Edmund Bourke was an Irish Dominican

Dominican Order

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Born in Galway

Galway

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 during the second half of the 17th century, joining the Order of Preachers in that county where he began his studies before leaving for Spain

Spain

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 where he completed them. 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 Louvain

Leuven

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. He died in Rome

Rome

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 about 1738.