Richard Bacach Burke
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Richard Bacach Burke, The Clanricarde
and Chief of the Name, died 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.
Clanricarde
Clanricarde was a term meaning both a territory and a title in Ireland between the 13th and early 20th centuries.-Territory:The territory, in what is now County Galway, Ireland, stretched from the barony of County Clare in the north-west along the borders of County Mayo, to the River Shannon in the...
and Chief of the Name, died 1538.
Burke was a son of Ulick Fionn Burke
Ulick Fionn Burke
-Family background:The Annals of the Four Masters record Ulick's accession in 1485:Ulick Burke, Lord of Clanrickard, heir of the Earl of Ulster, a general patron of the learned of Ireland, died; and his son, another Ulick, took his place...
. He succeeded his cousin, John mac Richard Mór Burke
John mac Richard Mór Burke
John mac Richard Mór Burke, The Clanricarde and Chief of the Name, died 1536.Burke was a son of Ricard mac Edmund Burke of Roscam, County Galway , 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...
, as Clanricarde
Clanricarde
Clanricarde was a term meaning both a territory and a title in Ireland between the 13th and early 20th centuries.-Territory:The territory, in what is now County Galway, Ireland, stretched from the barony of County Clare in the north-west along the borders of County Mayo, to the River Shannon in the...
in 1538 but was deposed by his nephew
Nephew
Nephew is a son of one's sibling or sibling-in-law, and niece is a daughter of one's sibling or a sibling-in-law. Sons and daughters of siblings-in-law are also informally referred to as nephews and nieces respectively, even though there is no blood relation...
, 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.