Ulysses Burgh DD (1632 - 1692)

Born 1632 in Dromkeen, County Limerick, Ireland

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 1692 at about age 60 in Dromkeen, County Limerick, Ireland

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Biography

Church of Ireland Clergy

Ulysses was the son of the Rev Richard Burgh.

He was educated at Trinity College Dublin. B.A. 1660, M.A. [Unrecorded], Sch 1660. ^[1]

He was admitted 27 September 1662 as Precentor of Emly. He was collated again on 7 October 1663.

He was instituted Dean of Emly on 23 May 1685.

The See of Ardagh was separated from that of Kilmore on the deprivation of Bishop Sheridan in 1681. Ulysses Burgh was appointed as Bishop of Ardagh, by patent dated September 8th, 1692; and was consecrated at Christ Church, Dublin, on September 11th, by the Archbishop of Dublin. He died, at Castleforbes, before the close of the year. After his death the see of Ardagh was again united to Kilmore, and so continued until 1742, when it was united to Tuam. But in 1833 an Act passed, perpetually uniting it to Kilmore, as in former times.

Ulysses married Mary Kingsmill, daughter of Colonel William Kingsmill of Ballinbeg Abbey, County Cork, in 1663.^[2]

Children

1. Rickard b. 1666 married 25 Feb. 1689, Elizabeth Griffin
2. William of Bert, Comptroller and Accountant-General, . 1693, Margaret Parnell, daughter of Thomas Parnell, of Congleton, Cheshire
3. Thomas of Oldtown, married Mary Smyth, daughter of Right Rev. William Smyth, Bishop of Kilmore
4. John of Troy House, co. Monmouth, b. 1673 ; d. 1743
5. Henry (Rev.)
6. Ashburnham of Stanley Park, co. Gloucester
7. Charles d. 1692. (admon. 6 May, 1693).
8. Margaret married [Unknown] Shepheard
9. Elizabeth married 1687, Boyle Aldworth, son of Sir R. Aldworth.
10. Dorothea married Right Rev. Thomas Smyth, Bishop of Limerick

He died in 1692 and did not leave a will. ^[3]

Probate (1)^[4]

Burgh, Ulisses, Bishop of Ardagh to Charles Burgh of Dromkeen, Co. Limerick, the son and Maria Burgh, the widow. dated 6 May 1692

Charles appears to have died in 1692

Probate (2)^[5]

Burgh, UIisses, Ardagh, Bishop to Maria Burgh, the widow & Relict. Admon granted 1 October 1692.

Sources

1. ↑ FindmyPast - Alumni Dublinenses - 1924 Edition Note: Published in 1924, this is the first edition Alumni Dublinenses, a register of provosts, professors, graduates and students of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland's oldest university.
2. ↑ J of Co Kildare Archealogical Soc. Vol iv 1903/05
3. ↑ http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/dw/IRE_DIOC_007246589_00438.pdf
4. ↑ FindmyPast - Intestates and Marriage Licenses 1692 to 1697
5. ↑ FindmyPast - Betham's Genealogical Abstracts Prerog Admons. (Int) B. 1683-1724

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