William Óg de Burgh

Sir William Óg de Burgh, Anglo-Irish noble and soldier, died 1270.

William Óg was the third son of Richard Mor de Burgh, Lord of Connacht. He served with distinction in France with King Henry III (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.[1]

He was survived by at least one son, Sir William Liath de Burgh (d.1324), Custos or Warden of Ireland (who married Una, a daughter of the Mac Jordan of Connacht).

William Óg was the ancestor of the Burke (de Burgh) Earls of Clanricarde and the Mac William Iochtar (Burkes of County Mayo).[2]

Genealogy

de Burgh Genealogy

References

  • The History of Mayo, Hubert T. Knox. 1908.
  • Burke:People and Places, Eamonn de Burca, Dublin, 1995.
  • Lower Mac William and Viscounts of Mayo, 1332-1649, in A New History of Ireland IX, pp. 235–36, Oxford, 1984 (reprinted 2002).
  1. Burke, E. The Landed Gentry of Ireland
  2. Burke, Donald G. Burke’s East Galway: the culture, history, and genealogy of the families of east Galway. Burk of Clanricarde 1280 – 1333, (2013), [pedigree table of selected branches of the Burkes]. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
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