Richard Bacach Burke

Richard Bacach Burke, 11th Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar ( ; died 1538) 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 (d.1509). 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 (d.1544).

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 |____________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | 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

Richard an Fhorbhair de Burgh (d.1343) Sir William (Ulick) de Burgh (d. 1343/53), 1st Mac William Uachtar (Upper Mac William) or Clanricarde (Galway) Richard Óg Burke (d. 1387), 2nd Clanricarde Ulick an Fhiona Burke (d. 1424), 3rd Clanricarde Ulick Ruadh Burke (d. 1485), 5th Clanricarde Edmund Burke (d. 1466) Ricard of Roscam (d. 1517) John mac Richard Mór Burke (d. 1536), 10th Clanricarde Ulick Fionn Burke (d.1509), 6th Clanricarde Ulick Óge Burke (d. 1520), 8th Clanricarde Richard Mór Burke (d. 1530), 9th Clanricarde Ulick na gCeann Burke (d. 1544), 12th Clanricarde, 1st Earl of Clanricarde (1543) Richard Bacach Burke (d. 1538), 11th Clanricarde Richard Óge Burke (d. 1519), 7th Clanricarde Sir Uilleag Burke (d. 1551), 13th Clanricarde William mac Ulick Burke (d. 1430), 4th Clanricarde Edmund de Burgh (d. 1410)