John mac Richard Mór Burke, 10th

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. Terr ...

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. Terr ...

( ; died 1536), was an Irish

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and

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Background

Burke was a son of Ricard mac Edmund Burke of Roscam,

County Galway County Galway ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Northern and Western Region, taking up the south of the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht. The county population was 276,451 at the 20 ...

(died c.

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), a grandson of Edmund Burke (d.1466), and great-grandson of

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). Biography Ulick succeeded his uncle, William mac Ulick Burke, 4t ...

, 5th Clanricarde (d.1485). John mac Ricard succeeded his father's cousin,

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 ...

, 9th Clanricarde (d.1530) as chieftain in

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. Six years later, John was succeeded by the latter's younger brother,

Richard Bacach Burke Richard Bacach Burke, 11th Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar ( ; died 1538) was an Irish people, Irish Chief of the Name, chieftain and nobility, noble who was the ancestor of the Burkes of County Galway. Background Burke was a son of Ulick ...

, 11th Clanricarde (d.1538).

Annals of the Four Masters

From the

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''M1536.18. The sons of Mac William of Clanrickard, John Duv and Redmond Roe, the two sons of Rickard, son of Ulick, were slain by the sons of the other Mac William, namely, the sons of Rickard Oge, they being overtaken in a pursuit, after they had gathered the preys of the country.''

Genealogy

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 1 ...

* 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). Biography Richard died in 1387, and was succ ...

(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''). Biography Ulick became chieftain on the death of this father, Richard ...

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

(d. 1485), 5th Clanricarde ****** Edmund Burke (d. 1466) ******* Ricard of Roscam (d. 1517) ******** John mac Richard Mór Burke (d. 1536), 10th Clanricarde ******

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 Master ...

(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. Biography He was a son of Ulick Fionn Burke, 6th Clanricarde (d.1509) who had been defeated at t ...

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

(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 19 ...

(1543) *******

(d. 1538), 11th Clanricarde ****** Richard Óge Burke (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. Annals of the Four Masters William succeeded his elder brother, Ulick an Fhiona Burke, as chieftain. Willi ...

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

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