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'Thomas Henry Burke' (1829-May 6, 1882) was Permanent Under Secretary at the Irish Office for many years before being killed during the Phoenix Park Murders on Saturday May 6, 1882. The killing was carried out by a Irish republican organisation called the Irish National Invincibles. The newly appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland Lord Frederick Cavendish, although not the intended victim, was assassinated along side him while they walked through Phoenix Park in Dublin.
Thomas Burke was disliked by the Invincibles because he had been working for the British Establishment in a prominent position for many years and he was from an ancient and distinguished Irish Catholic family; so in their eyes he was a traitor.
Thomas Henry Burke was one of six sons of William Burke of Knocknagur, County Galway and Fanny Xavier Tucker. One brother was Sir Theobald Hubert Burke, 13th Baronet of Glinsk, another brother was the artist Augustus Nicholas Burke.

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Memorial Prize

The Department of Education in Northern Ireland administers the Burke Memorial Fund, a trust fund from which the payment of an annual prize of £150 is awarded to the best answerer in GCSE examinations taken in Northern Ireland.