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. T ...

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

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), was an

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chieftain A tribal chief or chieftain is the leader of a tribal society or chiefdom. Tribe The concept of tribe is a broadly applied concept, based on tribal concepts of societies of western Afroeurasia. Tribal societies are sometimes categorized a ...

and

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Background

Burke was a son of Ricard mac Edmund Burke of Roscam, County Galway (died c.

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), a grandson of Edmund Burke (d.1466), and great-grandson of Ulick Ruadh Burke, 5th Clanricarde (d.1485). John mac Ricard succeeded his father's cousin, Richard Mór Burke, 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 chieftain and noble who was the ancestor of the Burkes of County Galway. Background Burke was a son of Ulick Fionn Burke, 6th Clanricarde (d.1509). ...

, 11th Clanricarde (d.1538).

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 * 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 (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 ...

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

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(1543) *******

(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 Cl ...

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

Annalistic reference

*''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.''

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