Vera Cosgrave
Vera Cosgrave | |
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Born |
Vera Louise Osborne 11 March 1926 Naas, Kildare, Ireland |
Died |
15 September 2016 90) Tallaght Medical Center, Dublin, Ireland | (aged
Resting place |
Goldenbridge Cemetery, Inchicore, Dublin, Ireland |
Nationality | Irish |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin |
Political party | Fine Gael |
Spouse(s) | |
Children |
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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
- ↑ Collins, Stephen (19 September 2016). "Vera Cosgrave remembered at her funeral in Dublin". Irish Times. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
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