Gillick Ancestor
The Gillicks have as their eponymous ancestor, Ulick de Burgo of Umhall (confused by MacFirbis with Ulick de Burgo of Annaghkeen, a contemporary kinsman), and descend through his son, Henry MacUlick. The deaths of both are recorded in the Annals of Loch Cé:
1343: Ulick son of Richard son of William Liath, the greatest of all the foreign (i.e. Anglo-Norman, not native Irish) youths in Ireland in bounty and prowess, quievit.
1359: Henry son of Ulick son of Richard mortuus est.
The descendants of this Henry used MacUlick as a surname, but the clan name was MacHenry.
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