'Burgh05'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Bourke of Brittas, Bourke of Castle Connell

                               
Sir Edmond de Burgh (d 1338)
m. Slany O'Brien (dau of Turlogh O'Brien, Lord of Thomond)
1. Richard Bourke of Castle Connell (a 1355)
  A. Walter Bourke of Castle Connell
  i. ?? Bourke
  a. ?? Bourke
(1) Edmund Bourke of Castle Connell
  (A) Sir William Bourke, 1st Lord of Castle Connell (d 1584)
  BE1883 identifies William's (1st) wife as Catherine, daughter of Maurice FitzJames FitzGerald, Earl of Desmond, but TCP identifies her as daughter of Sir John FitzThomas FitzGerald "styling himself Earl of Desmond by Maud, dau of Mahon O'Brien of Carrigogunnel" whom we show as ...
  m. Catherine FitzThomas (dau of Sir John FitzThomas of Decies)
  (i) Theobald Bourke (dvp 19.08.1578)
  m. Mary O'Brien (dau of Donough O'Brien, 2nd Earl of Thomond)
(a) John Bourke, 2nd Lord of Castle Connell (d unm 14.01.1592)
  (b) Richard Bourke, 3rd Lord of Castle Connell (d unm 28.02.1599)
  (c) Thomas Bourke, 4th Lord of Castle Connell (d 28.02./01.03.1599)
  m. Honora O'Mulryan (dau of Conor O'Mulryan of Armagh)
  ((1)) Edmund Bourke, 5th Lord of Castle Connell (b 1598/9, d 26.03.1637/8)
m1. Thomasine Browne (d 1630, dau of Sir Thomas Browne of Hospital by Mary Apsley)
  ((A)) William Bourke, 6th Lord of Castle Connell (b 05.1623)
  m. (after 01.04.1640) Ellen Roche (dau of Maurice Roche, Viscount Fermoy)
  ((i)) Thomas Bourke, 7th Lord of Castle Connell (d 1687)
  m. Margaret Hore (dau of Mathew Hore of Shandon)
  ((a)) William Bourke, 8th Lord of Castle Connell (dsp in France)
  William was attainted for his support of the Jacobite rebellion.
  ((ii))+ other issue (dsp) - Edmund, Theobald
  ((B)) Thomas Bourke (dsp)
  m. Elizabeth Parsons (dau of Sir Lawrence Parsons of Birr)
((C)) Mary Bourke
  m. Thomas Harris of Klifinan
  ((D))+ other issue - Elizabeth, Honoria
  m2. Margaret Thornton (dau of Sir George Thornton of Bruff)
  (d) Theobold Bourke, 1st Lord of Brittas (d 1654)
  m. Margaret Burke (dau of Richard Burke, 2nd Earl of Clanricarde)
  ((1)) John Bourke, 2nd Lord of Brittas (d 06.01.1658/9)
  m. (before 1654) Margaret Fitzmaurice (dau of Thomas Fitzmaurice, Lord Kerry)
  ((A)) Margaret Bourke
  m. John Macnamara of Corthagh
((B)) Honoria Bourke
  m1. Pierce Power
  m2. Charles McCarty
  ((2)) William Bourke (Lt. Colonel)
  m. Elizabeth FitzPatrick (dau of Geoffrey FitzPatrick, son of Florence, 3rd Lord of Upper Ossory)
  ((A)) Theobold Bourke, 3rd Lord of Brittas (d before 09.06.1706)
  Theobold was atttainted and his title forfeited for his support of the Jacobite rebellion.
m. Honora O'Brien (dau of Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin)
  ((i)) John Bourke (d in France)
  m. Catherine O'Neill (dau of Colonel Gordon O'Neill)
  ((a)) John Bourke, '5th Lord Brittas' (in France)
  ((b)) Thomas Bourke (Lt. General in Sardinia)
  ((ii)) Elizabeth Bourke
  m. James Mathew
  ((B)) Honora Bourke probably of this generation
  m. Edward Bagot (b c1545, d 1630)
  ((2))+ 1 son and 1 daughter
  (ii)+ other issue - Ulick of Garanceky, William (d 1578), David, John of Cappagh
2.+ 3 sons

Main source(s): BE1883 (Bourke of Castle Connell), TCP (Bourke of Connell), TCP (Bourke of Brittas)
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