Tibbot na Long Bourke, 1st Viscount Mayo (anglicised as Theobald Bourke; ; ; 1567 – 18 June 1629) was an Irish
peer and
parliamentarian. A prominent member of the
MacWilliam Burkes of
County Mayo
County Mayo (; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht, it is named after the village of Mayo, County Mayo, Mayo, now ge ...
, Tibbot was a Member of the
Irish House of Commons
The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until the end of 1800. The upper house was the Irish House of Lords, House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, ...
and was later created the first
Viscount Mayo. His successful life followed, and usefully illustrates, the difficult transition for Irish aristocrats from the traditional
Gaelic
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Languages
* Gaelic languages or Goidelic languages, a linguistic group that is one of the two branches of the Insul ...
world during the
Tudor conquest of Ireland
Ireland was conquered by the Tudor monarchs of England in the 16th century. The Anglo-Normans had Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland, conquered swathes of Ireland in the late 12th century, bringing it under Lordship of Ireland, English rule. In t ...
.
Bourke's name had varying spellings such as "Teabóid" or "Tepóitt" in medieval
Irish.
Tibbot Tibbot may refer to:
* Tibbot na Long Bourke, 1st Viscount Mayo (1567–1629), Irish peer and parliamentarian
* Tibbot MacWalter Kittagh Bourke (c. 1570–1602 or after), 21st Chief of Mac William Íochtar
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