In 1736 Bishop Joseph Bourke 3rd Earl of Mayo was born to John Bourke 1st Earl Mayo [aged 36].
In 1760 Bishop Joseph Bourke 3rd Earl of Mayo [aged 24] and Elizabeth Meade Countess Mayo were married. He the son of John Bourke 1st Earl Mayo [aged 60].
In 1760 Bishop Joseph Bourke 3rd Earl of Mayo [aged 24] was appointed Prebendary of Armagh.
In February 1764 [his brother] John Bourke 2nd Earl of Mayo [aged 35] and [his sister-in-law] Mary Leeson Countess Mayo [aged 29] were married. She the daughter of Joseph Leeson 1st Earl of Milltown [aged 62]. He the son of [his father] John Bourke 1st Earl Mayo [aged 64].
On 23rd April 1767 [his son] Richard Bourke was born to Bishop Joseph Bourke 3rd Earl of Mayo [aged 31].
In 1768 Bishop Joseph Bourke 3rd Earl of Mayo [aged 32] was appointed Dean of Killaloe.
In 1772 Bishop Joseph Bourke 3rd Earl of Mayo [aged 36] was appointed Dean of Dromore.
On 7th September 1772 Bishop Joseph Bourke 3rd Earl of Mayo [aged 36] was elected Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin.
On 11th October 1772 Bishop Joseph Bourke 3rd Earl of Mayo [aged 36] was consecrated Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin at St Thomas' Abbey by Archbishop John Cradock [aged 64].
On 14th November 1779 Bishop John Hotham 9th Baronet [aged 43] was consecrated Bishop of Ossory at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin by Archbishop Robert Fowler [aged 54] assisted by Bishop Charles Jackson and Bishop Joseph Bourke 3rd Earl of Mayo [aged 43].
On 24th June 1785 [his father] John Bourke 1st Earl Mayo [aged 85] was created 1st Earl Mayo.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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On 2nd December 1790 [his father] John Bourke 1st Earl Mayo [aged 90] died. His son [his brother] John [aged 61] succeeded 2nd Earl Mayo, 2nd Viscount Mayo of Monycrower in Mayo, 2nd Baron Naas of Naas in Kildare. [his sister-in-law] Mary Leeson Countess Mayo [aged 56] by marriage Countess Mayo.
On 20th April 1792 John Bourke 2nd Earl of Mayo [aged 63] died. His brother Joseph [aged 56] succeeded 3rd Earl Mayo. Elizabeth Meade Countess Mayo by marriage Countess Mayo.
On 20th August 1794 Bishop Joseph Bourke 3rd Earl of Mayo [aged 58] died at Kilbeggan.
On 31st March 1807 [his former wife] Elizabeth Meade Countess Mayo died.
[his daughter] Mary Anne Bourke was born to Bishop Joseph Bourke 3rd Earl of Mayo. She married before 14th May 1813 Admiral Thomas Sotheby and had issue.