William mac Ulick Burke
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William mac Ulick Burke, 4th Clanricarde
, died 1430.
William's era is one of the more obscure reigns of a Clanricarde. The Annals of the Four Masters
have only two references to his term:
Only in A New History of Ireland IX does it give his year of death as 1430. His successor, Ulick Ruadh Burke
, would reign until 1485.
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...
, died 1430.
William's era is one of the more obscure reigns of a Clanricarde. The Annals of the Four Masters
Annals of the Four Masters
The Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland or the Annals of the Four Masters are a chronicle of medieval Irish history...
have only two references to his term:
- 1424. Mac William of Clannrickard (Ulick Burke) died in his own house, after having vanquished the Devil and the world.
- 1430. An army was led by Mac William of Clanrickard, Mac Donough of Tirerrill, and Brian, the son of Donnell, son of Murtough O'Conor of Sligo, into Conmaicne Cuile, where they caused great conflagrations, and slew Hugh, son of O'Conor Roe, and Carbry, the son of Brian O'Beirne; and then they returned home in triumph.
Only in A New History of Ireland IX does it give his year of death as 1430. His successor, Ulick Ruadh Burke
Ulick Ruadh Burke
-Annalistic reference:* 1452. More, daughter of O'Conor Faly, and wife of Mac William of Clanrickard. died of a fall.* 1462. An army was led by Mac William of Clanrickard into Hy-Cairin, where O'Meagher, i.e. Teige, and his confederates, rose up to oppose him...
, would reign until 1485.