William Óg de Burgh


Sir William Óg de Burgh, Anglo-Irish noble and soldier, died 1270.
Sir William Óg was the third son of Richard Mor de Burgh, Lord of Connacht. De Burgh served with distinction in France with King Henry III in 1245 and later in Scotland. He was involved in fierce feudal warfare in Ireland where he killed the Lord of Desmond. He was killed at the Battle of Áth an Chip or Athankip by the Ua Conchobair Kings of Connacht, in 1270.
He was survived by at least one son, Sir William Liath de Burgh, Custos or of Ireland, who married Una, a daughter of the Mac Jordan of Connacht, and died in 1324. William Óg was the ancestor of the Earls of Clanricarde and the Mac William Iochtar.

Family tree

Walter de Burgh of Burgh Castle, Norfolk.
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William de Burgh, died 1206. Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent, d. 1243. Geoffrey de Burgh, d. 1228. Thomas de Burgh
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Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Baron of Connaught Hubert de Burgh, Bishop of Limerick, d. 1250. William de Burgh, Sheriff of Connacht Richard Óge de Burgh
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de Burgh Earl of Ulster, William Óg de Burgh, d. 1270
Burke of Castleconnell, County Limerick |
Mac William Iochtar Bourke of County Mayo. |
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Sir William liath, d. 1324
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Walter, d. 1332 Sir Edmund Albanach, d. 1375 Richard an Fhorbhair Raymund Ulick of Umhall
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Ulick Burke of Annaghkeen, d. 1343. Raymond Walter Óge
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Richard Óg Burke, d. 1387.
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Ulick an Fhiona Burke of Clanricarde