Sir Ulick Burke, 3rd Baronet (; ; died 1708) of Glinsk, was an Irish landowner and politician in County Galway who was MP for Galway (1689).

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.

Sir Ulick Burke, 3rd 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).

Sir Ulick Burke, 3rd Baronet

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

Sir Ulick Burke, 3rd Baronet