Gylle de Burgh (; ; fl. 1332) was an Anglo-Irish

noblewoman Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. The characteri ...

and wife of Richard de Manderville. De Burgh was the only daughter of Sir

William Liath de Burgh William Liath de Burgh (; ; died 1324) was an Irish noble and deputy Justiciar of Ireland (1308–09). Background De Burgh was a son of William Og de Burgh, who was killed at the Battle of Áth-an-Chip or Athankip in 1270, and a nephew of ...

(died 1323) and a sister of Sir

Walter Liath de Burgh Sir Walter Liath de Burgh (; ; died February 1332) was an Anglo-Irish noble whose imprisonment by the Earl of Ulster and death from starvation led to the Earl's murder the following year. De Burgh was the eldest son of Sir William Liath de ...

. Walter was captured and starved to death by his cousin, the

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, in 1332. Gylle, married to

Richard de Manderville Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stron ...

, had her husband and his family kill the earl at

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on 6 June 1333 in revenge. This murder was directly responsible for the destruction of the great de Burgh lordship of

Connacht Connacht ( ; ga, Connachta or ), is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms ( Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, Conmhaícne, and Del ...

, and the loss of Ulster to the

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-Irish till the Ulster Plantations of 1610.

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