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Collins, Alfred Tenison (1852–1945), banker, was born 22 September 1852 in Tipperary town, the son of Joseph Tenison Collins and Sarah Louise Collins, daughter of Charles Morrogh McCarthy. Joseph was for many years manager of the National Bank, Ballinasloe, and was a contributor to…

Collins, John (1883–1954), civil servant, was born 29 May 1883 in Waterford city, one of four children of John Collins, borough constable, and Bridget Collins (née Quinlan), of the City Hall, Waterford. Educated at Mount Sion CBS,…

Collins, John Henry (1880–1952), lawyer and politician, was born 3 March 1880 in Newry, Co. Down, elder son of Henry Patrick Collins, auctioneer of Derrybeg, Newry, Co. Down, and Kate Collins, daughter of Frank McDonald, farmer, of Carrickredmond, Dundalk, Co. Louth. The family…

Comyn, Michael (1871–1952), lawyer and politician, was born 6 June 1871 at Clareville, Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare, the eldest son and the second of seven children of James Comyn of Kilshanny, Co. Clare, a tenant farmer and secretary of the local branch of the Land League, and his wife…

Conroy, John Charles (‘Charlie’) (1906–85), lawyer and judge, was born 14 January 1906 at Garafin, Rosmuc, Co. Galway, the third of the five children of bilingual parents, Patrick D. Conroy, cattle exporter and JP, and Jane A. Conroy (née…

Coogan, Edward (Eamonn, ‘Ned’) (1896–1948), deputy Garda commissioner, barrister, and politician, was born 30 November 1896 in Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny, the only son of Timothy Coogan, shopkeeper of Castlecomer, and Bridget Coogan (née Joyce). Educated at Castlecomer national…

Cope, Sir Alfred William (‘Andy’) (1877–1954), civil servant, was born 14 January 1877 in Kennington, south London, eldest son among eleven children of Alfred Cope, bottle merchant, and Margaret Elizabeth Cope (née Dallimore). Probably educated locally, he entered the British civil…

Corish, Richard (1886–1945), trade unionist and politician, was born 17 September 1886 at 35 William St., Wexford town, eldest among three children of Peter Corish, carpenter, and Mary Corish (née Murphy). Educated at the CBS Wexford…

Corry, Daniel (1902–90), army officer and showjumper, was born 30 August 1902 in Loughrea, Co. Galway, the second of five children of Daniel Corry, shopkeeper, and Ellen Corry (née Morrissey); he was educated locally and as a boarder at St Joseph's College, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway.…

Cosgrave, Philip Bernard Joseph (1884–1923), revolutionary and politician, was born 2 November 1884 in Dublin, one of three surviving children of Thomas Cosgrave, grocer and publican, of 174 James's St., Dublin, and Bridget Cosgrave (née Nixon). His elder brother was…

Costello, Michael Joseph (‘Mickey Joe’) (1904–86), army officer and public servant, was born 2 July 1904 in Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary, the eldest of five boys and three girls (three of the children died of influenza in 1917) of Denis Costello of Kilmihill, Co. Clare, and Teresa…

Costigan, Daniel (1911–79), civil servant and Garda commissioner, was born 18 February 1911 in Derryfada, Kealkil, Bantry, Co. Cork (where the Costigan family had lived for many generations), elder surviving son and third among six children of James Costigan (d. 1956) and Anne…

Cotton, William Francis (1841?–1917), businessman and politician, was born in Dublin, probably in 1841 (though WWW gives the date as 1847), the eldest son of Joseph W. Cotton, an iron founder specialising in the manufacture of gas lamps, meters, and burners at Clarendon…

Courtney, Thaddeus Cornelius (‘Ted’) (1895–1961), engineer, army officer, and businessman, was born at Cork on 13 December 1895, the elder son of Timothy Courtney of Co. Kerry, pensioner of the RIC, and Ellen Courtney (née Shea) of…

Cowan, Peadar (1903–62), soldier, solicitor, and politician, was born Peter Cowan on 23 October 1903 in Lacken, Arva, Co. Cavan, eldest son of Thomas Cowan, labourer, and Anne Cowan (née Rudden). Educated locally, he served with the Ballinagh Company, West Cavan Brigade,…

Coyne, Thomas Joseph (‘Tommy’) (1901–61), civil servant, was born 22 February 1901 in Dublin, youngest among five children of William P. Coyne (qv), barrister, later head of the statistical section of the Department of Agriculture (…

Craig, Sir James (1861–1933), physician and politician, was born 16 October 1861, eldest son of Johnston Craig, farmer and steward of the Traill family of Ballylough House, and Ellen Craig (née Wallace) of Castlecatt, Bushmills, Co. Antrim. Educated at the Coleraine Academical…

Crawford, (Robert) Lindsay (1868–1945), journalist, Orangeman, and diplomat, was born 1 October 1868 at Tonagh, Lisburn, Co. Antrim, son of James Crawford, scripture reader, and Matilda Crawford (née Hastings). Educated privately, he worked for a time in business before becoming…

Crist, Gainor Steven (1922–64), bohemian and Dublin ‘character’, was born on Shafer Boulevard in Dayton, Ohio, USA, on 1 August 1922, the only child of Dr Damian Crist (d. 1952) and his wife, Helen (d. 1928), ballerina, the daughter of Alfred Mannassau of Canada and Chicago, a well…

Crofts, Thomas (1891–1971), revolutionary, was born 4 December 1891 in Clogheen, Co. Cork, seventh among eight children of Michael Francis Crofts (d. 1921), shoe-shop owner and boot-maker, of 63 North Main St., Cork, and Helena Crofts (née Slattery; d. 1936) of Co. Cork. Five of his…

Crosbie, George (1864–1934), newspaper proprietor and politician, was born 7 May 1864 at Cork, the second son of four children of Thomas Crosbie of Waterloo Place, Cork, editor of the Cork Examiner, and Marianne (or perhaps Mary Anne) Crosbie (née Callaghan), daughter of…

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Cross, Eric (1903/5–1980), writer and broadcaster, was born in Newry, Co. Down, the only child of James Cross, a British civil servant and catholic. Educated in the north of England, he studied medicine at Manchester University for six months before moving to London to study…

Crowley, Frederick Hugh (1890–1945), revolutionary and politician, was born 31 December 1890 in the family home at Gurteen, Co. Cork, son of Michael N. Crowley, manufacturer, and Honor Crowley (née Cronin). Educated at the North Monastery School, Cork, and the University of Leeds…

Crowley (Ó Cruadhlaoich), Diarmuid (1875–1947), civil servant and judge, was born Jeremiah Crowley on 30 April 1875 at Glanbuss, Kilbrittain, Co. Cork, younger son of John Crowley and Ellen Crowley (née Grace). Educated locally, he entered the civil service, having taken first place…