Ricarde Mór Burke, 9th

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 1530) was an Irish

chieftain A tribal chief, chieftain, or headman is a leader of a tribe, tribal society or chiefdom. Tribal societies There is no definition for "tribe". The concept of tribe is a broadly applied concept, based on tribal concepts of societies of weste ...

and

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Background

Burke was the second son of Ulick Fionn Burke, 6th

(d.1509) and Slaine Ni Con Mara (Slany MacNamara), succeeding as chieftain in

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upon the death of his brother, Ulick Óge Burke, 8th Clanricarde (d.1520).

Career

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he was part of a confederation of

Connacht Connacht or Connaught ( ; or ), is the smallest of the four provinces of Ireland, situated in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, C ...

forces that marched to

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to give battle to the O'Donnells, who were conquering north Connacht. However, the expedition fell apart without a fight after the failure of

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to defeat O'Donnell.

Family

Burke married Margaret Butler, daughter to

Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond, 1st Earl of Ossory (26 August 1539) also known as Red Piers (Irish language, Irish ''Piers Ruadh''), was from the Polestown branch of the Butler family of Ireland. In the succession crisis at the death of Tho ...

(Ireland). He was succeeded by the grandson of his uncle Edmund (d.1466),

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

, 10th Clanricarde (d.1536), who ruled till

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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 (d. 1387), 2nd Clanricarde **** Ulick an Fhiona Burke (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). Biography Ulick succeeded his uncle, William mac Ulick Burke, 4t ...

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

(d. 1536), 10th Clanricarde ****** Ulick Fionn Burke (d.1509), 6th Clanricarde ******* Ulick Óge Burke (d. 1520), 8th Clanricarde ******* Richard Mór Burke (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) *******

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 ...

(d. 1538), 11th Clanricarde ****** Richard Óge Burke (d. 1519), 7th Clanricarde ******* Sir Uilleag Burke (d. 1551), 13th Clanricarde **** William mac Ulick Burke (d. 1430), 4th Clanricarde *** Edmund de Burgh (d. 1410)

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* * * ** ''Burke of Clanricard: Mac William Uachtar (de Burgh), Lords of Upper Connacht and Earls of Clanricard, 1332–1722'', p. 172. * . Nobility from County Galway 16th-century Irish people 1530 deaths Richard Mor Year of birth unknown {{Ireland-noble-stub