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Mac William Íochtar
Mac William Íochtar
(
Lower Mac William
), also known as the
Mayo Burkes
, were a partly
Gaelicised
branch of the
Hiberno-Norman
House of Burke
in
Ireland
. The territory covered much of the northern part of the
province
of
Connacht
. The Mac William Íochtar functioned as a regional
king
and received the
White Rod
. The title was a successor office to the
Lord of Connacht
which ended upon the assassination of
William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster
, in June 1333.
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