William Óg de Burgh

Sir William Óg de Burgh
Native name	Uilleag Óg de Búrca
Born	Galway, Ireland
Died	1270
Noble family	de Burgh
Issue	Sir William Liath de Burgh (d.1324)
Father	Richard Mor de Burgh, Lord of Connaught
Mother	Egidia de Lacy

Sir William Óg de Burgh (English: /dˈbɜːr/; d’-BER; died 1270) was an Anglo-Irish noble and soldier who was the ancestor of the Earls of Clanricarde and the Mac William Iochtar (Burkes of County Mayo).

Career

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]

Family

He was survived by at least one son, Sir William Liath de Burgh (d.1324), Custos or Warden of Ireland (who married Finola Ní Briain).

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

Genealogy

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Burke, E. (1912). The Landed Gentry of Ireland. London.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Knox, Hubert T. (1908). The History of the County of Mayo to the close of the sixteenth century. Dublin: Hodges, Figgis and Company. p. 395.
• Bourke, Eamonn (1995). Burke: People and Places. Whitegate and Castlebar: Ballinakilla Press and de Búrca Rare Books. ISBN 0-946130-10-8.
• Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland: IX: Maps, Genealogies, Lists, A Companion to Irish History, Part II. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-959306-4.
  • Mac William Burkes: Mac William Iochtar (de Burgh), Lords of Lower Connacht and Viscounts of Mayo, 1332–1649, p. 171;
  • Lower Mac William and Viscounts of Mayo, 1332-1649, pp. 235–36.