Rickard de Bermingham

Rickard de Bermingham

Rickard de Bermingham, died 1322.

Fifth lord of Athenry and Dunmore, was an Anglo-Norman aristocrat in Ireland. He along with Sir William Liath Bourke and Muirchertach O Brian successfully defended the town against the Irish during the Second Battle of Athenry in 1316. He died in 1322 and was succeeded by his son Thomas.

De Bermingham was a cousin of the notorious Earl of Louth, John de Bermingham (murdered 1329.

ee also

* Baron Athenry

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