Mayo
Mayo was the northern Connacht lordship of the Gaelicised de Burgh family, known as the Mac William Íochtar. It emerged after Earl William Donn de Burgh was murdered in 1333, with Edmond Albanach de Burgh as its first chief.
Edmond, once a hostage in Scotland, was the strongest lord west of the Shannon by his death in 1375. His descendants fought their Clanricarde cousins for influence in Connacht. The Mac William title was abolished in 1593, restored in 1595 and abolished again in 1602 under Tibbot ne Long Bourke.
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- Edmond Albanach de Burgh
- Thomas mac Edmond Albanach de Búrca
- Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Lord of Connacht
- Walter Liath de Burgh
- William de Burgh
- William Liath de Burgh
- William Óg de Burgh
- Sadhbh Ní Mháille