When Richard Mor de Burgh "1st Baron Lord of Connaught, Justicar of Ireland" was born in 1194, in County Galway, Ireland, his father, William de Burgh, was 37 and his mother, Princess Mor O’Brien, was 34. He married Egidia Gile de Lacy "Lady of Connaught" before April 1225, in Ireland. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He registered for military service in 1227. He died on 17 February 1243, in Aquitaine, France, at the age of 49, and was buried in Abbey Graveyard, Abbey, County Galway, Ireland.
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English and Scottish: habitational name from one or other of the ten English places named Burgh in northern England and East Anglia, or the six named Brough in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Westmorland, and Yorkshire. All these are from Old English burg, burh, Middle English burgh ‘massive earthwork, fortification; manor, borough’. Compare Bury . The placename Burgh is pronounced as borough. The surname Brough arose equally from places now called Burgh and Brough, and is the more common form of the surname in modern Britain, where it is pronounced bruff or broof (/brʊf/). The Scottish surname was probably brought in from Yorkshire. For the surname in Ireland see Burke .
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Possible Related NamesBIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/IRELAND.htm#MargeryBurghdied1253 as of 6/17/2016 RICHARD de Burgh (-Gascony before 17 Feb 1243). King Henry III ordered "Richard de Burgh to have seisin of …
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