Richard_Bourke_(d._1586)

Richard Bourke (d. 1586)

Richard Bourke (d. 1586)

Irish chieftain, noble and 19th Mac William Íochtar (d.1586)

Richard Bourke, 19th Mac William Íochtar (Irish: Risdeárd Bourke; English: /bɜːrk/; BURK; died 1586) was an Irish chieftain and noble.[2]

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Background

Bourke was the son of Oliver Bourke of Tirawley, grandson of Seaán Bourke, and a great-grandson of Ricard Ó Cuairsge Bourke, 7th Mac William Íochtar (d.1479). His brother was Seaán mac Oliver (John) Bourke, 17th Mac William Íochtar (d.1580). Richard succeeded his cousin, Richard "the Iron" Bourke, 18th Mac William Íochtar (d.1583), the son of son of David de Búrca, 15th Mac William Íochtar. Richard was succeeded by his precedecessor's brother, William "the Blind Abbot" Bourke, 20th Mac William Íochtar (d.1593).[3]

Genealogy

Mac William Íochtar Genealogy

See also

References

Citations

  1. [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. [2]
    "Burke (de Burgh), Richard (Risdeard Mac Oliverus) | Dictionary of Irish Biography". www.dib.ie. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  3. [3]
    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.

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Preceded by Mac William Iochtar
1582–1586		 Succeeded by
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