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The House of Burgh (English: / b ɜːr /; ber; French pronunciation:) or Burke (Irish: de Búrca; Latin: de Burgo) was an ancient Anglo-Norman and later Hiberno-Norman aristocratic dynasty which played a prominent role in the Norman invasion of Ireland, held the earldoms of Kent, Ulster, Clanricarde, and Mayo at various times, and provided queens consort of Scotland and Thomond and Kings of ...
William de Burgh (English: / d ə ˈ b ɜːr / də-BUR, French:; Latin: de Burgo; c. 1160 –winter 1205/06) [1] was the founder of the House of Burgh (later surnamed Burke or Bourke) in Ireland [2] and elder brother of Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent and Geoffrey de Burgh, Bishop of Ely.
Edmond Albanach de Burgh, 1st Mac William Íochtar (English: / d ə ˈ b ɜːr / də-BUR; born before 1315; died 1375) was an Irish chieftain and noble who established himself as the most powerful lord in Connacht west of the Shannon.
de Burgh (English: / d ə ˈ b ɜːr / də-BUR, French:; Irish: de Búrca; Latin: Burgo, de Burgo) is an Anglo-Norman surname deriving from the ancient Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman noble dynasty, the House of Burgh.
Thomas Burgh (1670–1730) Thomas Burgh (1754–1832) Thomas Burgh (died 1759) Thomas Burgh (Lanesborough MP) Thomas Burgh of Gainsborough; Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh; Thomas de Burgh, Castellan of Norwich; Thomas Henry Burke (civil servant) Thomas mac Edmond Albanach de Búrca; Tibbot na Long Bourke, 1st Viscount Mayo; Tibbot MacWalter ...
William Óg was the third son of Richard Mor de Burgh, Lord of Connacht.He served with distinction in France with King Henry III (1245) and later in Scotland.He was involved in fierce feudal warfare in Ireland where he killed the Lord of Desmond.
Upon William's murder on 6 June 1333, she became the sole legal heir to all the de Burgh lands in Ireland. Actually, her kinsmen Sir Edmond de Burgh of Clanwilliam, Sir Edmond Albanach Bourke the Mac William Iochtar, Sir Ulick Burke the Mac William Uachtar became the de facto heads of the family and owners of de Burgh land during the Burke Civil War. [3]
Mac William Íochtar (Lower Mac William), also known as the Mayo Burkes, were a fully Gaelicised branch of the Hiberno-Norman House of Burgh in Ireland.Mayo covered much of the northern part of the province of Connacht and the Mac William Íochtar functioned as a regional king and received the White Rod.