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Baron Bourke of Castleconnell

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Baron Bourke of Castleconnell
Barún Búrc
de Caisleán Uí Chonaill
Arms: of Bourke: Or, a cross gules, in the first quarter a dexter hand couped at the wrist and erect sable. Crest: A Cat-a-Mountain sejant guardant proper, collared and chained Or. Supporters: Two Cats-a-Mountain sejant guardant proper, collared and chained Or. [1]
Creation date16 May 1580
Created byElizabeth I
PeeragePeerage of Ireland
First holderWilliam Bourke, 1st Baron Bourke of Connell
Last holderWilliam Bourke, 8th Baron Bourke of Connell
StatusForfeited
Extinction date1691
Seat(s)Castle Connell

Baron Bourke of Castleconnell (Irish: Barún Búrc de Caisleán Uí Chonaill; English: /bɜːrk/; BURK) was a title in the Peerage of Ireland created on 16 May 1580 for Sir William Bourke. The eighth baron was attainted and the barony forfeited in 1691.[2]

Barons Bourke of Castleconnell (1580)

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  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. ^ Cokayne, G. E. (1887). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. Vol. 1 (1st ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. pp. 396.

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