Mac William Íochtar
Irish family of chieftains and nobles in Connacht, Ireland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mac William Íochtar (Lower Mac William), also known as the Mayo Burkes, were a fully Gaelicised branch of the Hiberno-Norman House of Burgh in Ireland. Mayo covered much of the northern part of the province of Connacht and the Mac William Íochtar functioned as a regional king and received the White Rod. The title was a successor office to the Lord of Connacht which ended upon the assassination of William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster, in June 1333.
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Lower Mac William Mac William Íochtar | |||||||||||
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c. 1330–1602 | |||||||||||
Capital | Kilmaine (inauguration site) | ||||||||||
Common languages | Irish | ||||||||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||||
Government | Tanistry | ||||||||||
Chief | |||||||||||
• 1332–1375 | Edmond Albanach de Burgh | ||||||||||
• 1595–1602 | Tibbot MacWalter Kittagh Bourke | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
• Established | c. 1330 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1602 | ||||||||||
ISO 3166 code | IE | ||||||||||
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