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Baron Bourke of Castleconnell Baron Bourke of Castleconnell ( ) 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. Barons Bourke of Castleconnell (1580) *William Bourke, 1st B ...
( ), was an
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noble who held his title for only a matter of hours on 28 February 1599.


Family

Bourke was the son of Theobald Bourke (died 19 August 1578), a principal commander against Lord Desmond, and his wife Mary, daughter of Donough O'Brien, Earl of Thomond, and grandson of Sir William Bourke (created Baron Bourke of Castleconnell by
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by patent dated 16 May 1580). Thomas had been preceded as
Baron Bourke of Castleconnell Baron Bourke of Castleconnell ( ) 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. Barons Bourke of Castleconnell (1580) *William Bourke, 1st B ...
by his two elder brothers, John (who sat in parliament in
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in 1585 and was slain in battle at Hounslow, Middlesex on 14 January 1592, leaving no issue) and Richard (slain in battle by Dermot O'Connor
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at Ballynecargy, County Limerick on 28 February 1599, also leaving no issue). At his death, Thomas left a daughter, Christina (wife of Sir Dominick White, Mayor of
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in 1636, later created Count of Alby and Marquis of Albeville in the
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), and an infant son, Edmund Bourke, 5th Lord Bourke of Castleconnell. During his youth, Theobald, younger brother of Thomas, usurped the title of
Baron Bourke of Castleconnell Baron Bourke of Castleconnell ( ) 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. Barons Bourke of Castleconnell (1580) *William Bourke, 1st B ...
, claiming that Edmund was illegitimate. Theobald was later created Baron of Brittas in 1618, and Edmund, having established his legitimacy, continued the line of the Barons of Castleconnell.


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House of Burgh The House of Burgh or Burke (; ; ; ga, de Búrca; la, de Burgo) was an ancient Anglo-Norman and later Hiberno-Norman aristocratic dynasty (with the Anglo-Irish branches later adopting the surname Burke and its variants) who held the earldom ...
, an
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and
Hiberno-Norman From the 12th century onwards, a group of Normans invaded and settled in Gaelic Ireland. These settlers later became known as Norman Irish or Hiberno-Normans. They originated mainly among Cambro-Norman families in Wales and Anglo-Normans from ...
dynasty founded in 1193


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bourke, Thomas 16th-century Irish people
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Barons in the Peerage of Ireland 1599 deaths