Our Family History and Ancestry

Our family Histories

Richard Mor de Burgh, Lord of Connaught[1, 2]

Male Abt 1194 - 1243  (~ 49 years)


Personal Information    |    Media    |    Sources    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Richard Mor de Burgh 
    Suffix Lord of Connaught 
    Nickname Lord of Connaught and Strathearn 
    Born Abt 1194 
    Address:
    Connaught Ireland
    Connaught
    Ireland 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Lord of Connacht, Lord of Trim and Connaught, 1st Lord of Connaught, Justiciar of Ireland, 1st Baron of Connaught, Lord of Connach, 1st Earl of Ulster 
    Died 17 Feb 1243 
    Address:
    Aquitaine France
    Aquitaine
    France 
    Notes 
    • {geni:about_me} Richard Mor de Burgh
      Added by randyandjulia on 14 Sep 2008

      Richard Mor de Burgh (c. 1194 – 1242).[1] was the eldest son of William de Burgh and founder of the towns of Ballinasloe, Loughrea and Galway.

      In 1224, Richard claimed the land of Connacht, which had been granted to his father but never, in fact, handed over. He asserted that the grant to Cathal Crobdearg Ua Conchobair, the native king, after his father's death had been on condition of faithful service, and that his son Aedh mac Cathal Crobdearg Ua Conchobair, who succeeded him that year, had forfeited it. He had the favor of the justiciar, Hubert de Burgh (who may have been his uncle), and was awarded Connacht in May 1227. From 1228 to 1232, he was the Justiciar of Ireland. He was not immediately able to take possession, but in 1235, he summoned the whole feudal host of the Norman barons to aid him and expelled Felim mac Cathal Crobderg Ua Conchobair, the native king, from Connacht. He and his lieutenants received great shares of land, while Felim was obliged to do homage and was allowed only to rent the five Royal cantreds of Athlone from the Crown. De Burgh took the title of "Lord of Connacht".[1] He married Egidia de Lacy, daughter of Walter de Lacy, and had seven children:

      Richard (? - 1248), Lord of Connaught
      Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster
      William (? - 1270)
      Margery (? - after March 1253), married Theobald Butler
      Unnamed daughter who married as second wife to Gerald de Prendergast
      Alice
      Unnamed daughter who married Hamon de Valoynes and had issue.
      Richard was succeeded by his son, Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster.


      --------------------
      Richard Mor de Burgh (c. 1194 – 1242).[1] was the eldest son of William de Burgh and More O'Brien. He was the founder of the towns of Ballinasloe, Loughrea and Galway.

      In 1224, Richard claimed the land of Connacht, which had been granted to his father but never, in fact, handed over. He asserted that the grant to Cathal Crobdearg Ua Conchobair, the native king, after his father's death had been on condition of faithful service, and that his son Aedh mac Cathal Crobdearg Ua Conchobair, who succeeded him that year, had forfeited it. He had the favor of the justiciar, Hubert de Burgh (who may have been his uncle), and was awarded Connacht in May 1227. From 1228 to 1232, he was the Justiciar of Ireland. He was not immediately able to take possession, but in 1235, he summoned the whole feudal host of the Norman barons to aid him and expelled Felim mac Cathal Crobderg Ua Conchobair, the native king, from Connacht. He and his lieutenants received great shares of land, while Felim was obliged to do homage and was allowed only to rent the five Royal cantreds of Athlone from the Crown. De Burgh took the title of "Lord of Connacht".[1] He married Egidia de Lacy, daughter of Walter de Lacy, and Margaret de Braose, and had seven children:

      Richard (? - 1248), Lord of Connaught
      Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster
      William (? - 1270)
      Margery (? - after March 1253), married Theobald Butler
      Unnamed daughter who married as his second wife, Sir Gerald de Prendergast of Beauvoir, by whom she had a daughter, Maud.
      Alice
      Unnamed daughter who married Hamon de Valoynes and had issue.
      Richard was succeeded by his son, Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster.

      [edit] References
      1.^ a b Curtis, Edmund (2004) [1950]. A History of Ireland (6th ed. ed.). New York: Routledge. pp. 70–72. ISBN 0-415-27949-6.
      Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis; Lines 73-30, 177B-8, 177B-9.
      The Tribes and customs of Hy-Many, John O'Donovan, 1843
      The Surnames of Ireland, Edward MacLysaght, Dublin, 1978.
      The Anglo-Normans in Co. Galway: the process of colonization, Patrick Holland, Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, vol. 41,(1987–88)
      Excavation on the line of the medieval town defences of Loughrea, Co. Galway, J.G.A.& H.S., vol. 41, (1987–88)
      Anglo-Norman Galway; rectangular earthworks and moated sites, Patrick Holland, J.G.A. & H.S., vol. 46 (1993)
      Rindown Castle: a royal fortress in Co. Roscommon, Sheelagh Harbison, J.G.A. & H.S., vol. 47 (1995)
      The Anglo-Norman landscape in County Galway; land-holdings, castles and settlements, Patrick Holland, J.G.A.& H.S., vol. 49 (1997)
      Annals of Ulster at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
      Annals of Tigernach at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
      Revised edition of McCarthy's synchronisms at Trinity College Dublin.
      FMG on Richard Mor de Burgh, son of William, Lord of Connaught and his decendants



      This Irish biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
      v • d • e

      Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_M%C3%B3r_de_Burgh"
      Categories: Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland | People from County Limerick | People from County Galway | Irish chieftains | 1194 births | 1243 deaths | Irish people stubs
      --------------------
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Mor_de_Burgh

      A book of genealogies recorded in the 15th century by Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh, one of the Four Masters (published in Annalecta Hibernica 18), indicates that the mother of Richard Mor de Burgh, William's son and successor, was the "daughter of the Saxon [English] king", an illegitimate daughter of Henry II of England or perhaps Richard I of England. Such a connection would explain the use of the term consanguineus [kinsman] by Edward I of England to describe Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster.
      --------------------
      Richard Mor de Burgh (c. 1194 – 1242).[1] was the eldest son of William de Burgh and founder of the towns of Ballinasloe, Loughrea and Galway.

      In 1224, Richard claimed the land of Connacht, which had been granted to his father but never, in fact, handed over. He asserted that the grant to Cathal Crobdearg Ua Conchobair, the native king, after his father's death had been on condition of faithful service, and that his son Aedh mac Cathal Crobdearg Ua Conchobair, who succeeded him that year, had forfeited it. He had the favor of the justiciar, Hubert de Burgh (who may have been his uncle), and was awarded Connacht in May 1227. From 1228 to 1232, he was the Justiciar of Ireland. He was not immediately able to take possession, but in 1235, he summoned the whole feudal host of the Norman barons to aid him and expelled Felim mac Cathal Crobderg Ua Conchobair, the native king, from Connacht. He and his lieutenants received great shares of land, while Felim was obliged to do homage and was allowed only to rent the five Royal cantreds of Athlone from the Crown. De Burgh took the title of "Lord of Connacht".[1] He married Egidia de Lacy, daughter of Walter de Lacy, and Margaret de Braose, and had seven children:

      Richard (? - 1248), Lord of Connaught
      Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster
      William (? - 1270)
      Margery (? - after March 1253), married Theobald Butler
      Unnamed daughter who married as second wife to Gerald de Prendergast
      Alice
      Unnamed daughter who married Hamon de Valoynes and had issue.
      Richard was succeeded by his son, Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster.

      **********************

      The title of Lord of Connaught was used by several Norman barons in Ireland.

      During the Norman conquest of Ireland, William de Burgh was apparently granted Connacht, but never took possession of it. It remained in the hands of native kings until 1224, when Richard Mor de Burgh claimed it on the basis of his father's grant. His uncle Hubert de Burgh was then Justiciar of Ireland and upheld the claim in 1227. Richard called upon the feudal levies of Ireland and conquered Connacht in 1235, taking the title Lord of Connaught. Richard's son Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster, his son Richard Og de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster, and Richard's grandson William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster all seem to have used the title, but upon the death of the latter in 1333, civil war broke out over control of the de Burgh lands. Connacht was divided between Sir Ulick Burke and Edmond Albanach Burke[1], and the title fell out of use. It was not recognized in the Peerage of Ireland, and the heirs-general of William Donn, who retained the title Earl of Ulster, did not use it.




      --------------------
      Richard Mor de Burgh (c. 1194 – 1242).[1] was the eldest son of William de Burgh and More O'Brien. He was the founder of the towns of Ballinasloe, Loughrea and Galway.

      In 1224, Richard claimed the land of Connacht, which had been granted to his father but never, in fact, handed over. He asserted that the grant to Cathal Crobdearg Ua Conchobair, the native king, after his father's death had been on condition of faithful service, and that his son Aedh mac Cathal Crobdearg Ua Conchobair, who succeeded him that year, had forfeited it. He had the favor of the justiciar, Hubert de Burgh (who may have been his uncle), and was awarded Connacht in May 1227. From 1228 to 1232, he was the Justiciar of Ireland. He was not immediately able to take possession, but in 1235, he summoned the whole feudal host of the Norman barons to aid him and expelled Felim mac Cathal Crobderg Ua Conchobair, the native king, from Connacht. He and his lieutenants received great shares of land, while Felim was obliged to do homage and was allowed only to rent the five Royal cantreds of Athlone from the Crown. De Burgh took the title of "Lord of Connacht".[1] He married Egidia de Lacy, daughter of Walter de Lacy, and Margaret de Braose, and had seven children:

      Richard (? - 1248), Lord of Connaught
      Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster
      William (? - 1270)
      Margery (? - after March 1253), married Theobald Butler
      Unnamed daughter who married as his second wife, Sir Gerald de Prendergast of Beauvoir, by whom she had a daughter, Maud.
      Alice
      Unnamed daughter who married Hamon de Valoynes and had issue.
      Richard was succeeded by his son, Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster.

      [edit] References
      ^ a b Curtis, Edmund (2004) [1950]. A History of Ireland (6th ed. ed.). New York: Routledge. pp. 70–72. ISBN 0-415-27949-6.
      Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis; Lines 73-30, 177B-8, 177B-9.
      The Tribes and customs of Hy-Many, John O'Donovan, 1843
      The Surnames of Ireland, Edward MacLysaght, Dublin, 1978.
      The Anglo-Normans in Co. Galway: the process of colonization, Patrick Holland, Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, vol. 41,(1987–88)
      Excavation on the line of the medieval town defences of Loughrea, Co. Galway, J.G.A.& H.S., vol. 41, (1987–88)
      Anglo-Norman Galway; rectangular earthworks and moated sites, Patrick Holland, J.G.A. & H.S., vol. 46 (1993)
      Rindown Castle: a royal fortress in Co. Roscommon, Sheelagh Harbison, J.G.A. & H.S., vol. 47 (1995)
      The Anglo-Norman landscape in County Galway; land-holdings, castles and settlements, Patrick Holland, J.G.A.& H.S., vol. 49 (1997)
      Annals of Ulster at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
      Annals of Tigernach at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
      Revised edition of McCarthy's synchronisms at Trinity College Dublin.
      FMG on Richard Mor de Burgh, son of William, Lord of Connaught and his decendants

      --------------------
      # Birth: Abt 1175

      # Death: 1243 in On passage to France 1 1

      # Event: Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Titled

      # Event: 1st Earl of Ulster Titled

      # Event: Lord of Connaught Titled
      --------------------
      Richard Mór
      --------------------
      Richard Mor de Burgh

      From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

      Richard Mor de Burgh (c. 1194 – 1242).[1] was the eldest son of William de Burgh and founder of the towns of Ballinasloe, Loughrea and Galway.

      In 1224, Richard claimed the land of Connacht, which had been granted to his father but never, in fact, handed over. He asserted that the grant to Cathal Crobdearg Ua Conchobair, the native king, after his father's death had been on condition of faithful service, and that his son Aedh mac Cathal Crobdearg Ua Conchobair, who succeeded him that year, had forfeited it. He had the favor of the justiciar, Hubert de Burgh (who may have been his uncle), and was awarded Connacht in May 1227. From 1228 to 1232, he was the Justiciar of Ireland. He was not immediately able to take possession, but in 1235, he summoned the whole feudal host of the Norman barons to aid him and expelled Felim mac Cathal Crobderg Ua Conchobair, the native king, from Connacht. He and his lieutenants received great shares of land, while Felim was obliged to do homage and was allowed only to rent the five Royal cantreds of Athlone from the Crown. De Burgh took the title of "Lord of Connacht".[1] He married Egidia de Lacy, daughter of Walter de Lacy, and Margaret de Braose, and had seven children:

      Richard (? - 1248), Lord of Connaught

      Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster

      William (? - 1270)

      Margery (? - after March 1253), married Theobald Butler

      Unnamed daughter who married as second wife to Gerald de Prendergast

      Alice

      Unnamed daughter who married Hamon de Valoynes and had issue.

      Richard was succeeded by his son, Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster.

      [edit]References

      ^ a b Curtis, Edmund (2004) [1950]. A History of Ireland (6th ed. ed.). New York: Routledge. pp. 70–72. ISBN 0-415-27949-6.

      Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis; Lines 73-30, 177B-8, 177B-9.

      FMG on Richard Mor de Burgh, son of William, Lord of Connaught and his decendants
      --------------------
      Lord Deputy of Ireland 1227-1229
      --------------------
      Information came from wikipedia

      --------------

      De Burgh, Richard, Lord of Connaught, son of preceding. In 1204 he succeeded to large estates in the province of Connaught, which were confirmed to him by King John for a fine of 300 marks, and by Henry III. for a fine of 3,000 marks. In 1225, after Cathal O'Conor's death, the whole of Connaught, with the exception of five cantreds for the support of Athlone garrison, was made over to him for 500 marks a year. But the O'Conors clung to their patrimony, and upon one occasion Felira O'Conor was even deputed by Henry III. to act against De Burgh and check his rising power. De Burgh exercised almost regal sway, and at his castle at Galway (built in 1232), and in that at Loughrea (built in 1236), he was attended by a train of barons, knights, and gentlemen. He was for some time Lord-Deputy of Ireland. He died on his passage to France, January 1243. whither he was proceeding, attended by his barons and knights, to meet the King of England at Bordeaux. His wife was Una, daughter of Hugh O'Conor, Prince of Connaught.

      Sources

      52. Burke, Sir Bernard: Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages. London, 1866.

      134. Four Masters, Annals of Ireland by the: Translated and Edited by John O'Donovan. 7 vols. Dublin, 1856.

      216. Lodge's Peerage of Ireland, Revised and Enlarged by Mervyn Archdall. 7 vols. Dublin, 1789.

      Source:
      http://www.libraryireland.com/biography/RichardDeBurghLordofConnaught.php
      --------------------
      William de Burgh
      From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
      William de Burgh (c. 1160 - winter 1205/1206) was the founder of the de Burgh /Burke /Bourke dynasty in Ireland .
      In Ireland
      He arrived in Ireland in 1185 and was closely associated with Prince John .
      King Henry II of England appointed him Governor of Limerick and granted him vast estates in Leinster and Munster . De Burgh's castles at Tibberaghny (County Kilkenny ), Kilsheelan , Ardpatrick and Kilfeacle were used to protect King John's northern borders of Waterford and Lismore and his castles at Carrigogunnell and Castleconnell were used to protect Limerick. He was Seneschal of Munster (Royal Governor) from 1201 to 1203.
      Marriage and alliance
      Sometime in the 1190s, William allied with the King of Thomond , either Domnall Mór Ua Briain , King of Thomond (died 1194 ) or his son Murtogh, and married one of his daughters. This alliance probably took place during the reign of Murtough, as up to the time of his death Donal had been at war with the Normans. At any rate no more wars are recorded between the two sides for the rest of the decade. According to the Annals of Inisfallen, in 1201 William and the sons of Domnall Mór led a major joint military expedition into Desmond , slaying Amlaíb Ua Donnabáin among others.
      From 1199 to 1202 de Burgh led military campaigns in Desmond with the aid of the Ó Briain. Success in the west and south allowed de Burgh to conquer the Kingdom of Connacht , which although he had been granted probably before 1195, he had never occupied. Cathal Crobhdearg Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht , fought a successful counter-attack against the Anglo-Norman castles in Munster, including de Burgh's castle of Castleconnell. Further fighting led to loss of three castles and property, all of which was eventually retrieved with the exception of much of Connacht.
      Connacht
      In 1200, "Cathal Crobhdearg Ua Conchobair went into Munster , to the son of Mac Carthy and William de Burgh to solicit their aid." This marked the start of de Burgh's interest in the province. King Cathal Crobderg Ua Conchobair (reigned 1190-1224) faced much opposition, mainly from within his own family and wished to engage de Burgh's aid to help secure his position. The following year William and Ua Conchobair led an army from Limerick to Tuam and finally to Boyle . Ua Conchobair's rival, Cathal Carragh Ua Conchobair marched at the head of his army to give them battle but was killed in a combined Burke/Ua Conchobair onslaught after a week of skirmishing between the two sides.
      William and Ua Conchobair then travelled to Iar Connacht and stayed at Cong for Easter . Here, William and the sons of Rory O'Flaherty conspired to kill Ua Conchobair but the plot was foiled, apparently by holy oaths they were made to swear by the local Coarb family. However, when de Burgh demanded payment for himself and his retinue, battle finally broke out with over seven hundred of de Burgh's followers said to have been killed. William, however, managed to return to Limerick.
      The following year in 1202, William returned and took revenge for his army that was destroyed a year early. He took the title "Lord of Connacht" in 1203.
      Death
      He died in winter 1205/1206[1] and was interred at the Augustinian Priory of Athassel in Golden which he had founded c. 1200.
      The Annals of the Four Masters recorded his passing thus:
      "William Burke plundered Connacht, as well churches as territories; but God and the saints took vengeance on him for that; for he died of a singular disease, too shameful to be described."
      Family
      The identity of William's wife is uncertain. A late medieval genealogy records his marriage to an unnamed daughter of Donmal Mor mac Turlough O'Brien, and the descent of the Earls of Ulster and Clanricarde from their son Richard. A book of genealogies recorded in the 15th century by Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh , one of the Four Masters (published in Annalecta Hibernica 18), indicates that the mother of Richard Mor de Burgh , William's son and successor, was the "daughter of the Saxon [Angevin] king", an illegitimate daughter of Henry II of England or, Richard I of England perhaps? Such a connection would explain the use of the term consanguineus kinsman by Edward I of England to describe Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster .
      William had three known children (with the spelling Connaught being used in titles of English nobility):
      Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Baron of Connaught , Lord of Connaught.
      Hubert de Burgh, Bishop of Limerick .
      Richard Óge de Burgh , (illegitimate), Sheriff of Connaught .
      Family tree
      Walter de Burgh of Burgh Castle , Norfolk .
      =Alice
      |
      |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
      | | | |
      | | | |
      William de Burgh, died 1205. Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent , died 1243. Geoffrey de Burgh , died 1228. Thomas de Burgh
      | (issue; John and Hubert)
      |_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
      | | |
      | | |
      Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Baron of Connaught Hubert de Burgh, Bishop of Limerick , died 1250. Richard Óge de Burgh
      | |
      | ____________________________________________________________|
      de Burgh Earl of Ulster , | | |
      Burke of Castleconnell , County Limerick | | |
      Mac William Iochtar Bourke of County Mayo . Hubert William Richard
      | | |
      | | |_________________
      Clan Mac Hubert? Richard an Fhorbhair | |
      | | |
      _______________________________________________________________| Sir David Donn Sir William Ruad
      | | | | died 1327.
      | | | Clan Mac David
      Ulick Burke of Annaghkeen , died 1343. Raymond Walter Óge
      |
      |
      Richard Óg Burke , died 1387.
      |
      |
      Burke of Clanricarde
      See also
      Earl of Ulster
      Burke Civil War 1333-38
      Clanricarde
      Earl of Mayo
      References (family tree)
      A New History of Ireland, volume IX, Oxford, 1984;
      Earls of Ulster and Lords of Connacht, 1205-1460 (De Burgh, De Lacy and Mortimer), p. 170;
      Mac William Burkes: Mac William Iochtar (de Burgh), Lords of Lower Connacht and Viscounts of Mayo, 1332-1649, p. 171;
      Burke of Clanricard: Mac William Uachtar (de Burgh), Lords of Upper Connacht and Earls of Clanricard, 1332-1722.
      References
      Orpen, Goddard Henry . Ireland under the Normans. II. p. 194. ISBN 1-85182-715-3 .
      Curtis, Edmund. A History of Mediaeval Ireland from 1110 to 1513. p. 107.
      Gwynn, Aubrey; Hadcock, R. Neville (1970). Medieval Religious Houses Ireland. Longman. p. 157.
      Empey, C. A (2004). "Burgh, William de (died 1206)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2006-11-04.
      The Tribes and customs of Hy-Many, John O'Donovan , 1843
      The History of Mayo, Hubert T. Knox . 1908.
      The Surnames of Ireland, Edward MacLysaght , Dublin , 1978.
      Lower Mac William and Viscounts of Mayo, 1332-1649, in A New History of Ireland IX, pp.235-36, Oxford, 1984 (reprinted 2002).
      The Anglo-Normans in Co. Galway: the process of colonization, Patrick Holland, Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society , vol. 41,(1987-88)
      Burke:People and Places, Eamonn de Burca , Dublin , 1995.
      The Anglo-Norman landscape in County Galway; land-holdings, castles and settlements, Patrick Holland, J.G.A.& H.S., vol. 49 (1997)
      Annals of Ulster at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
      Annals of Tigernach at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
      Revised edition of McCarthy's synchronisms at Trinity College Dublin .
    • BIOGRAPHY: Richard de BURGH Lord of Connaught (-1242) [Pedigree]
      Son of William de BURGH Lord of Connaught (-1205) and dau. of Donnell O'BRIEN

      BIOGRAPHY: d. 1242

      BIOGRAPHY: Married Egidia de LACY (1200-)

      BIOGRAPHY: Children:

      BIOGRAPHY: Walter de BURGH 2nd Earl of Ulster (1230-1271) m. Avelina FitzJohn (1238-1274)
      References: [AR7],[EnglishP],[PlantagenetA],[MCS4]
      --------------------------------------------------------------------

      The Brownes (de Brun) were one of the Tribes of Galway, the mostly Norman merchant families of that city from the Middle Ages that included the Athys, Blakes, Bodkins, Brownes, Darcys (O Dorchaidhe), Deanes, Fants, Frenches, Joyces, Kirwans, Lynches, Martins, Morrises and Skerrets. The Brownes first came to Ireland at the time of the Anglo-Norman invasion in the twelfth century. They first appear in northeast Mayo as one of the families of Norman introduction that wrested the territory of Tirawley away from the Ui Fiachrach tribe. From there they intermarried with the Lynches of Galway City, where they afterwards became one of the tribes. Subsequently they intermarried with the O'Flahertys and O'Malleys, the leading native families of the lar-Connacht, or extreme western region, thus securing their position in that quarter.
      The Burkes (de Burc) rank with the Fitzgeralds and Butlers as among the most powerful and influential of the Anglo-Norman settlers in Ireland. They descend from William Fitz Adelm de Burgo, who came to Ireland in 1171 in the company of Henry II, who first made him governor of Wexford, and later, in 1178, made him Chief Governor of all Ireland (that is, all Ireland that was
      actually under Anglo-Norman control). In 1179, Fitz Adelm obtained a grant of a great portion of Connacht, although settlement there was not effected for some time. By marriage with the heiress of the de Lacys, Walter de Burgo, descendant of the Fitz Adelm, acquired the Earldom of Ulster, etc., and the Burkes became the greatest Anglo-Norman family in Ireland. On the murder in 1333 of William, the Brown Earl of Ulster, leaving only an infant daughter, the leading male representatives of the Burkes adopted the Brehon Law (the law of the Gad), which provided for a male succession. They divided the lordship of Connacht between them, and proclaimed themselves Irish chiefs under the style of MacWilliam Uachtar (the Upper MacWilliam) and MacWilliam lochtar (the Lower MacWilliam), the former holding Galway and the other County Mayo. They did so in full defiant view of a castle of English garrison, standing without the walls some distance back, while symbolically changing their English clothing for Gaelic garb. There were several branches of the family, and these adopted from their respective ancestors the patronymics of MacDavie (Mac Daibhidh), MacGibbon (Mac Giobuin), Jennings (Mac Sheoinin), MacRedmond (Mac Reamoinn) and MacPhilbin (Mac Philbin).
    • OR "RICARD MORT DE BURC"; LORD OF CONNAUGHT; GOVERNOR OF IRELAND 1227
    • burgh
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=a78b515c-7a69-47ad-8294-51162e6e0501&tid=10145763&pid=-430916067
    • burgh
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=a78b515c-7a69-47ad-8294-51162e6e0501&tid=10145763&pid=-430916067
    • King Henry III made him a grant of the province of Connaught in 1225. He was named High Justiciary of Ireland in 1222.
    • Richard Mor de Burgh
      From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
      Jump to: navigation, search
      Richard Mor de Burgh, eldest son of William de Burgh; born about 1194, died 1242. 1st Lord of Connacht, founder of the towns of Ballinasloe, Loughrea and Galway.

      Succeeded by his son, Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster.
    • Lord of Connaught.
    Person ID I6000000001745096477  Ancestors of Donald Ross
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2021 

    Father William de Burgh, Governor of Wexford,   b. Abt 1160,   d. Between 1205 and 1206  (Age ~ 45 years) 
    Mother Mor O'Brien,   b. 1160, Connaught Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1194  (Age 34 years) 
    Family ID F6000000014419682108  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Egidia de Lacy, Lady of Connacht,   b. Abt 1205, Trim Castle, Meath, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 21 Apr 1225 
    Children 
     1. Walter de Burgh,   b. Abt 1230, Castle, Connaught, Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jul 1271, Castle, Connaught, Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 41 years)
     2. Matilda de Burgh,   b. Abt 1228
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2021 
    Family ID F6000000008522360474  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart