve game that season, except for the games against the Celtic's reserves. The Bicentennials became the Connecticut Bicentennials for the 1977 season. The Bicentennials sent him to the Dallas Tornado during the season. In 1978, he became the first player signed by the Memphis Rogues. He later played for the Carolina Lightnin' of the American Soccer League. In September 1981, he scored the game-winning goal as the Lightnin' took the ASL championship. He continued with the Lightnin' in 1982, but lost part of the season when he returned to New Jersey to be with his dying father. He played the 1984-1985 indoor season with the Cleveland Force of the Major Indoor Soccer League.