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Burke Civil War

The Burke/de Burgh Civil War was a conflict in Ireland in the 1330s between three leading members of the de Burgh (Burke/Bourke) family.


Mac William Íochtar

As a result of the Burke Civil War of the 1330s, the Lordship of Connacht was split between two opposing factions of the de Burgh family: the Burkes of Mac William Uachtar (or Clanricarde) in southern Connacht and the Mac William Íochtar Bourkes of northern Connacht.

Richard Óg de Burgh

Richard Óge is credited as been the ancestor of the Burke family of Clanricarde in south Connacht (now County Galway, who became an extremely powerful family in their own right following the Burke Civil War of the 1330s.


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