Everything about Burke Civil War 1333-38 totally explained
The Burke Civil war was the name given to a conflict in Ireland, sparked by the death of
William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster. His only child,
Elizabeth de Burgh (1332 – 1363), succeeded as Countess of Ulster and legal heir to the de Burgh estate as an infant. However Elizabeth (who lived in England, and eventually married into the English Royal family) was Countess in name only, as various factions of the de Burghs (now called Burke), fought with each other for control of the Earldom. The factions were headed by
Sir Ulick Burke (d.1343),
Sir Edmond Albanach Bourke (d.1375), and
Sir Edmond de Burgh of Castleconnell (k.1338 - ancestor of the
Bourkes of Clanwilliam in
Munster).
Ulick was a great-grandson of
Richard de Burgh, the illegitimate son of
William de Burgh. He was the head of the Burkes based in
Upper Connacht, what is now
Co. Galway.
Edmond Albanach was the son of
Sir William de Burgh, also know as
William Liath Burke, who was the grandson of Richard Mor via his son, William Og, who was killed at the battle of Athanchip in 1270. He was the leader of the Bourkes based in mid and Lower Connacht, in what is now
Co. Mayo.
Edmond of Clanwilliam was the fourth and youngest son of Richard Og, the 3rd Earl. Married to Slany ni Turlough O'Brian King of Thomond, he was based at
Castle Connell in
Limerick.
The eventual outcome of the war was the fragmentation of the de Burgh family into three distinct clans, all of which had several sub-septs. Ulick became the head of what was known as the
Clanricarde Burkes of Galway, their title stressing their descent from William's son Richard. Their alternative title was
Mac William Uachtar, for example the Upper Mac William. They became
Earl of Clanricarde in 1543, a title held in the family till the death of the 15th Earl in 1916.
The Bourkes of Mayo fell under the leadership of Edmond Albanach, known as the
Mac William Iochtar, for example, the Lower Mac William. This title would be held by successive descendants of Edmond Albanach up to the 1590s.
Edmond of Clanwilliam was captured, jailed, starved and ultimately drowned in
Lough Mask in 1338 at the instigation of Edmond Albanach. However the Bourkes of Clanwilliam survived and prospered in Munster under the leadership of his sons,
Richard Bourke of Castle Connell and
Walter Bourke of Ballybourneen.
Genealogical Relationship of Clanricarde, Clanwilliam and Mac William
William de Burgh, c.1160?-1204.
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| | William Ban
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Walter, c.1220-71. William, k.1270. |
| | Richard
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Richard Og, d.1326. Sir William |
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Sir Ulick Burke
| | | d.1353.
Sir Edmond Bourke Sir Edmond Albanach |
of Clanwilliam | d.1375. |
k.1338. | Clanricarde Burke
| Mac William Iochtar of Galway
| of Mayo
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Clanwilliam Bourke
of Limerick
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