Clanricarde

Upper Mac William
Mac William Uachtar
1333–1544
Location of Clanricarde
Common languagesIrish
Religion
Roman Catholicism
GovernmentTanistry
Chief 
• 1333-1353
Ulick Burke of Annaghkeen
• 1538-1544
Ulick na gCeann Burke
• 1544-1551
Sir Uilleag Burke (disputed)
History 
• Established
1333
• Disestablished
1544
Preceded by
Succeeded by
House of Burke
Galway
Kingdom of Ireland

Clanricarde (English: /klænˈrɪkɑːrd/; klan-RIK-ard), also known as Mac William Uachtar (Upper Mac William) or the Galway Burkes, were a fully Gaelicised branch of the Hiberno-Norman House of Burgh who were important landowners in Ireland from the 13th to the 20th centuries.


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