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Iam looking for any information on the name of burke.I am told that it originates from galway,any help or info would be greatly appreciated
My Family name is Burke, my grandmother was a Burke from the town of Gort in County Galway. Her father was Thomas and Mother was Catherine(healy). She had a brother that still lived in Gort up until his death a couple of years ago, Kevin. Burke is a very popular name in Galway and as i have found out it is very hard to get an exact reading on your relatives, even when you have a decent starting place, like i do. There are pages all over the internet telling of the origins of BURKE, so i wont go on too long here, but it is derived from the Norman name De Burgh and was brought to Ireland C.1150ad. I am really just starting myself looking in to all this sorry i could not be of more help