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Richard "the Devils Hook" Bourke

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Richard Bourke
22nd Mac William Iochtar
Risdeárd mac Deamhain an Chorráin Búrca
Arms of Bourke of Mayo[1]
Died1601

Richard "the Devils Hook" Bourke, 22nd Mac William Íochtar (Irish: Risdeárd mac Deamhain an Chorráin Bourke; English: /bɜːrk/; BURK; died October 1601) was an Irish chieftain and noble.

Background

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Richard was the son of Ricard "Deamhan an Chorráin" Bourke, grandson of Risdeárd Bourke, great-grandson of Uilleag de Búrca, and great-great-grandson of Edmund na Féasóige de Búrca, 4th Mac William Íochtar (d.1458). He succeeded his cousin, Tibbot MacWalter (Theobald Fitzwalter) Kittagh Bourke, 21st Mac William Íochtar (c. 1570c. 1602). Richard was succeeded by his cousin, Tibbot ne Long Bourke, 23rd Mac William Íochtar and first Viscount Mayo, the son of Richard "the Iron" Bourke, 18th Mac William Íochtar (d.1583).[2]

Genealogy

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Mac William Íochtar Genealogy

See also

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References

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Citations

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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. ^ 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
March 1601 - October 1601
Succeeded by