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The term
Clanricarde was a term meaning both a territory and a title in
Ireland between the
13th and
19th 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 east. Subservient territories included
Hy-Many,
Kinela, de Bermingham's Country,
Síol Anmchadha and southern Sil Muirdeagh.
Title
The Clanricarde, was a Gaelic title meaning
"Richard's family", or
"(head of) Richard's family". The Richard in question was the illegitimate son of
William de Burgh, whose great-great grandson became the first Clanricarde in the 1330s. The title was first recorded in 1335, and had probably being used informally for a few generations. However, with the advent of the
Burke Civil War 1333-38 it came to denote the head of the Burkes of Upper or south Connacht based largely in what is now east and central County Galway. Simultaneously it was used to describe the lands held by the family.
The title
Mac William Uachtar was also used as a synonym. It was a Gaelic title meaning "son of the upper William (de Burgh)". It was used to differentiate the Burkes of upper or south Connacht from their cousins, the Bourkes of lower or north Connacht, who were known was the Mac William Lower.
However it was never used as popularly as the term Clanricarde and was in any case abaondoned by the end of the 16th century.
In
1543 the then Clanricarde was created
Earl of Clanricarde by
Henry VIII.
The Clanricardes or Mac William Uachtar 1333-1544
- Sir Ulick Burke, reigned 1333-1353.
- Richard Og Burke 1353-1387.
- Ulick an Fhiona, 1387-1424.
- William mac Ulick Burke 1424-1430.
- Ulick Ruadh Burke 1430-1485.
- Ulick Fionn Burke 1485-1509.
- Richard Oge Burke 1509-1519.
- Ulick Oge Burke 1519-1520.
- Richard Mor Burke 1520-1530.
- John mac Richard Mor Burke 1530-1536.
- Richard Bacach Burke 1536-1538.
- Ulick na gCeann Burke 1538-1544.
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