Meiler Bourke

Miles Bourke 11th Mac William Iochtar
Meiler Búrca
Arms of Bourke of Mayo[1]
Died	1520

Meiler (Miles) Bourke, 11th Mac William Íochtar (died 1520) was an Irish chieftain and noble who was lord of Lower (North) Connacht, Ireland.

Miles was the son of Theobald Bourke, 8th Mac William Íochtar (d.1503). He succeeded his cousin, Edmond de Búrca, 10th Mac William Íochtar (d.1514) as chieftain in 1514. Miles was succeeded by his cousin, Edmond de Búrca, 12th Mac William Íochtar (d.1527), the son of Uilleag de Búrca and grandson of Edmund na Féasóige de Búrca, 4th Mac William Íochtar (d.1458).^[2]

From the Annals of the Four Masters:

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

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• Annals of the Four Masters