Cosgrave
- References:
- Sources yet to be consulted:
- Co.Wexford historian
Rory Murphy
may have done some work on the Cosgrave origin in Askamore, Co.Wexford.
Cosgrave of Co.Wexford
[Jordan, 2006]
says Cosgrave were from Kilrush parish,
near
Bunclody (Newtownbarry),
Co.Wexford.
Liam Cosgrave
thought they were from
Askamore, Carnew par,
some way E of Bunclody, Co.Wexford
(see
map).
He was shown a Cosgrave gravestone in or near Askamore which was said to be related.
The family story is that a Cosgrave was executed in the
1798 Rising
and the family moved to Co.Kildare.
Liam Cosgrave
thought he was executed at
Carnew, just over the border in Co.Wicklow.
Note a
massacre of rebel prisoners
took place at Carnew in May 1798.
Graveyard at Askamore, Co.Wexford, on
1887 to 1913 map.
See modern
street view.
1798 memorial at Carnew, Co.Wicklow.
Formerly here.
Creative Commons.
See street view.
Cosgrave of Co.Kildare
The story is that after a Cosgrave of Co.Wexford was executed in the 1798 Rising,
the family moved to Co.Kildare.
We start with:
Patrick Cosgrave.
He mar Mary Nolan.
He
lived
Castledermot,
in the far S of
Co.Kildare
(on Co.Carlow border).
Younger
children baptised in
1851 to
1863
in Castledermot RC parish.
He must be "Patrick Cosgrave" who is
listed
in
[Griffiths Valuation, 1852]
as holding 8 acres (with no house)
at
Knockaphuca, Castledermot par
(near Castledermot town).
His house must be elsewhere.
She must be "Mary Cosgrove" who is
listed
in
[Griffiths Valuation, 1852]
in a small house (plot 6)
on Main St, Castledermot.
Patrick and Mary
had issue:
- Philip Cosgrave,
eldest son,
born 1847.
He is
listed
at Castledermot
in 1900 census.
Listed as farmer at death.
He
died 5 Aug 1930, Castledermot, age 83 yrs.
See death cert.
He was
buried at "the family burial grounds" at Levitstown, W of Castledermot.
This might be Tankardstown graveyard, Co.Laois,
on W side of Levitstown
(see modern satellite view).
See funeral list
in Irish Independent, August 8, 1930.
-
Thomas Cosgrave,
second son,
bapt 5 Aug 1854
[Castledermot RC par records].
Ran pub in Dublin.
Father of
W.T. Cosgrave, the first Prime Minister of Ireland ("President").
- Patrick Cosgrave,
born 9 May 1863, Castledermot, youngest son,
bapt 10 May 1863
[Castledermot RC par records].
Uncle of the President
W.T. Cosgrave.
He was
shot dead by Republicans during the Civil War, Sat 30 Sept 1922, age 59 yrs.
The killing of Patrick Cosgrave, 1922:
In late 1922,
Patrick Cosgrave was helping his
sister-in-law
run the
Cosgrave/Burke pub, 174 James's St, Dublin,
after her 2nd husband's death.
It seems that Republicans decided to target
the pub for robbery because it was the Cosgrave (Free State) pub.
The pub was robbed on Mon 25 Sept 1922 by eight armed men,
who said they were
"Republicans .. fighting for Ireland".
On Sat 30 Sept 1922,
the pub was raided again, by
four armed men.
Irish Independent says these were different men to before.
They apparently planned to just rob the pub, but Patrick Cosgrave put up resistance
and they shot him dead.
See account
in
Freemans Journal,
2 Oct 1922.
Also account
in
Irish Independent,
2 Oct 1922.
-
Searching for death of Patrick Cosgrave:
-
He is NOT Patrick Cosgrave
who died
Athy, 1864, age 80
[GROI]
(that is a bachelor).
-
He is probably not Patrick Cosgrove, school teacher,
who died
in 1878, age 67 (born 1811)
at Ballinastraw, Ardoyne par, Co.Carlow.
-
He might be Patrick Cosgrave, farmer, widower,
who died
at St.John's,
Baltinglass, Co.Kildare, Oct 1899, age 84 (born 1815).
- The Fine Gael TD
Michael Joe Cosgrave
is NOT a relation.
