Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
NameSir Edmund Albanach BURKE Lord Of Mayo, 21G Grandfather
FatherSir William Liath DE BURGH Lord Of Connacht (-1324)
Web Notes notes for Sir Edmund Albanach BURKE Lord Of Mayo
Ancestor of Burkes of Mayo and Lower MacWilliams
From Irish Roots, 1994 #1, page 27, 'Surnames of County Galway':
The name Burke is one of the most numerous among Galway surnames. The Norman progenitor of the family was William FitzAdelm de Burgo who was sent to Ireland with Hugh deLacy and in 1179 received a grant from King Henry II of England of large tracts of Connacht. About 50 years later his son Richard built a castle at Galway as part of his campaign to take possession of the lands thus bestowed on his father. The surname was to spread rapidly. It became de Burgh, Burke and Bourke. But the families subdivided and became Hibernicised. They even adopted among their subsepts names such as macDavie, MacHugo, MacRedmond, MacGibbon, and MacSeoinin. The major division was between the Burkes of MacWilliam Uachter in Galway and of MacWilliam Iochtar in Mayo.
In 1344 King Edward II asked him to bring 20 men at arms and 50 horsemen to the war in France.9
From Irish Roots, 1994 #1, page 27, 'Surnames of County Galway':
The name Burke is one of the most numerous among Galway surnames. The Norman progenitor of the family was William FitzAdelm de Burgo who was sent to Ireland with Hugh deLacy and in 1179 received a grant from King Henry II of England of large tracts of Connacht. About 50 years later his son Richard built a castle at Galway as part of his campaign to take possession of the lands thus bestowed on his father. The surname was to spread rapidly. It became de Burgh, Burke and Bourke. But the families subdivided and became Hibernicised. They even adopted among their subsepts names such as macDavie, MacHugo, MacRedmond, MacGibbon, and MacSeoinin. The major division was between the Burkes of MacWilliam Uachter in Galway and of MacWilliam Iochtar in Mayo.
In 1344 King Edward II asked him to bring 20 men at arms and 50 horsemen to the war in France.9