John mac Richard Mór Burke

John mac Richard Mór Burke 10th Clanricarde
Arms of de Burgh/Burke of Clanricarde
Native name	Sean mac Richard Mór de Búrca
Born	Galway, Ireland
Died	1536
Noble family	de Burgh
Father	Ricard mac Edmund Burke

John mac Richard Mór Burke, 10th Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar (English: /klænˈrɪkɑːrd/; klan-RIK-ard; died 1536), was an Irish chieftain and noble.

Background[]

Burke was a son of Ricard mac Edmund Burke of Roscam, County Galway (died c. 1517), a grandson of Ulick Fionn Burke, who was The Clanricarde from 1485 to 1509.

John mac Ricard succeeded Ulick's son, Richard Mór Burke, in 1530.

Family tree[]

  Ulick Ruadh Burke, d. 1485
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   Edmund, d. 1486.       Ulick Fionn          Meiler, Abbot of Tuam      John, d. 1508.   Ricard Og, d. 1519.
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   Ricard, d. c. 1517.    |                          |              |            |            |                |
   |                      |                          |              |            |            |                |
   |                      Ulick Óge, d. 1519.    Richard Mór   Redmond    Richard Bacach    Ulick, d. 1551.  Thomas
   John, fl. 1536.                                   |                           |            |                |
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                                                Ulick na gCeann         Roland, Bp. Clonfert. Thomas Balbh  John of Derrymaclaghtna
                                                     |                         died 1580                       |
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                          |                    |     |               |             |                       Ricard, d. 1593.
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                         Richard Sassanach   John  Thomas Feranta  Edmond   Redmond na Scuab         (Burke of Derrymaclaghtna)
                          | d. 1582.                 d. 1546.                  d. 1596.
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                      Earls of Clanricarde         

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.

References[]

• Burke, Eamon "Burke People and Places", Dublin, 1995.
• A New History of Ireland, IX, p. 172, Oxford, 1984.