Edmund na Féasóige de Burca

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Edmund de Burca
4th Mac William Iochtar
Edmund na Féasóige de Búrca
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Arms of Bourke of Mayo
Died1458

Edmund na Féasóige de Burca, 4th Mac William Iochtar (died 1458) was an Irish chieftain and noble who was lord of Lower (North) Connacht, Ireland.[1]

Annalistic references[]

  • M1446.3. O'Donnell marched with a great army into Connaught, to assist his friends; he went first to the territory of O'Rourke, and from thence through Magh-Nisse, across the Shannon, into Moylurg, through Machaire-Chonnacht, and through Clann-Conway; and Mac William came to Dunamon for him, and conducted him afterwards into Conmaicne Cuile Toladh.
  • M1458.9. Edmond Burke, Lord of the English of Connaught, and of many of the Irish of the same province, the choice of the English of Ireland for his personal shape, comeliness and stature, noble descent, hospitality, clemency, and veracity, died at the end of this year.

Genealogy[]

Mac William Íochtar Genealogy
Preceded by Mac William Iochtar
1440–1458 		Succeeded by

References[]

  1. ^ "Burke (de Burgh), Walter | Dictionary of Irish Biography". www.dib.ie. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

Further reading[]

  • 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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