Vera Cosgrave

Vera Cosgrave
Born Vera Louise Osborne
(1926-03-11)11 March 1926
Naas, Kildare, Ireland
Died 15 September 2016(2016-09-15) (aged 90)
Tallaght Medical Center,
Dublin, Ireland
Resting place Goldenbridge Cemetery,
Inchicore, Dublin, Ireland
Nationality Irish
Alma mater Trinity College, Dublin
Political party Fine Gael
Spouse(s)
Liam Cosgrave
(m. 1952; her death 2016)
Children
Relatives W. T. Cosgrave (father-in-law)

Vera Louise Cosgrave (née Osborne; 11 March 1926 – 15 September 2016) was the wife of Liam Cosgrave.

Vera Osborne was born in Naas, County Kildare on 11 March 1926. Her father, J. W. Osborne was a horse trainer based at Craddoxtown House. Osborne married Liam Cosgrave on 16 April 1952. At the time Cosgrave was a government minister, before later rising to the position of Leader of Fine Gael and Taoiseach in 1973.

She died in Dublin on 15 September 2016, aged 90.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Collins, Stephen (19 September 2016). "Vera Cosgrave remembered at her funeral in Dublin". Irish Times. Retrieved 15 February 2017.


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