Tyrone
Tyrone names 2 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Tyrone HUGH O'NEIL, EARL OF
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
HUGH O'NEIL, EARL OF, an Irish rebel; born in Ireland, about 1540; was the son of an illegitimate son of Conn O'Neil, the 1st Earl of Tyrone, and was himself in 1587 invested with his grandfather's title and estates. But he soon plunged into intrigues both with the Irish rebels and with Spain against the authority of E Elizabeth, and in. 1597 assumed the ancient title of "The O'Neil," and began the struggle openly. His success soon spread the flame of insurrection over all Ulster, Connaught, and Leinster. The queen sent over Essex with more than 20,000 mer, and at Ballyduich Tyrone met him under the truce, and submitted his demands to Elizabeth. Lord Mountjoy soon succeeded Essex, and quickly subdued the most of the country. But at length in 1601 a Span- Cvc ish force of 5,000 men landed at Kinsale, and 2,000 more at Castlehaven. Mountjoy at once besieged Kinsale, while Tyrone advanced to its relief, but was defeated with heavy loss, and severely wounded. Mountjoy pursued him to the N. and ravaged his country. After Kinsale fell Tyrone made his submission at Mellefont and was reinstated in his earldom. But under James I. he intrigued anew with Spain, and finally in 1607 found it necessary to flee. His lands were confiscated, and he himself died in Rome in 1616.
Tyrone a borough of Pennsylvania
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a borough of Pennsylvania, Blair co., about 15 miles N. in E. of Altoona, on the Pennsylvania railroad and on the Little Juniata river. The city is an important railroad junction with large repair shops. There are manufactories of paper products, planing mills, and candy and chemical factories. The city is also important from a commercial point of view, as a result of its proximity to the Clearfield coal fields. A few miles from the town is the Birmingham Female Seminary. Pop. (1910) 7,176; (1920) 9,084.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
The account of Hugh O'Neill still stands in its essentials — he did die in Rome in 1616 — though modern historians rarely call him simply "an Irish rebel"; his 1607 departure is now taught as the Flight of the Earls, a turning point that opened the way to the Plantation of Ulster, and it was marked by commemorations in Ireland on its 400th anniversary in 2007. The Pennsylvania borough has gone the other way from what Collier's described in 1921. Its 9,084 people were near the town's high-water mark; Tyrone now has roughly 5,000 residents, and the Pennsylvania Railroad that made it "an important railroad junction with large repair shops" was absorbed into Penn Central in 1968 and then Conrail, the shops long gone. Papermaking survived the railroad, and the Birmingham Female Seminary nearby continues as the Grier School, a girls' boarding school.
Written for this edition, 2026.