John mac Richard Mór Burke
Appearance
John mac Richard Mór Burke, was the Clanricarde and Chief of the Name; died 1536.
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 | |____________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Edmund, d. 1486. Ulick Fionn Meiler, Abbot of Tuam John, d. 1508. Ricard Og, d. 1519. | | | | |_______________________________________________________ |_________________ 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 | ___________________________|_____________________________ | | | | | | Ricard, d. 1593. | | | | | | Richard Sassanach John Thomas Feranta Edmond Redmond na Scuab (Burke of Derrymaclaghtna) | d. 1582. d. 1546. d. 1596. | 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.