Upper Mac William Mac William Uachtar | |||||||||||
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| 1333–1544 | |||||||||||
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| Common languages | Irish | ||||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||||
| Government | Tanistry | ||||||||||
| Chief | |||||||||||
• 1333-1353 | Ulick Burke of Annaghkeen | ||||||||||
• 1538-1544 | Ulick na gCeann Burke | ||||||||||
• 1544-1551 | Sir Uilleag Burke (disputed) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1333 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1544 | ||||||||||
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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.