James Francis Burke (8 April 1895 – 28 December 1987) was an Irish hurler, Gaelic footballer and revolutionary. His championship career as a dual player with the Dublin senior teams spanned ten years from 1917 until 1927.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Proinsias de Búrca | ||
| Sport | Dual player | ||
| Football Position: | Forward | ||
| Hurling Position: | Forward | ||
| Born |
James Francis Burke 8 April 1895 Carbury, County Kildare, Ireland | ||
| Died |
28 December 1987 (aged 92) Rathfarnham, Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Nickname | Fergus | ||
| Occupation | Secondary school teacher | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Collegians | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Dublin titles | 0 | 3 | |
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
1915–1924 | University College Dublin | ||
| College titles | |||
| Sigerson titles | 4 | ||
| Fitzgibbon titles | 5 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1917–1927 | Dublin | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Leinster Titles | 5 | 4 | |
| All-Ireland Titles | 3 | 2 | |
Born in Carbury, County Kildare, Burke was educated locally before later boarding at St. Enda's School in Dublin. Under the influence of Patrick Pearse he joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood and was a founder-member of the Irish Volunteers in 1913. During the 1916 Easter Rising Burke was stationed in the General Post Office before later manning a barricade on Moore Street. His sister, Aoife de Búrca was a nurse in the GPO while he was there.[2] After a period of internment in Stafford and Frongoch he returned to Dublin where took over as headmaster of St. Enda's School.[3]
Burke enjoyed his first successes in competitive hurling and football during his studies at University College Dublin. A regular on the university's inter-varsities team he won five Sigerson Cup medals and four Fitzgibbon Cup medals between 1915 and 1924.
At club level Burke played with the Colegians team. As a hurler he won three successive county senior championship medals from 1917 to 1919.
Burke made his debut on the inter-county scene in 1914 when he was selected for the Dublin junior team. He won an All-Ireland medal that year before collecting a second in 1916. Burke subsequently joined the Dublin senior teams in both codes, making his debut in 1917. Over the course of the next decade he became one of the greatest and most successful dual players of all time, winning All-Ireland medals as a hurler in 1917 and 1920 before collecting three successive All-Ireland medals as a footballer from 1921 to 1923.[4] Burke also won a total of nine Leinster medals. He played his last game for Dublin during the 1927 championship.[5]
Honours
edit- University College Dublin
- Fitzgibbon Cup (4): 1915, 1916, 1917, 1924,
- Sigerson Cup (5): 1915, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1924,
- Collegians
- Dublin Senior Hurling Championship (3): 1917, 1918, 1919
- Dublin
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (3): 1921, 1922, 1923
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (2): 1917, 1920
- Leinster Senior Football Championship (5): 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924
- Leinster Senior Hurling Championship (4): 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921
- All-Ireland Junior Football Championship (2): 1914, 1916
- Leinster Junior Football Championship (2): 1914, 1916
References
edit- ^ Callaghan, Tommy (14 July 2016). "GAA President to launch The Frank Burke Story". Longford Leader. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ "EVA BURKE – A KILDARE WOMAN IN THE GPO". www.kildare.ie.
- ^ Durney, James (16 April 2016). "Frank Burke and the 1916 Rising". James Durney website. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ McElliogott, Richard (23 April 2016). "The Kingdom, the capital and the empire: The role of the Kerry and Dublin GAA in the 1916 Rising". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ Keenan, Mark (9 May 2014). "Home of the Dublin GAA hero whose man was marked". Irish Independent. Retrieved 28 July 2017.