Ulick Fionn Burke 1485-1509.
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Ulick Ruadh Burke 1430-1485.
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Richard Óge Burke 1509-1519.
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Ulick Óge Burke 1519-1520.
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Richard Mór Burke 1520-1530.
Clanricarde | Earl of Clanricarde | Ulick Burke, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde | John de Burgh, 13th Earl of Clanricarde | Hubert de Burgh-Canning, 2nd Marquess of Clanricarde |
Unfortunately Charles faced great opposition by the Irish Leaders Clanricarde and Ormonde, both of whom were arch-royalists loyal to Charles II of England.
Donnchadh's reign saw the final subjugation of Ui Maine to the Clanricarde's, after two centuries of virtual independence and seizure of lands conquored by the Burkes in the 13th century.
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This, as well as a gradual reconquest of Ui Maine by successive Clanricarde's, finally brought the clan Cellaigh under Burke dominance.
During his lifetime, Athenry began to decline in response to warfare from Clanricarde to the south-east, the Ó Ceallaigh of Uí Maine to the east, and the Ó Conchobhairs and Mac Diarmadas of Síol Muiredaig and Moylurg.
One of his most notorious acts was the destruction of Athenry in 1572, after which he demolished most of the castles in Clanricarde, afterwards plundering south County Galway, County Roscommon, and crossed the Shannon into County Westmeath, where he buried Mullingar, Meelick and Athlone.
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.
The borders were expanded as land lost in the 13th century to the Earl of Ulster was regained at the expense of the Burke of Clanricarde.
In March 1642 the town, Oranmore, joined Confederate Ireland in a rebellion, against which the owners of the castle, the Marquess and the fifth Earl Clanricarde, held out.
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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Richard Óg de Burgh, Anglo-Irish noble and soldier, ancestor of Burke of Clanricarde, fl.