Ulick Burke, 1st Viscount Galway
Irish Jacobite (c.1670–1691)
Ulick Burke, 1st Viscount Galway (English: YOO-lik; c. 1670 – 1691) was an Irish army officer slain at the Battle of Aughrim while fighting for the Jacobites during the Williamite War in Ireland.
Birth and origins
Ulick was born about 1670 a younger son of William Burke and his second wife, Helen MacCarty. His father was the 7th Earl of Clanricarde.
Ulick's mother was his father's second wife. She was a daughter of Donough MacCarty, 1st Earl of Clancarty, and therefore belonged to the MacCarthy of Muskerry dynasty, a Gaelic Irish family that descended from the kings of Desmond.
Ulick was one of four siblings, who are listed in his father's article. He also had half-siblings from his father's first marriage, who are also listed in his father's article.
His father was succeeded by his half-brothers Richard and John as the 8th and the 9th Earl.
Ulick was the brother-in-law of Jacobite leader Patrick Sarsfield, who married Ulick's sister, Honora Burke.
Viscount Galway
He was created by letters patent dated 2 June 1687 Baron of Tyaquin and Viscount Galway.
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