Uilleag de Burgh

Sir Ulick de Burgh or Burke 1st Clanricarde, died 1343.

Burke is generally accepted to have been the son of Richard an Fhorbhair mac William de Burgh, who was himself a grandson of Richard Óge de Burgh, an illegitimate son of William de Burgh, the founder of the family. According to A New History of Ireland (p. 170, volume IX), "The origins of the Clanricard line are not sbsolutly proven, but the descent given" (see Family Tree, below) "is that in the best Irish genealogical sources and is not contradicted by contemporary sources."

He possessed an unusual nickname — Bod-an-Balcuigh, which translated to "Penis of Power".

Upon the death of William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster, a Burke Civil War broke out. The Earl's heir-general, his infant daughter, Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster, had been taken to England on her father's death and lost control over her lands. Warfare broke out among the Gaelic-Irish tenants of the late Earl - many of whom expelled the Anglo-Irish - and among the three principal members of the de Burgh family:

By 1340, the family had divided into three separate, independent lordships:

He was succeeded upon his death in 1343 by his son, Richard Óg Burke.

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