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Baron Bourke of Castleconnell
Coronet of a British Baron.svg
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Arms: of Bourke: Or, a cross gules, in the first quarter a dexter hand couped at the wrist and erect sable. Crest: A Cat-a-Mountain sejant guardant proper, collared and chained Or. Supporters: Two Cats-a-Mountain sejant guardant proper, collared and chained Or.
Creation date 16 May 1580
Monarch Elizabeth I
Peerage Peerage of Ireland
First holder William Bourke, 1st Baron Bourke of Connell
Last holder William Bourke, 8th Baron Bourke of Connell
Status Forfeited
Extinction date 1691

Baron Bourke of Castleconnell (English: /bɜːrk/ burk) 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 Baron Bourke of Connell (died 1584)
  • John Bourke, 2nd Baron Bourke of Connell (died 1592)
  • Richard Bourke, 3rd Baron Bourke of Connell (died 1599)
  • Thomas Bourke, 4th Baron Bourke of Connell (died 1599)
  • Edmund Bourke, 5th Baron Bourke of Connell (1598-1638)
  • William Bourke, 6th Baron Bourke of Connell (died c. 1665)
  • Thomas Bourke, 7th Baron Bourke of Connell (died c. 1680)
  • William Bourke, 8th Baron Bourke of Connell (died c. 1691) (forfeit 1691 for being loyal to King James II )

See also

  • House of Burgh, an Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman dynasty founded in 1193
  • Baron Bourke of Brittas
  • Sir Edmund de Burgh (1298–1338), Irish knight and ancestor of the Burke family of Clanwilliam
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