Clanricarde

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Upper Mac William
Mac William Uachtar
1333–1544
Ulick na gCeann Burke
• 1544-1551
Sir Uilleag Burke (disputed)
History 
• Established
1333
• Disestablished
1544
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
House of Burke
Galway
Kingdom of Ireland

Clanricarde (English:

Hiberno-Norman House of Burgh who were important landowners in Ireland
from the 13th to the 20th centuries.

Territory

Clanricarde c. 1450, entitled Burkes

The territory, in what is now

Uí Maine, Kinela, de Bermingham's Country, Síol Anmchadha
and southern Sil Muirdeagh were at times at war. Those clans excepted the family’s claims on varying occasions as well, and many family members were ceremonially brought into the Irish heritage.

Title

The Clanricarde, was a Gaelic title meaning "Richard's family", or "(head of) Richard's family". The Richard in question was

Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Lord of Connacht (died 1243), son of William de Burgh, whose great-great-grandson became the first Clanricarde in the 1330s. The title was first recorded in 1335, and had probably been being used informally for a few generations. However, with the advent of the Burke Civil War (1333–1338) it came to denote the head of the Burkes of Upper or south Connacht based largely in what is now east and central County Galway. Simultaneously it was used to describe the lands held by the family.[1]

The title Mac William Uachtar was also used as a synonym. It was a Gaelic title meaning "son of the upper William (de Burgh)". It was used to differentiate the Burkes of upper or south Connacht from their cousins, the Burkes of lower or north Connacht, who were known was the Mac William Lower.

However, it was never used as popularly as the term Clanricarde and was in any case abandoned by the end of the 16th century.[2][3]

In 1543 the then Clanricarde was created Earl of Clanricarde by Henry VIII.

The Clanricardes or Mac William Uachtar 1333–1544

Genealogy

de Burgh genealogy
Clanricarde (Mac William Uachtar) genealogy

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ Burke, Donald G. (2013). "Burke of Clanricarde, 1280–1333 [pedigree table of selected branches of the Burkes]". Burke's East Galway: The Culture, History and Genealogy of the Families of East Galway. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  2. 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. pp. 170–2.
  3. ^ Bourke, Eamonn (1995). Burke: People and Places. Whitegate and Castlebar: Ballinakilla Press and de Búrca Rare Books.

Bibliography

External links
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