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, 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, Richard
Burke, Richard (c.1569–1635), 4th earl of Clanricard, nobleman, was the second, but eldest surviving, son of the six sons and two daughters of Ulick Burke, 3rd earl of Clanricard, and his wife, Honora, daughter of John Burke of Clogheroka, Co. Galway. His date of birth is…...
Burke, Sir Thomas
Burke, Sir Thomas (c.1750–1813), baronet and landowner, was born in Marble Hill, Co. Galway, son of John Burke (1713–93) of Grallough, Co. Galway, a catholic landowner, and Mary Burke, eldest daughter of Michael Carroll of Killoran, Co. Galway. With the passing of the…...
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, Ulick
Burke, Ulick (c.1670–1691), viscount of Galway , Jacobite soldier, was fourth son of William Burke, 7th earl of Clanricarde (and first son by William's second wife Helen, daughter of the 1st earl of Clancarty (qv)). On 2…...
Burke, Ulick
Burke, Ulick (d. 1601), 3rd earl of Clanricard and military leader, was eldest son of Richard Burke (qv), 2nd earl of Clanricard, and his first wife, Margaret, daughter of …...
Burke, Ulick
Burke, Ulick (1604–58), 1st marquess of Clanricard , politician, was born at Athlone in 1604, the only son of politician and landowner, Richard Burke (qv), 4th earl of Clanricard, and Frances, daughter and heir of the Elizabethan secretary of…...
Burke, William
Burke, William (d. 1687), 7th earl of Clanricard , catholic nobleman, was the second son of Sir William Burke and Joan, daughter of Dermot O'Shaugnessy (qv; see Roger O'Shaugnessy) of Gort, Co. Galway. He was a colonel in the king's service in 1640 and…...
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,…...
Burneyeat (Burnyeat), John
Burneyeat (Burnyeat), John (1631–90), quaker missionary, was born in Crabtreebeck, Cumberland. A pious, industrious farmer, he attended a meeting held by George Fox in 1653 and afterwards joined the Society of Friends. Following his conversion, he continued to farm and did not begin to…...
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
Butler, Edward (d. 1653), 1st Viscount Galmoy , confederate, was the eldest son of three sons and three daughters of Piers Butler of Duiske abbey, Co. Kilkenny – the illegitimate son of Thomas Butler (qv), 10th earl of Ormond – and his…...
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, James
Butler, James (a. 1488–1538), 10th lord of Dunboyne, was son of James Butler, 9th lord, and either Elinor, daughter of Sir Laurence Taaffe, or Catherine, daughter of Finghin MacCarthy Reagh. He became the head of the Dunboyne Butlers on his father's death (1508), and received…...
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…...