Tomás Burke (fl. 1600–02) was an Irish

gentleman A gentleman (Old French: ''gentilz hom'', gentle + man) is any man of good and courteous conduct. Originally, ''gentleman'' was the lowest rank of the landed gentry of England, ranking below an esquire and above a yeoman; by definition, the ra ...

and soldier who served during the

Nine Years' War The Nine Years' War (1688–1697), often called the War of the Grand Alliance or the War of the League of Augsburg, was a conflict between France and a European coalition which mainly included the Holy Roman Empire (led by the Habsburg monarch ...

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The most obscure of the four known sons of

John na Seamar Burke John "na Seamer" Burke, Baron Leitrim (Irish: ''Seán mac an Iarla a Búrc''; ; ; died 1583), also known as John of the Shamrocks, was one of the notorious half-brothers called the ('sons of the earl'), whose conflicts with each other and thei ...

(died 1583), Burke and his brothers -

Redmond Burke, Baron Leitrim Redmond Burke, Baron Leitrim (; ; fl. 1580s–1602) was an Irish noble and soldier who served in Spain and later in Ireland during the Nine Years' War. Family background Burke was a member of the Burke family of Clanricarde, in what is now ...

William Burke, Lord of Bealatury William Burke, Lord of Bealatury (fl. 1580s-1616) was an Irish noble and soldier who served in Spain, and later in Ireland during the Nine Years' War. Career Burke was a member of the Burke family of Clanricarde, in what is now County Galway ...

and John Óge Burke - fought with

Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone Hugh O'Neill (Irish: ''Aodh Mór Ó Néill''; literally ''Hugh The Great O'Neill''; – 20 July 1616), was an Irish Gaelic lord, Earl of Tyrone (known as the Great Earl) and was later created ''The Ó Néill Mór'', Chief of the Name. O'Neil ...

and Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill against the English during the

Nine Years' War (Ireland) The Nine Years' War, sometimes called Tyrone's Rebellion, took place in Ireland from 1593 to 1603. It was fought between an Irish alliance—led mainly by Hugh O'Neill of Tyrone and Hugh Roe O'Donnell of Tyrconnell—against English rule in ...

. He survived the Siege of Kinsale but is believed to have perished while marching with Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare. His brother, William, is the only member of the family referred to when the marchers' reached

Aughrim, County Galway Aughrim () is a small village in County Galway, Ireland. It is located between the towns of Loughrea and Ballinasloe, along the old N6 national primary road (now listed as the R446 regional road) that used to be the main road between Galway and ...

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* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005F/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Burke, Tomas Irish soldiers in the Spanish Army 16th-century Irish military personnel People from County Galway Tomas People of Elizabethan Ireland

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