Summary
Sir Ulick Burke, 3rd Baronet (English: /ˈjuːlɪk/; YOO-lik; died 1708) of Glinsk, was an Irish landowner and politician in County Galway who was MP for Galway (1689).
Sir Ulick Burke | |
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Ulliac Búrca | |
| Died | 1708 |
| Spouse | Ismay Kelly |
| Children | None |
| Parent | Edmund Burke, 2nd Baronet |
| Relatives | John Burke, 4th Baronet (half-brother) |
Career edit
He was the son of Sir Edmund Burke, 2nd Baronet. The family resided at Glinsk Castle. Ulick Burke espoused the cause of King James II and was an MP for County Galway in the Patriot Parliament of 1689, and was included in the articles of the Treaty of Limerick. He married Ismay, fourth daughter of Colonel John Kelly of Skreen, County Roscommon. He died without issue in 1708 and was succeeded by his half brother, John Burke, 4th Baronet.
Lament for Sir Ulick Burke Marbhna Uillioc Búrca edit
Sir Ulick was immortalised by the Irish composer and musician Turlough O'Carolan is his songs Ulliac Búrca (Ulick Burke) and Marbhna Uillioc Búrca (Lament for Sir Ulick Burke).
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References edit
Citations edit
- ^ Burke, Bernard (1884). The general armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time. University of California Libraries. London : Harrison & sons.
External links edit
- Carolan's song Ulliac Búrca
