Richard Bacach Burke

Richard Bacach Burke 11th Clanricarde
Arms of de Burgh/Burke of Clanricarde
Native name	Ricard Bacach de Búrca
Born	Galway, Ireland
Died	1538
Noble family	de Burgh
Father	Ulick Fionn Burke

Richard Bacach Burke, 11th Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar (English: /klænˈrɪkɑːrd/; klan-RIK-ard; 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. He succeeded his cousin, John mac Richard Mór Burke, as Clanricarde in 1538 but was deposed by his nephew, Ulick na gCeann Burke, in 1538.

All subsequent chiefs of the Galway Burkes would descend from Ulick while Richard Bachach's descendants disappeared into obscurity.

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.                                   |                           |            |                |
                                                     |                           |            |                |
                                                Ulick na gCeann         Roland, Bp. Clonfert. Thomas Balbh  John of Derrymaclaghtna
                                                     |                         died 1580                       |
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                          |                    |     |               |             |                       Ricard, d. 1593.
                          |                    |     |               |             |                           |
                         Richard Sassanach   John  Thomas Feranta  Edmond   Redmond na Scuab         (Burke of Derrymaclaghtna)
                          | d. 1582.                 d. 1546.                  d. 1596.
                          |
                      Earls of Clanricarde         

References[]

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

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