Ulick MacRichard Burke, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde, 5th Earl of Clanricarde, 2nd Earl of St Albans PC, styled Lord Dunkellin until 1635, was an Irish nobleman who was involved in the Wars of the Thre
Painted portrait of the 1st Marquess of Clanricarde
The Marquess's English residence, Somerhill House
Portumna Castle: The Marquess's Irish residence
The Cromwellian Conquest of Ireland, 1649 to 1653, refers to the occupation of Ireland by Commonwealth forces, initially led by Oliver Cromwell. It concluded the 1641 to 1653 Irish Confederate Wars, a
Ulick Burke, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde
…who was involved in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. A Catholic Royalist who had overall command of the Irish forces during the later stages of the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, he was created Marquess of Clanricarde (1646). Ulick was the son of the 4th Earl of Clanricarde by his wife, Frances Walsingham. Ulick's father was…
Oliver Cromwell
Kilkenny Castle. The Irish Confederate capital of Kilkenny fell to Cromwell in 1650.
Henry Ireton. Cromwell passed the command of Parliamentarian forces in Ireland to Ireton in 1650. He died of disease at the Siege of Limerick in 1651.
King John's Castle and Thomond Bridge, Limerick city. Ireton took Limerick in 1651 after a long siege.