Meiler Bourke

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title: "Meiler Bourke" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["nobility-from-county-mayo", "16th-century-irish-landowners", "year-of-birth-unknown", "1520-deaths", "house-of-burgh"] description: "Irish chieftain, noble and 11th Mac William Íochtar (d.1520)" topic_path: "geography/ireland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiler_Bourke" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Irish chieftain, noble and 11th Mac William Íochtar (d.1520) ::

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Field	Value
name	Miles Bourke
11th Mac William Iochtar
native_name	Meiler Búrca
native_name_lang	Irish
image	File:Arms of Bourke of Mayo.svg
image_size	200px
caption	Arms of Bourke of Mayo
death_date	1520
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Meiler (Miles) Bourke, 11th Mac William Íochtar (died 1520) was an Irish chieftain and noble who was lord of Lower (North) Connacht, Ireland.

Background

Miles was the son of Theobald Bourke, 8th Mac William Íochtar (d.1503). He succeeded his cousin, Edmond de Búrca, 10th Mac William Íochtar (d.1514) as chieftain in 1514. Miles was succeeded by his cousin, Edmond de Búrca, 12th Mac William Íochtar (d.1527), the son of Uilleag de Búrca and grandson of Edmund na Féasóige de Búrca, 4th Mac William Íochtar (d.1458).

Annals of the Four Masters

From the Annals of the Four Masters:

Genealogy

• Sir Edmond Albanach de Burgh (d. 1375), 1st Mac William Íochtar (Lower Mac William), (Mayo)
  • William de Burgh (d.1368)
  • Thomas mac Edmond Albanach de Burca, 1375–1402, 2nd Mac William Íochtar
    • Walter mac Thomas de Burca (d.1440), 3rd Mac William Íochtar
      • Theobald Bourke (d.1503), 8th Mac William Íochtar
        • Meiler Bourke (d.1520), 11th Mac William Íochtar
      • Ricard Bourke (d.1509), 9th Mac William Íochtar
        • Seaán an Tearmainn Bourke (alive 1527), 13th Mac William Íochtar
          • Ricard mac Seaán an Tearmainn Bourke (d.1571), 16th Mac William Íochtar
    • Edmund na Féasóige de Burca, (d.1458), 4th Mac William Íochtar
      • Ricard Ó Cuairsge Bourke (d.1473), 7th Mac William Íochtar
        • Edmond de Burca (d.1527), 10th Mac William Íochtar
        • Walter de Burca
        • Seaán de Burca
          • Oliver de Burca
            • Seaán mac Oliver Bourke (d.1580), 17th Mac William Íochtar
            • Richard Bourke (d.1586), 19th Mac William Íochtar
              • Walter Ciotach de Burca of Belleek (d.1590)
                • Tibbot (Theobald) MacWalter Kittagh Bourke, 21st Mac William Íochtar, 1st Marquess of Mayo
                  • Walter (Balthasar) Bourke, 2nd Marquess of Mayo
      • Thomas Ruadh de Burca
      • Uilleag de Burca
        • Edmond de Burca (d.1527), 12th Mac William Íochtar
          • David de Burca (alive 1537), 15th Mac William Íochtar
            • Richard the Iron Bourke (d.1583), 18th Mac William Íochtar
              • Tibbot (Theobald) ne Long Bourke (1567-1629), 23rd Mac William Íochtar, 1st Viscount Mayo (1627)
                • Viscounts Mayo
            • William "the Blind Abbot" Bourke (d.1593), 20th Mac William Íochtar
        • Theobald mac Uilleag Bourke (d.1537), 14th Mac William Íochtar
        • Risdeárd de Burca
          • Ricard Deamhan an Chorráin de Burca
            • Risdeárd Mac Deamhan an Chorráin (Richard) "the Devils Hook" Bourke (d.1601), 22nd Mac William Íochtar
    • Seaán de Burca (d.1456)
    • Tomás Óg de Burca, (d.1460), 5th Mac William Íochtar
    • Risdeárd de Burca (d.1473), 6th Mac William Íochtar

References

Citations

Bibliography

• • Lower Mac William and Viscounts of Mayo, 1332-1649, pp. 235–36.

References

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". Harrison & Sons.
2. (1989). "A New History of Ireland: IX: Maps, Genealogies, Lists, A Companion to Irish History, Part II". Oxford University Press.

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