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32 unusual facts about Burke


Annals of Connacht

The early sections, commencing with the death of King Cathal Crobdearg Ua Conchobair of Connacht, are exceptionally detailed and give a good account of Connacht affairs during the 13th and early to mid-14th century, particularly for the families of O'Connor and Burke.

Burke Civil War

The Burke/de Burgh Civil War was a conflict in Ireland in the 1330s between three leading members of the de Burgh (Burke/Bourke) family.

Burke's Landed Gentry

A few ancient gentry families survive on reduced means on the ancestral estate, for example the Fulford family of Great Fulford, near Dunsford in Devon, which featured on the 2012 TV series "Country House Rescue", which Burke's Landed Gentry states to have occupied their current home since the reign of King Richard I.

Burke's Peerage

And most recently in 2013 all remaining Burke's rights were sold to Burke's Peerage Limited, with Sam Malin as Managing Director.

Burke's Rangers

Toward the close of the French and Indian war, in 1760, he was commissioned a Major by Gov. Thomas Pownall.

Burke's Tavern

Near the end of the American Civil War in 1865, the Union Brigadier General Thomas Alfred Smyth of Delaware, wounded at the Battle of High Bridge was brought to the house, where he died on April 9.

Clanricarde

Ulick Fionn Burke 1485-1509.

Ulick Ruadh Burke 1430-1485.

Richard Óge Burke 1509-1519.

Ulick Óge Burke 1519-1520.

Richard Mór Burke 1520-1530.

Cornwall Alliance

The Cornwall Alliance was founded by the James Partnership and "according to public records" examined by the liberal group Think Progress, as of June 2010 the two organizations shared the same office in Burke, Virginia along with the public relations firm CDR Communications of James Partnership co-founder Chris Rogers.

Desmond Lardner-Burke

He also acted as Leader of the House.

Donnchadh mac Eamonn Ó Cellaigh

Donnchadh's reign saw the final subjugation of Ui Maine to the Clanricarde's, after two centuries of virtual independence and seizure of lands conquored by the Burkes in the 13th century.

This, as well as a gradual reconquest of Ui Maine by successive Clanricarde's, finally brought the clan Cellaigh under Burke dominance.

Edmond de Burgh

Sir Edmund de Burgh, Irish knight and ancestor of the Burke family of Clanwilliam, 1298–1338.

Guise Brittan

According to Burke's Peerage, he was not of full age, but the family lawyer confirmed that he was.

Hubert Davis

Davis attended Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia, where he averaged 28.0 points per game in his senior year.

James Fitz-James Stuart, 2nd Duke of Berwick

His mother was Lady Honora Burke (1675–1698), second daughter of William Burke, (d. 1687), the seventh Earl of Clanricarde (Honora was a common female name in the Burke and Walshingam families).

Larry D. Shippy

Shippy was born to Orris D. and Ruby M. Shippy in Burke, the seat of rural Gregory County, in southern South Dakota.

Mac William Íochtar

As a result of the Burke Civil War of the 1330s, the Lordship of Connacht was split between two opposing factions of the de Burgh family: the Burkes of Mac William Uachtar (or Clanricarde) in southern Connacht and the Mac William Íochtar Bourkes of northern Connacht.

Maelsechlainn Ó Cellaigh

The borders were expanded as land lost in the 13th century to the Earl of Ulster was regained at the expense of the Burke of Clanricarde.

MC Layla

She is the second child of Jack Richard Capel Hanbury (born 18 April 1953) and Julie Tasma (née Piper); with an older brother, James Edwin Capel Hanbury (born 26 September 1979), and a younger sister, Amelia Jeanne Hanbury (born 15 September 1986) – the family is listed in Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage (2003).

Michael VerMeulen

In the same year he became engaged to an Australian author named Antonella Gambotto-Burke, who left him because of his drug addiction.

Ormsby M. Mitchel

He happened to be in New York when the news of the fall of Sumter came and, being asked to speak at a public meeting, poured out the deep emotions of his fervid soul in a passionate appeal whose eloquence produced an effect like that of the orations or Demosthenes, Cicero and Burke.

Pocumtuck Range

The lake described in the tale is very reminiscent of the post-glacial Lake Hitchcock which occupied the Connecticut River Valley from Burke, Vermont to New Britain, Connecticut 15,000 years ago.

Rex rabbit

Burke's Backyard notes that Rex Rabbits are claimed to be one of the most intelligent breeds of rabbits.

Richard Óg de Burgh

Richard Óge is credited as been the ancestor of the Burke family of Clanricarde in south Connacht (now County Galway, who became an extremely powerful family in their own right following the Burke Civil War of the 1330s.

Richard Óg de Burgh, Anglo-Irish noble and soldier, ancestor of Burke of Clanricarde, fl.

The Dismemberment Plan

Axelson, Caddell, Morrison and original drummer Steve Cummings formed the band in college, knowing each other from attending northern Virginia high schools (Axelson, Cummings, and Morrison attended Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia).

Uilleag de Burgh

He was succeeded upon his death in 1343 by his son, Richard Og Burke.

William Seton

Burke's Peerage (1900) recognized him as the head of the Seton family of Parbroath, senior cadets of the earls of Winton in Scotland.


Alan Burke

Alan S. Burke (September 15, 1922 - August 25, 1992) was an American conservative television and radio talk show host who was on the air primarily in New York City from 1966 to 1969 on WNEW (now Fox Broadcasting O&O WNYW).

Ambrose Burke

Monsignor Ambrose J. Burke (November 27, 1895 – October 6, 1998) was an English professor and Catholic priest who served as the eighth president of Saint Ambrose University (then Saint Ambrose College) from 1940 through 1956.

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

The group formed the band B.O.N.E. Enterpri$e which consisted of five members: Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone, Bizzy Bone, Wish Bone and later Flesh-n-Bone and recorded an album entitled Faces of Death in the studio of their then mentor, Kermit Henderson (Krayzie Bone's younger brother) on his indie label Stoney Burke in 1993.

Burke Marshall

He was survived by his wife Violet P. Marshall, three daughters, Catie Marshall, Jane Marshall, both of Brooklyn, New York, and Josie Phillips of Plymouth, England, as well as four grandchildren: Ian Marshall Bakerman and Morgan Montgomery Bakerman of Catie Marshall and Nelson Bakerman; and James Marshall Phillips and Samuel Burke Phillips, who are the sons of Josie and Greg Phillips.

Burke Slusher

Burke Slusher is the current associate head coach and goalkeeping director of the Kansas City Brass in Premier Development League of the United Soccer Leagues.

Bush bread

Ill-fated explorers Burke and Wills survived on bush bread for some time after they ran out of rations due to the death of their camels.

Byron Burke

Burke was the creative force behind Ten City, an early 1990s dance group that has established them as one of the pioneers of House Music.

Death Warrant

Meanwhile, more inmates are mysteriously murdered with one being set on fire in his own cell for giving Burke information about the murders and also Konefke is killed, and stone-faced prison guard DeGraff (Art LaFleur) puts Burke in solitary confinement, where he's interrogated and beaten.

Didn't We Almost Have It All?

Loretta Devine (Adele Webber), Diahann Carroll (Jane Burke), Tsai Chin (Yang's mother), Elizabeth Reaser (Rebecca Pope), Steven W. Bailey (Joe), Jack Yang (Walter) all reprised their role as guest stars.

Doris Burke

In 2003, Burke was named to ESPN's top men's basketball team working with Dick Vitale on the men's games and working the sidelines for ESPN and ABC for their coverage of the NBA.

Doris Burke (born Doris Sable on January 4, 1965) is a sideline reporter and color analyst for ESPN college basketball, as well as NBA on ESPN and NBA on ABC games.

Dr Charles James Fox

Afterwards he became a corn merchant (for miss Flynn (Bridget, née Burke, married to Daniel Flynn?)) remained three years at home and then joined another company (His ship on fire at Hamburg) He got a sunstroke fell from a balcony and died at the Catholic Hospital 11 Feb 1881 and was buried by the Jesuits at Singapore

Eric Hara

In 2009, Hara launched David Burke’s restaurant Fishtail by David Burke where he first showcased his new hand at American cuisine and seafood.

Five Stairsteps

Burke worked as a writer/producer (frequently with keyboardist Dean Gant and former Average White Band drummer Steve Ferrone) with The O'Jays, The Jones Girls, The Whispers, Keith Sweat, George Howard, Peabo Bryson, Bill Withers, and Perri, among others.

Fourth Estate

In Burke's 1787 coining he would have been making reference to the traditional three estates of Parliament: The Lords Spiritual, the Lords Temporal and the Commons.

Frank Holloway

In season two, Frank had a brief relationship with Melbourne detective Nicola Burke (Essie Davis), while he and Rachel were visiting the Victorian capital to investigate a murder.

Freddie Sweetan

In part to an agreement with Sweetan and Leo Burke, Prosser and Sweetan( being the same person) began wrestling in the Kansas City-area as Killer Kox and K.O. Kox with Bob Geigel's NWA Central States.

Jicarilla language

Axelrod, Melissa; Gómez de García, Jule; Lachler, Jordan; & Burke, Sean M. (Eds.).

Joan Brickhill

She directed and presented, with her husband, Louis Burke, the first South African play in KwaZulu-Natal to be performed for multiracial audiences.

Limehouse Nights

It was a popular success and features several of Burke's best-known stories such as The Chink and the Child and Beryl and the Croucher.

Martha Burk

Burke is widely known for a disagreement beginning in 2002 with William "Hootie" Johnson, then chairman of Augusta National Golf Club, over admission of female members to Augusta National.

Mary Burke

Burke is a former executive at Trek Bicycle Corporation, and she also served as the Wisconsin Secretary of Commerce.

Naomh Mearnóg CLG

Éanna Mac Cába, as acting Treasurer, reported to the meeting that the club’s finances were in a healthy state, showing a credit balance of £27 made up of subscriptions from Jackie Hughes, Brother O’Fearghail (Coláiste Mhuire), Ray Burke T.D. and Shay Corrigan.

Nathan Burke

It was also notable for the fact that the coaching panel of Richmond that day included fellow St Kilda teammates Danny Frawley and Stewart Loewe, who stayed on the ground in honour of Burke following his parade lap (with Alex Lloyd's "Amazing" played at the ground).

Petaluma River

Endangered flora include Soft Bird’s-Beak (Cordylanthus mollis ssp. mollis), Baker’s Stickyseed (Blennosperma bakeri), Burke’s Goldfields (Lasthenia burkei), Showy Indian clover (Trifolium amoenum), Sebastopol meadowfoam (Limnanthes vinculans).

Quincuncina burkei

This very distinct species was first discovered in the Pea River at Elamville, Ala., by Joseph B. Burke and is named

Raymond H. Burke

Raymond Burke was personnel and employment manager for The Hooven-Owens-Rentschler Company tool works, a major Hamilton, Ohio employer, from 1918 to 1923.

Raymond Leo Burke

On February 5, 2011, the memorial of St. Agatha, Cardinal Burke took canonical possession of his titular church in Rome, Sant'Agata dei Goti.

Revolution Controversy

Anna Laetitia Barbauld, a prolific writer admired by Samuel Johnson and William Wordsworth and wife of the minister at Newington Green, alluded to Burke's work and his opponents in her "Sins of the Government, Sins of the Nation" (1793).

Royal descent

His work, however, was heavily dependent upon those whose names were readily ascertainable from works of genealogical reference, such as Peerages and Burke's Landed Gentry.

Saffo the Greek

In July 1914, he was in attendance with other figures of the Levee including John Torrio (representing Jim Colosimo), John Jordan, Jackie Adler and Harry Hopkins at Port Lamp Burke's roadhouse near Cedar Creek (Indiana) several hours after gunman Roxie Vanilli, a cousin of Torrio whom he had brought in from New York, had shot and killed Chicago detective Sgt. Stanley Birns.

Selma Burke

Burke was caught up in the Harlem Renaissance with Claude McKay and, influenced by the Harlem Arts Community Center, began to chase her dream of being an artist.

Tennis male players statistics

, 1932: This North American tour began with ten pros (including Tilden, Nüsslein, Burke, Vincent Richards, Hunter, Roman Najuch, Allen Behr, and Emmett Pare).

The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener

The resultant These Are My Songs album was also produced by Burke with Hatch contributing only one track albeit the one selected as the follow-up single: "Don't Sleep in the Subway".

The Real Wedding Crashers

The series was produced by Ashton Kutcher, Karey Burke, Rich Meehan, Jon Kroll, Jim Rosenthal, and Jason Goldberg with RDF USA, the production company of shows like Wife Swap, in association with New Line Television, part of the studio that produced the film.

Theresa Burke

On May 20, 1999, Burke was on the telephone with bank robber Ty Conn, an escapee from the Kingston Penitentiary (one of Canada's most secure prisons) when he shot himself as the police were attempting his re-arrest.

Timeline of nuclear fusion

- August - Robert J. Burke presents updates to the SPRFD HIF process and Charles Helsley presents the Economics of SPRFD at the 19th International HIF Symposium at Berkeley, California.

Todd Bertuzzi–Steve Moore incident

Two days after the incident, Bertuzzi scheduled a press conference in which he wept and apologized to Moore and his family, as well as to Burke, Canucks owner John McCaw, Jr., the Canucks organization, his teammates, and the fans.

University Link

It will start at the northernmost stop of Central Link underneath Westlake Center and continue northeast to its first stop beneath Capitol Hill at Cal Anderson Park, near Seattle Central Community College, before heading north to its final stop at the University of Washington near Husky Stadium and the Burke-Gilman Trail.

William Hodgkinson

Hodgkinson left the expedition before it ended in disaster at Cooper Creek, and went on to join first Alfred William Howitt’s Victorian Relief Expedition, which aimed to establish the fate of the Burke and Wills expedition, and then in 1861 the John McKinlay relief party, on which he served as second-in-command.

Wilson and Palmer v United Kingdom

Nicholas Underhill QC and Brian Napier acted for Associated Newspapers, and Patrick Elias QC and Nigel Giffin acted for Associated British Ports, while John Hendy QC and Jennifer Eady acted for Mr Wilson and Jeffrey Burke QC and Peter Clark acted for Mr Palmer.