Miles Bourke
11th Mac William Iochtar
Meiler Búrca
Arms of Bourke of Mayo[1]
Died1520

Meiler (Miles) Bourke, 11th Mac William Íochtar (died 1520) was an Irish chieftain and noble who was lord of Lower (North) Connacht, Ireland.

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).

Annalistic references

Genealogy

Mac William Íochtar Genealogy

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. University of California Libraries. London : Harrison & sons.

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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