Richard Óge Burke

Life

Richard Óge was a son of a previous lord, Ulick Ruadh, and a brother of Ulick Fionn Burke. His son, Sir Uilleag Burke, became Clanricarde in disputed circumstances in 1544. No other Burke of his line would again rise to overall leadership of the Burkes, but he was ancestor to the Burke family of Derrymaclachtna Castle, Lackagh, County Galway, who were an important branch of the family.

Family tree

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