Richard Bacach Burke, 11th

Clanricarde Clanricarde (; ), also known as Mac William Uachtar (Upper Mac William) or the Galway Burkes, were a fully Gaelicised branch of the Hiberno-Norman House of Burgh who were important landowners in Ireland from the 13th to the 20th centuries. Ter ...

Mac William Uachtar Clanricarde (; ), also known as Mac William Uachtar (Upper Mac William) or the Galway Burkes, were a fully Gaelicised branch of the Hiberno-Norman House of Burgh who were important landowners in Ireland from the 13th to the 20th centuries. Te ...

(; ; died 1538) was an

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and

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who was the ancestor of the Burkes of

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Background

Burke was a son of

Ulick Fionn Burke Ulick Fionn Burke, 6th Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar (; ; ; ; died 1509) was an Irish chieftain and noble. Family background Ulick succeeded his father, Ulick Ruadh Burke, 5th Clanricarde (d.1485), as chieftain. The Annals of the Four ...

, 6th Clanricarde (d.1509). He succeeded his cousin's son,

John mac Richard Mór Burke John mac Richard Mór Burke, 10th Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar (; ; died 1536), was an Irish chieftain and noble. Background Burke was a son of Ricard mac Edmund Burke of Roscam, County Galway (died c.1517), a grandson of Edmund Burke ...

, 10th Clanricarde, as chieftain in 1538. Richard was deposed in 1538 by his

nephew In the lineal kinship system used in the English-speaking world, a niece or nephew is a child of the subject's sibling or sibling-in-law. The converse relationship, the relationship from the niece or nephew's perspective, is that of an ...

, Ulick na gCeann Burke, 12th Clanricarde (d.1544). All subsequent chiefs of the Galway Burkes and Earls of Clanricarde would descend from Ulick while Richard Bachach's descendants disappeared into obscurity.

Family tree

Ulick Ruadh Burke, d. 1485 , , ____________________________________________________________________________________________ , , , , , , , , , , Edmund, d. 1486. Ulick Fionn Meiler, Abbot of Tuam John, d. 1508. Ricard Og, d. 1519. , , , , , _______________________________________________________ , _________________ Ricard, d. c. 1517. , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Ulick Óge, d. 1519. Richard Mór Redmond Richard Bacach Ulick, d. 1551. Thomas John, fl. 1536. , , , , , , , , Ulick na gCeann Roland, Bp. Clonfert. Thomas Balbh John of Derrymaclaghtna , died 1580 , ___________________________, _____________________________ , , , , , , Ricard, d. 1593. , , , , , , Richard Sassanach John Thomas Feranta Edmond Redmond na Scuab (Burke of Derrymaclaghtna) , d. 1582. d. 1546. d. 1596. ,

Earls of Clanricarde Earl of Clanricarde (; ) is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland, first in 1543 and again in 1800. The former creation became extinct in 1916 while the 1800 creation is extant and held by the Marquess of Sligo since 191 ...

* Richard an Fhorbhair de Burgh (d.1343) ** Sir William (Ulick) de Burgh (d. 1343/53), 1st Mac William Uachtar (Upper Mac William) or Clanricarde (Galway) ***

Richard Óg Burke Richard Óg Burke, 2nd Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar (; ; died 1387) was an Irish chieftain and nobleman who was the son of Sir Ulick Burke or Uilleag de Burgh, 1st Clanricarde (d.1343/1353). Richard died in 1387, and was succeeded by h ...

(d. 1387), 2nd Clanricarde ****

Ulick an Fhiona Burke Ulick an Fhiona Burke, 3rd Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar (; ; ; ; died 1424) was an Irish chieftain and noble who was nicknamed ''an Fhiona'' (meaning ''of the wine''). Ulick became chieftain on the death of this father, Richard Óg Bu ...

(d. 1424), 3rd Clanricarde *****

Ulick Ruadh Burke Ulick Ruadh Burke, 5th Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar (; ; ; ; died 1485) was an Irish chieftain and noble who was the son of Ulick an Fhiona Burke, 3rd Clanricarde (d.1424). Ulick succeeded his uncle, William mac Ulick Burke, 4th Clanr ...

(d. 1485), 5th Clanricarde ****** Edmund Burke (d. 1466) ******* Ricard of Roscam (d. 1517) ********

(d. 1536), 10th Clanricarde ******

(d.1509), 6th Clanricarde *******

Ulick Óge Burke Ulick Óge Burke, 8th Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar (; ; ; ; died 1520) was an Irish chieftain and noble who was Clanricarde for barely a year. He was a son of Ulick Fionn Burke, 6th Clanricarde (d.1509) who had been defeated at the B ...

(d. 1520), 8th Clanricarde *******

Richard Mór Burke Ricarde Mór Burke, 9th Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar (; ; died 1530) was an Irish chieftain and noble. Background Burke was the second son of Ulick Fionn Burke, 6th Clanricarde (d.1509) and Slaine Ni Con Mara (Slany MacNamara), succeed ...

(d. 1530), 9th Clanricarde ******** Ulick na gCeann Burke (d. 1544), 12th Clanricarde, 1st

Earl of Clanricarde Earl of Clanricarde (; ) is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland, first in 1543 and again in 1800. The former creation became extinct in 1916 while the 1800 creation is extant and held by the Marquess of Sligo since 191 ...

(1543) ******* Richard Bacach Burke (d. 1538), 11th Clanricarde ******

Richard Óge Burke Richard Óge Burke, 7th Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar (; ; died 1519) was an Irish chieftain and noble who was the ancestor of the Burkes of Derrymaclachtna. Life Richard Óge was a son of a previous chieftain, Ulick Ruadh Burke, 5th Cla ...

(d. 1519), 7th Clanricarde ******* Sir Uilleag Burke (d. 1551), 13th Clanricarde ****

William mac Ulick Burke William mac Ulick Burke, 4th Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar (Upper Mac William) (; ; died 1430) was an Irish chieftain and noble. William succeeded his elder brother, Ulick an Fhiona Burke, as chieftain. He was later succeeded by his nep ...

(d. 1430), 4th Clanricarde *** Edmund de Burgh (d. 1410)

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