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Edmund na Féasóige de Búrca

Irish chieftain, noble and 4th Mac William Íochtar (d.1458)

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Source revisionAug 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ5339955 ↗
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Edmund na Féasóige de Búrca, 4th Mac William Íochtar (died 1458) was an Irish chieftain and noble who was lord of Lower (North) Connacht, Ireland.

Background

Edmund was the son of Thomas mac Edmond Albanach de Búrca, 2nd Mac William Íochtar (d.1402). He succeeded his brother, Walter mac Thomas de Búrca, 3rd Mac William Íochtar (d.1440), as chieftain in 1440. He was succeeded by his brother, Tomás Óg de Búrca, 5th Mac William Íochtar (d.1460).

Annals of the Four Masters

From the Annals of the Four Masters:

M1446.3. O'Donnell marched with a great army into Connaught, to assist his friends; he went first to the territory of O'Rourke, and from thence through Magh-Nisse, across the Shannon, into Moylurg, through Machaire-Chonnacht, and through Clann-Conway; and Mac William came to Dunamon for him, and conducted him afterwards into Conmaicne Cuile Toladh.

M1458.9. Edmond Burke, Lord of the English of Connaught, and of many of the Irish of the same province, the choice of the English of Ireland for his personal shape, comeliness and stature, noble descent, hospitality, clemency, and veracity, died at the end of this year.

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See also

House of Burgh, an Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman dynasty founded in 1193

References

Citations

Bibliography

"Burke (de Burgh), Walter | Dictionary of Irish Biography". www.dib.ie.

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