Edmund Bourke(Burke) STM, OP, (died 1738) was an Irish Dominican. Born in

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during the second half of the 17th century, joining the

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where in 1683 he professed in

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, in that county where he began his studies before leaving for

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where he completed his studies in Pamplona and at Our Lady of Atocha, Madrid.Irish Dominicans at Louvain before 1700: A Biographical Register
by Hugh Fenning OP, Collectanea Hibernica, No. 43 (2001), pp. 112-160 (51 pages) He is noted as the author of numerous scholarly works, though none of them have been traced. In 1706 he was principal regent of the Irish Dominican school in

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. He was called to rome in 1729. He died in

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on May 23, 1739. Edmund was the uncle of Thomas Burke OP, the dominican writer, who served as Bishop of Ossory.

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* ''Galway Authors'', Helen Maher, 1976. 1738 deaths Christian clergy from County Galway Irish Dominicans 18th-century Irish writers 17th-century births {{Ireland-hist-stub

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