Richard Bacach Burke
Appearance
Richard Bacach Burke, The Clanricarde and Chief of the Name, died in 1538.
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 | |____________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | 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
References
- Burke, Eamon "Burke People and Places", Dublin, 1995.
- A New History of Ireland, IX, p.172, Oxford, 1984.