[3] Dubbed "the most hunted man in Ireland" by the Irish Independent, Burke was smuggled to the USA in November 1918 as a stoker aboard the RMS Aquitania.

[4] Upon returning to Ireland in 1919 during the War of Irish Independence, he worked for the Dáil Department of Local Government, drawing the ire of British Chief Secretary Ian MacPherson, who imposed martial law on Tipperary, partly attributing it to Burke’s activities.

[4] In 1927, Burke was demoted to Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance, overseeing the Office of Public Works, to accommodate Richard Mulcahy's return to the cabinet.

In opposition, Burke supported the Blueshirts and European fascist movements for a time and criticised the 1937 Constitution of Ireland, arguing it would allow Fianna Fáil to undermine press freedom and individual rights.

Growing up with an Irish governess, Zenaide moved to Ireland for her secondary education before attending an agricultural college in England.

His published works include Foundations of Peace (1920), Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontent (1937), and Eire Tomorrow: A Sociological Survey (c.1943).