Richard Mór Burke

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Ricarde Mor Burke, 9th lord of Clanricarde, died in 1530.

Burke was the second son of Ulick Fionn Burke, 6th Clanricarde, and Slaine Ni Con Mara (Slany MacNamara), succeeding in 1519 upon the death of his brother, Ulick Óge Burke. He married Margaret Butler, daughter to Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond (Ireland). In 1522 he was part of a confederation of Connacht forces that marched to Sligo to give battle to the O'Donnells, who were conquering north Connacht. However, the expedition fell apart without a fight after the failure of Conn Bacach O'Neill to defeat O'Donnell. He was succeeded by his uncle's grandson, John mac Richard Mór Burke, who ruled till 1536.

Family tree

 Ulick Ruadh Burke, d. 1485
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 Edmund, d. 1486. Ulick Fionn Meiler, Abbot of Tuam John, d. 1508. Ricard Og, d. 1519.
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 Ricard, d. c. 1517. | | | | | |
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 | Ulick Óge, d. 1519. 'Richard Mór Redmond Richard Bacach Ulick, d. 1551. Thomas
 John, fl. 1536. | | | |
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 Ulick na gCeann Roland, Bp. Clonfert. Thomas Balbh John of Derrymaclaghtna
 | died 1580 |
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 | | | | | Ricard, d. 1593.
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 Richard Sassanach John Thomas Feranta Edmond Redmond na Scuab (Burke of Derrymaclaghtna)
 | d. 1582. d. 1546. d. 1596.
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 Earls of Clanricarde 
 
 

Preceded by Ulick Óge Burke

Clanricarde 1520–1530

Succeeded by John mac Richard Mór Burke

References

• Burke, Eamon "Burke People and Places", Dublin, 1995.


• 
  A New History of Ireland, IX, p.172, Oxford, 1984.


• 
  Burke (de Burgh), Ricard Mor, David Beresford, in Dictionary of Irish Biography from the Earliest Times to the Year 2002, p. 47. Cambridge, 2010.

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