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22 de mai. de 2024 · W.T. Cosgrave was born in Dublin in 1880. His father was a publican and grocer at 174 James Street. W.T. grew up in a reasonably comfortable lower middle class background in the last two decades of the 19th. century. He was educated by the Christian Brothers and left school at 16 to work in his father’s business.
MICHAEL LAFFAN. Royal Irish Academy. €30. ISBN 9781908996398. A Dublin Opinion cartoon introduces a just-retired William T. Cosgrave to ‘History’ in 1944. Yet it has taken 70 years for the image of the head of the first government of Ireland to re-emerge into the public consciousness. This, the first complete biography by an academic ...
W. T. Cosgrave. William Thomas Cosgrave (5 June 1880 – 16 November 1965) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as the president of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1932, leader of the Opposition in both the Free State and Ireland from 1932 to 1944, leader of Fine Gael from 1934 to 1944, founder and leader of ...
W. T. Cosgrave has been neglected by scholars in comparison with other prominent twentieth-century Irish leaders. This biography, by a leading Irish historian, uses sources not previously consulted to examine his career as local politician, rebel, minister, head of government for almost ten years, and opposition leader. In particular, it assesses his role as a state-builder and a key figure in ...
William Thomas Cosgrave (6 June 1880 – 16 November 1965) was an Irish Fine Gael politician. He was President of the Executive Council from 1922 to 1932 and Leader of the Opposition from 1932 to 1944. Cosgrave was Leader of Fine Gael from 1934 to 1944, Leader of Cumann na nGaedheal from 1923 to 1933, Chairman of the Provisional Government from ...
Period: 1923 - 1927. Party: Cumann na nGaedheal. Constituency: Carlow-Kilkenny. Offices: Minister for Defence (1924 - 1924) President of the Executive Council (1923 - 1927)
W.T. Cosgrave , William Thomas Cosgrave, "Willie", born 6 June 1880, Dublin. The first prime minister of Ireland ("President"), 1922-1932. See Wikipedia and election record . He was educ Christian Bros school, Malahide Rd, Marino (now Dublin Fire Brigade Training Centre ). He worked in family pub at 174 James's St, Dublin .
