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Colonel Thomas de Burgh (English: / d ˈ b ɜːr /; d’-BER; 1670 – 18 December 1730), always named in his lifetime as Thomas Burgh, was an Anglo-Irish military engineer, architect, and Member of the Parliament of Ireland who served as Surveyor General of Ireland (1700–1730) and designed a number of the large public buildings of Dublin ...
Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh also spelt Borough, KG (English: / b ʊr æ /; BURRA; pronounced: Borough; c. 1488 – 28 February 1550), 1st Baron Borough of Gainsborough, also de jure 5th Baron Strabolgi and 7th Baron Cobham of Sterborough, was an English peer.
The House of Burgh or Burke ( English: / d ˈbɜːr /; d’-BER; French pronunciation: [d.buʁ]; Irish: de Búrca; Latin: Burgo) was an ancient Anglo-Norman and later Hiberno-Norman aristocratic dynasty which played a prominent role in the Norman invasion of Ireland, held the earldoms of Kent, Ulster, Clanricarde, and Mayo at various times, and provide...
The old Library of Trinity College (old because of a newer neighbour built by Ahrends Burton Koralak) is Thomas Burgh’s masterpiece. A huge building, it originally towered over the university and city after its completion.
Burgh, Thomas. Burgh, Thomas (1670–1730), architect and military engineer, was born in Drumkeen, Co. Limerick, third son of Ulysses Burgh, dean of Emly and later bishop of Ardagh, and Mary de Burgh, daughter of William Kingmill of Ballibeg, Co. Cork. Educated at Delany's school, Co. Dublin, he entered TCD on 22 November 1685. It is believed ...
Thomas Burgh (1670-1730) – Engineer Extraordinaire One of the greatest Irish military engineers of all time, who rose to become Surveyor General of Ireland, his legacies include Collins Barracks, the Old Library at Trinity College, the Linen Hall, the Kilmainham Infirmary and Dr. Steeven’s Hospital, as well as his family home, Oldtown, near ...
Hace 4 días · Sir John Burgh [or Borough] and his brother Thomas, 5th Lord Burgh are both buried in the chapel of St Andrew in Westminster Abbey. They were sons of William, 4th Baron Burgh of Gainsborough. Sir John originally had a plain monument on the east wall of the chapel.
