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Richard Óg Burke

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Richard Óg Burke
2nd Clanricarde
Ricard Óg de Búrca
Arms of de Burgh/Burke of Clanricarde.[1]
Died1387
ChildrenUlick an Fhiona Burke
ParentSir Ulick Burke

Richard Óg Burke, 2nd Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar (English: /klænˈrɪkɑːrd/ klan-RIK-ard; 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).[2][3]

Biography

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Richard died in 1387, and was succeeded by his son, Ulick an Fhiona Burke, 3rd Clanricarde (d.1424).[4]

Annals of the Four Masters

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From the Annals of the Four Masters:

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.[5]

Family

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Richard married a daughter of O'Madden of Síol Anmchadha. They had two children:

Genealogy

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Clanricarde (Mac William Uachtar) Genealogy

See also

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^ Burke, Bernard (1884). The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time. University of California Libraries. London: Harrison & Sons.
  2. ^ Blake, Martin J. "Notes on the Persons Named in the Obituary Book of the Franciscan Abbey at Galway". Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society. VII (I): 10. Retrieved 28 November 2006.
  3. ^ "Galway County". Retrieved 28 November 2006.
  4. ^ Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland: IX: Maps, Genealogies, Lists, A Companion to Irish History, Part II. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 172.
  5. ^ Annala Rioghachta Eireann: Annals of the kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters, from the earliest period to the year 1616. Edited from MSS in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy and of Trinity College Dublin with a translation and copious notes. Vol. 5. Translated by O'Donovan, John (1st ed.). 2016 [1851]. Retrieved 11 March 2019.

Bibliography

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Preceded by Clanricarde
1353–1387
Succeeded by