House of Burke

House of Burke

Armorial of Burke
Country	Lordship of Ireland, Kingdom of Ireland
Titles	Numerous titles *Mac William Íochtar Clanricarde Lord of Connaught Marquess of Clanricarde Marquess of Sligo Earl of Ulster Earl of Clanricarde Earl of Mayo Earl of St Albans Viscount Tunbridge Viscount Burke Burke Baronets
Founder	William de Burgh
Founding	1203
Cadet branches	Bourke, MacPhilbin, Phillips, McWilliams

The House of Burke (Irish name: Burca or Bourke) is the name given to the clan of the Norman-Irish family of de Burgh also known as 'de Burgo' (latin scripts).

The first de Burgh to come to Ireland was William de Burgh (c.1160?-1204), a Norman adventurer and knight who settled in Ireland in 1185. He was the elder brother of Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent and Justiciar of England.^[1]

The later Anglo-Irish de Burghs (the Earls of Ulster, Lords of Connaught and Earls of Clanricarde) descend from William de Burgh.

The 'Burke' surname is one of the most common in Ireland, particularly in north Munster and Connacht. The name derives from "burg" or "burgh", meaning a town, and is of Norman origin.

See also

• Earl of Ulster
• Mac William Íochtar (Gaelic royal style)
• Clanricarde (Gaelic royal style)
• Burke Civil War 1333-38
• The Book of the Burkes (1580s)
• Earl of Clanricarde
• Lord of Connaught
• Earl of Mayo
• Burke's Peerage
• Theobald Burke
• de Burgh
• Irish nobility
• Burke Baronets of Glinsk

Source

Burke: People and Places, Eamonn Bourke, 1995. ISBN 0-946130-10-8

References

1. ^ C. A. Empey, ‘Burgh, William de (d. 1206)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edn, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004

External links

 Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Burgh". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.