Sir Ulick Burke, 3rd Baronet (; ; died 1708) of Glinsk, was an

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landowner and politician who was MP for

(1689).

Career

He was the son of Sir Edmund Burke, 2nd Baronet. The family resided at

Glinsk Castle Glinsk Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland. Location Glinsk Castle is located in the centre of Glinsk village, halfway between Creggs and Ballymoe, in the valley of the River Suck. History Glinsk ...

. Ulick Burke espoused the cause of King

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and was an MP for Galway County in the

Patriot Parliament Patriot Parliament is the name commonly used for the Irish Parliament session called by King James II during the Williamite War in Ireland which lasted from 1688 to 1691. The first since 1666, it held only one session, which lasted from 7 May 16 ...

of 1689, and was included in the articles of the

Treaty of Limerick }), signed on 3 October 1691, ended the 1689 to 1691 Williamite War in Ireland, a conflict related to the 1688 to 1697 Nine Years' War. It consisted of two separate agreements, one with military terms of surrender, signed by commanders of a Frenc ...

. He married Ismay, fourth daughter of Colonel John Kelly of Skreen,

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. 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 Turlough O'Carolan ( ga, Toirdhealbhach Ó Cearbhalláin ; 167025 March 1738) was a blind Celtic harper, composer and singer in Ireland whose great fame is due to his gift for melodic composition. Although not a composer in the classical sense, ...

is his songs ''Ulliac Búrca'' (Ulick Burke) and ''Marbhna Uillioc Búrca'' (Lament for Sir Ulick Burke).

References

External links

Carolan's song ''Ulliac Búrca''
1708 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Galway constituencies Politicians from County Galway Irish Jacobites Ulick Year of birth missing Irish MPs 1689 {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub