James Burke (Cork politician)

James Burke
Teachta Dála
In office February 1932 – 10 September 1936
Constituency	Cork West
Personal details
Born	1873 (1873) Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
Died	10 September 1936(1936-09-10) (aged 62–63) County Cork, Ireland
Political party	Fine Gael Cumann na nGaedheal

James Michael Burke (1873 – 10 September 1936) was an Irish Cumann na nGaedheal politician, newspaper editor and barrister. He was born and lived in Skibbereen, County Cork. He was first appointed editor of the Southern Star newspaper in 1915 and held that post from 1921 to 1933.

As a public representative he served on the Skibbereen Urban Council, Cork County Council and he was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedhael Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork West constituency at the 1933 general election. He died in office in 1936, but no by-election was held for his seat.

Burke was also a noted historian, writing numerous historical articles in the Southern Star newspaper and for journals such as the Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society.