John MacSeonin Burke
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John MacSeonin Burke, aka John de Burgo, O.S.A., Archbishop of Tuam 1441 to 1450.
Burke was a member of the Mac Seonin branch of the Bourkes of County Mayo, later anglicised as Jennings. Another notable member of this family was General Charles Edward Jennings de Kilmaine (1751-99).
The History of the Popes comments:
Some of the annalists call him "the Archbishop of Conaught, the son of the Parson, son of Mac Johnin Burke." He died in Galway in the year 1450.
References
- http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005B/
- http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005C/
- http://www.archive.org/stream/fastiecclesiaehi04cottuoft#page/n17/mode/2up
| Preceded by Tomás mac Muircheartaigh Ó Ceallaigh |
Archbishop of Tuam 1441–1450 |
Succeeded by Donatus Ó Muireadhaigh |
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