Sir Ulick Burke, 3rd Baronet

Sir Ulick Burke, 3rd Baronet (English: /ˈjuːlɪk/ YOO-lik; died 1708) of Glinsk, was an Irish landowner and politician in County Galway who was MP for Galway (1689–92).

Sir Ulick Burke Bt
Ulliac Búrca
MP for County Galway
In office 1689–1692 Serving with Sir Walter Blake, 6th Bt
Succeeded by	John Eyre Sir Oliver St George, 1st Bt
Personal details
Died	1708
Spouse	Ismay Kelly
Children	None
Parent	Edmund Burke, 2nd Baronet
Relatives	John Burke, 4th Baronet (half-brother)

Career

He was the son of Sir Edmund Burke, 2nd Baronet. The family resided at Glinsk Castle. Ulick Burke espoused the cause of King James II and was an MP for County Galway in the Patriot Parliament of 1689, and was included in the articles of the Treaty of Limerick. He married Ismay, fourth daughter of Colonel John Kelly of Skreen, County Roscommon. 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 is his songs Ulliac Búrca (Ulick Burke) and Marbhna Uillioc Búrca (Lament for Sir Ulick Burke).

Coat of arms of Sir Ulick Burke, 3rd Baronet

Crest Out of a ducal coronet Or, a plume of five ostrich feathers Argent. Escutcheon Or, a cross Gules in the dexter canton a lion rampant sable Motto IN HOC SIGNO VINCES (In this sign thou shalt conquer)

See also

• House of Burgh, an Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman dynasty founded in 1193

References

Bibliography

• Burke, Bernard (1884). The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time. University of California Libraries. London: Harrison & Sons.

External links

• Carolan's song Ulliac Búrca