RICHARD DE CLARE brother and heir of Gilbert de C. was so n of Thomas de C., Lord of Thomond in Connaught, by Julian , daughter and heir of Sir Maurice FITZ-MAURICE, Lord justi ce of Ireland. He had livery of his brother Gilbert's land s 30 January 1307/8. He was summoned to Parliament 26 Octob er 1309, but never afterwards, by writ directed Ricardo d e Clare, whereby he is held to have become LORD CLARE. He m arried, Joan, who survived him and was living 20 April 1322 . He died 7 June 1318 as it is said in battle at Dysert i n Ireland, leaving Thomas de Clare, his only chiId and heir , who died unmarried and a minor, when any hereditary baron y ,which may be supposed to have been created by the writ o f 1309 became extinct. [Complete Peerage III:246-7, XIV:184]

2nd son of Thomas de Clare, Governor of London, and Julian e Fitz Maurice; father of Thomas de Clare. [Charlemagne & O thers, Chart 2539]

1318 - Battle of Dysert O'Dea: Richard de Clare defeated ad n killed by O'Brien. [Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland , p. 357]

Bunratty Castle continued to be attacked by the O'Briens an d the MacNamaras, and there were even battles between the N ormans themselves, often allied to Irish factions. For th e Normans, the end came in 1318, when the Irish met them a t the ferocious battle of Dysert O'Dea. The Normans were co mpletely routed, and Sir Thomas's son, Richard, killed, wit h many of the knights and followers.
When news of the death of her husband reached de Clare' s wife, she immediately set fire to the castle and the town , fled to her ships lying ready in the Shannon estuary, an d set sail for England. [Bunratty Castle, p. 5]

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1. Thomas De Clare b: Abt 1295 in Clare, Suffolk, England

1. Abbrev: Charlemagne, Alfred the Great and Other Ancestors
   Title: Charlemagne, Alfred the Great and Other Ancestors
   Author: Mitchell, James T.
   Publication: 1991
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   Denver, CO
   
   Page: Chart 2539
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2. Abbrev: The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland
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   Author: Foster, R. F. (ed.)
   Publication: Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York, 1991
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   Page: p. 357
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   Author: Frederick Lewis Weis
   Publication: Sixth Edition Genealogical Publishing, Inc. 1988 ISBN 0-806 3-1207-6
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