Sir Ulick Burke, 3rd Baronet

Sir Ulick Burke, 3rd Baronet (English: /ˈjlɪk/; YOO-lik; died 1708) of Glinsk, was an Irish Galway landowner and politician who was MP for Galway (1689).

Sir Ulick Burke

Ulliac Búrca
Arms: Or, a cross gules the first quarter charged with a lion rampant sable
Died1708
Spouse(s)Ismay Kelly
ChildrenNone
Parent(s)Edmund Burke, 2nd Baronet
RelativesJohn Burke, 4th Baronet (half-brother)

Career

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 Galway County 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

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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