Charles O'Kelly (1621–1695) was an Irish soldier and writer.
O'Kelly was born at Screen or Clonlyon, Aughrim, County Galway, son of John O'Kelly and Isma Hill, daughter of Sir William of Ballybeg, County Carlow. He was educated at St. Omer. He first saw action in Ireland in 1642.
He inherited Aughrim in 1674, and was elected member of parliament (MP) for Roscommon County in 1689. He again fought, this time as a colonel, in the Williamite War in Ireland, serving at Aughrim and Limerick. He later authored Macariae Excidium, or the Destruction of Cyprus, containing the Last Warr and Conquest of that Kingdom, which contains the only account of the battle of Aughrim by a native of the area.
See also
- Feardorcha Ó Cellaigh, fl. 1584 – after 1611
- Tadhg Mór Ua Cellaigh, fl. 986–1014
Bibliography
- Macariae Excidium, or the Destruction of Cyprus, containing the Last Warr and Conquest of that Kingdom, 1692
- Macariae Excidium, ed. by Count Plunkett and Rev. Edmund Hogan, SJ, called The Jacobite War &c. (Sealy, Bryers, & Walker 1894; 2nd ed. also 1894), 12o, paper.
References
- Galway Authors, Helen Mahar, 1976
External links
Categories:- 1621 births
- 1695 deaths
- 17th-century Irish writers
- 17th-century Irish male writers
- People from Aughrim, County Galway
- Irish soldiers in the army of James II of England
- Irish MPs 1689
- Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Roscommon constituencies
- Politicians from County Galway
- Military personnel of the Williamite War in Ireland
- Military personnel from County Galway