Burke, Dominic
Burke, Dominic (c.1603–1649), Dominican priest and political agent, was a scion of the Burke family, earls of Clanricard and St Albans. Having entered the Dominican order, he entered its house at Athenry, and then studied at the studium generale at Bologna,…...
Burke, Dominic
Burke, Dominic (c.1622–1704), Dominican theologian and bishop of Elphin, one of the Clanricard Burkes of Cahirkinmonivy, Craughwell, Co. Galway, made his religious profession in 1648 at either Coillascail or Brosk near Athenry. Shortly afterwards he set out for Spain, but…...
Burke, James Dominic
Burke, James Dominic (1833–1904), Christian Brother and pioneer of technical education, was born in December 1833 in Limerick, eldest among five sons and two daughters of John Burke, cabinet-maker, and Mary Burke (née Ahern). He was educated at the…...
Burke, James (Jacques)
Burke, James (Jacques) (1739–1821), priest, was born in St Conald's parish (an area later known as Dromcliffe), near Ennis, Co. Clare, son of James Burke and Mary Burke (née Callery). Aged 17 he entered the Irish College, Bordeaux, where he was later joined by his brother, Thomas. In…...
Burke, James Michael
Burke, James Michael (1873–1936), barrister, newspaper editor, and politician, was born 4 November 1873 at 31 Bridge St., Skibbereen, Co. Cork, seventh among twelve children (seven sons and three daughters survived to adulthood) of Patrick Burke, grocer and farmer, and Mary Burke (née…...
Burke, Joan
Burke, Joan (1929–2016), nurse, politician and farmer, was named Hanna Teresa at her birth on 8 February 1928, at Roughgrove House, Bandon, Co. Cork, the last of four children, and the only daughter, of Denis Crowley and Bridgid (‘Cissie’) (née Russell). The family farmed at Roughgrove…...
Burke, John
Burke, John (1789–1845), priest and political activist, was born in January 1789 at Rochfortbridge, Co. Westmeath, and was educated at St Finian's College, Navan; nothing is known of his parents. He began his final theological training at Maynooth in August 1808 and was ordained…...
Burke, John Baptist
Burke, John Baptist (d. c.1682), priest, vicar apostolic, was a native of the diocese of Cashel and kin to the earls of Clanricarde. As a youth he served in the Austrian army in northern Italy, before joining the church. He was appointed abbot of Clare, and served as…...
Burke, Oliver
Burke, Oliver (c.1598–1672), Dominican priest and ecclesiastical administrator in Rome and Connacht, was born in Co. Galway, a member of the Clanricard Burke family. He studied at Burgos and was listed as a priest in Spain in 1627. In that year he became an honours…...
Burke, Patrick (Thomas; 'Tom')
Burke, Patrick (Thomas; 'Tom') (1923–2008), Carmelite priest, scientist and co-founder of the Young Scientist exhibition, was born Thomas Burke on 4 November 1923 in Dublin, one of five children (four boys and a girl) of Edmund Burke, and his wife Elizabeth (née Traynor), who later…...
Burke, Thomas Nicholas (‘Tom’)
Burke, Thomas Nicholas (‘Tom’) (1830–83), Dominican preacher and historian, was born Nicholas Anthony Burke on 8 September 1830 in Kirwan's Lane, off Cross St., Galway, fourth surviving child and only son of Walter Burke, baker, and Margaret Burke (née MacDonough). He was educated…...
Burke, William P.
Burke, William P. (1864–1941), priest and historian, was born 11 October 1864 in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, second son of Edmund Burke, founder of Burke's bacon-curers, and Eileen Burke (née McGrath). He was educated by the Christian Brothers in Clonmel, at Rockwell College, Cashel,…...
Butler, Christopher
Butler, Christopher (1673–1757), Roman Catholic archbishop of Cashel, was born 18 January 1673 at Garryricken, Co. Kilkenny, third son among the nine children of Walter Butler, nephew of the 1st duke of Ormond (qv), and his wife Lady…...
Butler, Dame Mary Joseph
Butler, Dame Mary Joseph (1641–1723), Benedictine abbess, was born in Callan, Co. Kilkenny, daughter of Theobald (‘Toby’) Butler of Callan, and his wife Anne Audley, originally from Attebridge, Norfolk, England. She was descended on her father's side from…...
Butler, Edmund
Butler, Edmund (d. 1551), Roman catholic and Church of Ireland archbishop of Cashel, was an illegitimate son of Piers Butler (qv), 8th earl of Ormond and 1st earl of Ossory. He became a regular Augustinian canon and is said…...
Butler, Edward Joseph Aloysius (Dom Cuthbert
Butler, Edward Joseph Aloysius (Dom Cuthbert ) (1858–1934), Benedictine abbot and author, was born 6 May 1858 in Dublin, only child of Edward Butler (fl. 1854–96), barrister and professor of mathematics at the Catholic University of Ireland, and Mary Butler (née Cruise),…...
Butler, Eleanor Grace
Butler, Eleanor Grace (1914–97), countess of Wicklow, senator, social campaigner, and architect, was born 7 September 1914 at 89 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin, one of five children of the architect Rudolf Maximilian Butler (qv), a…...
Butler, James (‘James Butler I’)
Butler, James (‘James Butler I’) (1683?–1774), Roman catholic archbishop of Cashel, was born at Kelloges in the parish of Galbally, Co. Limerick, son of Edward Butler of Killusty and his wife Catherine, daughter and heiress of Thomas Butler of Woodenstown, Co. Tipperary. Although…...
Butler, James (‘James Butler II’)
Butler, James (‘James Butler II’) (1742–91), catholic archbishop of Cashel, was baptised on 6 March 1742 in St Mary's church, Dublin, fourth son of James Butler of Ballyraggett, Co. Kilkenny, and his wife, Frances Dillon. He was born into a junior branch of the Butler family of…...
Butler, John
Butler, John (c.1731–1800), 12th Baron Dunboyne , sometime Roman Catholic bishop of Cork, was born at Grange in the parish of Kiltinan, Co. Tipperary, third son of Edmund Butler, 8th Baron Dunboyne, and his wife, Anne Grace, widow of Richard Nagle. He was ordained in…...
Butler, Katherine
Butler, Katherine (1914–2000), Sister of Charity, teacher, and writer, was born 27 May 1914 in Dublin, first child of James Bayley Butler (qv), professor of biology in UCD, and…...
Butler, Marie Joseph (Johanna)
Butler, Marie Joseph (Johanna) (1860–1940), mother general of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, founder of Marymount schools and colleges, was born 22 July 1860 as Johanna Butler in Ballynunry, Co. Kilkenny, into the large family of John Butler, gentleman farmer, and…...
Butler, Mary Magdalen (Matilda Martha)
Butler, Mary Magdalen (Matilda Martha) (1795–1856), Dominican sister and founder of Sion Hill Dominican convent, Dublin, was born Matilda Martha Butler in Dublin. She entered the Dominican order and was the first sister to be professed in their new convent in Cabra on 28 December…...
Butler (Thompson), Elizabeth
Butler (Thompson), Elizabeth (1846–1933), Lady Butler , military painter, was born 3 November 1846 at the Villa Claremont, near Lausanne, Switzerland, the elder daughter of Thomas James Thompson and Christiana Thompson (née Weller). The Thompsons were cosmopolitan in outlook,…...
Butler, William Archer
Butler, William Archer (1812?–1848), clergyman and professor of moral philosophy, was second son of Pierce Archer Butler and Anna Maria Butler (née Gallwey); their seven children were brought up as Roman Catholics by their mother, though the father, who had several times been…...