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Irish chieftain, noble and 12th Mac William Íochtar (d.1527)

Edmund Bourke12th Mac William Iochtar
Edmond de Burca
Arms of Bourke of Mayo[1]
Died 1527

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).[2]

Annals of the Four Masters

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From the Annals of the Four Masters:

  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.
  2. ^ Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland: IX: Maps, Genealogies, Lists, A Companion to Irish History, Part II. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 235–36. ISBN 978-0-19-959306-4.