Dominic Burke (other)
Dominic Burke ( – 1649) was an Irish Dominican priest and political agent. Dominic or Dominick Burke may also refer to: * Dominic Burke (bishop) (died 1704), Irish Roman Catholic Bishop of Elphin from 1671 to 1704 * Dominick Burke (died 1747), Irish politician * Dominic Burke (businessman) Dominic James Burke (born September 1958) is a British businessman, and the chief executive officer (CEO) of Jardine Lloyd Thompson, the British multinational insurance broker since December 2005, and the world's fifth largest. Burke was born in ...

Dominic Burke
Dominic Burke ( – 1649) was an Irish Dominican priest and political agent. Burke appears to have been a native of Athenry; he is documented as a member of the Dominican Abbey of the town, after which he studied at Bologna. From 1628 he was a collegial student in Rome where, after graduate studies, he became lector of theology and confessor. Burke was fluent in Irish, English, Latin and Italian. He was proposed in 1633 by Ridolfi for the Scottish mission but remained in Rome as procurator of the Irish Dominican province, which he held till 1639, succeeding his brother, Oliver Burke. Between 1638 and 1640 he was proposed for the sees of Clonfert, Kilalla and Achonry but not appointed to any of them. In 1639 he was in London to carry out an arbitration in a dispute between English Dominicans, meriting praise from Carlo Rossetti, the Papal Representative. He was by then patronised by the Earl of Clanricarde and the Marchioness of Winchester, who had recommended him for a see. ...
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Dominic Burke (bishop)
Dominic Burke (c. 1639 – 1 January 1704) was an Irish Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Bishop of Elphin The Bishop of Elphin (; ) is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Elphin, County Roscommon, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other ... from 1671 to 1704. References 1630s births 1704 deaths Roman Catholic bishops of Elphin Year of birth unknown Year of birth uncertain Place of birth missing {{Ireland-RC-archbishop-stub ...
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Dominick Burke
Dominick Burke or Bourke (died 8 December 1747) was an Irish politician from County Galway. He represented the borough of Galway in the Irish House of Commons from 1735 to his death.Leigh Rayment, , accessed 29 December 2011 He was also Mayor of Galway in 1735 and 1737 and Recorder of the town from 1739 to 1747. His sons included Dominick, who married Margaret, widow of Francis Annesley of Ballysax and daughter and heiress of Edward Eyre of Galway, but had no issue by her, and Bingham, a captain in the Army. His daughter Sarah married George Brabazon of New Park and was the mother of Sir Anthony Brabazon, 1st Baronet. John Burke and John Bernard Burke, ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland'', second edition (London, 1841page 601/ref> References * James Hardiman James Hardiman (1782–1855), also known as Séamus Ó hArgadáin, was a librarian at Queen's College, Galway. Hardiman is best remembered f ...
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