Edmond de Búrca

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Edmund Bourke
12th Mac William Iochtar
Edmond de Burca
Arms of Bourke of Mayo[1]
Died1527

Edmond de Búrca, 12th Mac William Íochtar (died 1527) was an Irish chieftain and noble who was lord of Lower (North) Connacht, Ireland.

Edmond was the son of Uilleag de Búrca and grandson of Edmund na Féasóige de Búrca, 4th Mac William Íochtar (d.1458). He succeeded his cousin, Meiler (Miles) Bourke, 11th Mac William Íochtar (d.1520), the son of Theobald Bourke, 8th Mac William Íochtar (d.1503). Edmond was succeeded by his cousin, Seaán an Tearmainn Bourke, 13th Mac William Iochtar, the son of Ricard Bourke, 9th Mac William Íochtar (d.1509).

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Genealogy[edit]

Mac William Íochtar Genealogy
Preceded by Mac William Iochtar
1520–1527
Succeeded by

References[edit]

  1. ^ Burke, Bernard (1884). The general armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time. University of California Libraries. London : Harrison & sons.

Further reading[edit]

  • The History of Mayo, Hubert T. Knox, 1908
  • Lower Mac William and Viscounts of Mayo, 1332-1649, in A New History of Ireland IX, pp.235-36, Oxford, 1984 (reprinted 2002).

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