Richard Óg Burke, 2nd

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 1387) was an Irish

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and

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who was the son of Sir Ulick Burke or Uilleag de Burgh, 1st

(d.1343/1353).

Biography

Richard died in 1387, and was succeeded by his son, Ulick an Fhiona Burke, 3rd Clanricarde (d.1424).

Annals of the Four Masters

From the

Annals of the Four Masters The ''Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland'' () or the ''Annals of the Four Masters'' () are chronicles of Middle Ages, medieval Irish history. The entries span from the Genesis flood narrative, Deluge, dated as 2,242 Anno Mundi, years after crea ...

''M1366.10. A great war broke out between the English of Connaught. Mac Maurice was banished from his territory by Mac William; and Mac Maurice fled for protection to the Clann-Rickard. Mac William, Hugh O'Conor, King of Connaught, and William O'Kelly, Lord of Hy-Many, marched with an army to Upper Connaught against the Clann-Rickard, and remained there nearly three months engaged in mutual hostilities, until at last Mac William subdued the Clann-Rickard; whereupon the hostages of these latter were delivered up to him, and he returned to his country in triumph.''

Family

Richard married a daughter of O'Madden of

Síol Anmchadha Síol Anmchadha () was a sub-kingdom or lordship of Uí Maine, and ruled by an offshoot of the Uí Maine called the Síol Anmchadha (''"the seed of Anmchadh"''), from whom the territory took its name. It was located in Connacht, Ireland. Hist ...

. They had two children: * Ulick an Fhiona Burke, 3rd

(d.1424) * William mac Ulick Burke, 4th

(d.1430)

Genealogy

* 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 *****

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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 *******

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

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(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. * 1387 deaths Irish lords Nobility from County Galway 14th-century Irish people Richard Og Year of birth unknown {{Ireland-noble-stub