William Burke Kirwan (c.1814–1880?)[1] was a minor Irish painter best known for the murder of his wife, Sarah Maria Louisa Kirwan. The resulting trial was one of the most notorious in Victorian Ireland.
- ^ Patrick M Geoghegan,William Bourke Kirwan c1814-1880? in The Irish Times, Aug 21, 2010 (From the Royal Irish Academy's Dictionary of Irish Biography)