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'Walter de Lacy' (1180 – 1240) was Lord of Meath and Ludlow.
With his father Hugh de Lacy he built Trim Castle (''Caisleán Bhaile Atha Troim'' in Irish), Trim, County Meath.
In 1211 he erected the castle on Turbet Island in the abortive Anglo-Norman attempt to gain control of West Ulster.

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★ Son of Hugh de Lacy

★ Brother of Hugh de Lacy, 1st Earl of Ulster

★ His daughter Gille de Lacy married Richard de Burgh Lord of Connaught and Strathearn. The pedigree spawns from Walter de Burgh (d. 1271), Richard Og de Burgh (2nd Earl of Ulster) (1259-July 26, 1326) to Lady Elizabeth de Burgh the wife of Robert the Bruce.