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James Hardyman Burke, a Magistrate and Mayor of County Galway, was shot multiple times on 5 March 1820 while waiting at his estate's gatehouse. Dublin Castle offered £100 reward for the shooter. Burke and his servant escaped and called for a search to start. James Hardyman Burke, Magistrate and Mayor of County Galway, was shot several times on 5 March 1820 as he was waiting at the gatehouse of his St Clarence estate. A sum of £100 was placed on the perpetrator's head by Dublin Castle. Burke and his servant John Tully managed to flee from the scene and sent word that a round-up was to commence.