Richard Bacach Burke


Richard Bacach Burke, 11th Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar 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. He succeeded his cousin's son, John mac Richard Mór Burke, 10th Clanricarde, as chieftain in 1538. Richard was deposed in 1538 by his nephew, Ulick na gCeann Burke, 12th Clanricarde.
All subsequent chiefs of the Galway Burkes and Earls of Clanricarde would descend from Ulick, while Richard Bachach's descendants disappeared into obscurity.

Genealogy

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. | | | | | |
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| 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
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| | | | | Ricard, d. 1593.
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Richard Sassanach John Thomas Feranta Edmond Redmond na Scuab
| d. 1582. d. 1546. d. 1596.
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Earls of Clanricarde