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Liam Cosgrave

This article is about the Taoiseach. For his son, see Liam T. Cosgrave. For his father, see W. T. Cosgrave.

Liam Cosgrave
Cosgrave in 1976
6th Taoiseach
In office
14 March 1973 – 5 July 1977
President
TánaisteBrendan Corish
Preceded byJack Lynch
Succeeded byJack Lynch
Leader of the Opposition
In office
21 April 1965 – 14 March 1973
Taoiseach
Preceded byJames Dillon
Succeeded byJack Lynch
Leader of Fine Gael
In office
21 April 1965 – 1 July 1977
DeputyTom O'Higgins
Preceded byJames Dillon
Succeeded byGarret FitzGerald
Minister for External Affairs
In office
2 June 1954 – 20 March 1957
TaoiseachJohn A. Costello
Preceded byFrank Aiken
Succeeded byFrank Aiken
Parliamentary Secretary
1948–1951Government Chief Whip
1948–1951Industry and Commerce
Teachta Dála
In office
June 1977 – June 1981
ConstituencyDún Laoghaire
In office
February 1948 – June 1977
ConstituencyDún Laoghaire and Rathdown
In office
June 1943 – February 1948
ConstituencyDublin County
Personal details
Born(1920-04-13)13 April 1920
Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland
Died4 October 2017(2017-10-04) (aged 97)
Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland[1][2]
Resting placeGoldenbridge Cemetery,
Inchicore, Dublin, Ireland[3]
Political partyFine Gael
Spouse
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(m. 1952; died 2016)​
Children3, including Liam
Parents
Education
Alma materKing's Inns

Liam Cosgrave (13 April 1920 – 4 October 2017)[4][5][6] was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 1973 to 1977, Leader of Fine Gael from 1965 to 1977, Leader of the Opposition from 1965 to 1973, Minister for External Affairs from 1954 to 1957, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry and Commerce and Government Chief Whip from 1948 to 1951. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1943 to 1981.[7]

Born in Castleknock, Dublin, Cosgrave was the son of W. T. Cosgrave, the first President of the Executive Council in the newly formed Irish Free State. After qualifying as a barrister he began a political career. He was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1943 general election and sat in opposition alongside his father. In the first inter-party government in 1948, Cosgrave was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Taoiseach John A. Costello. He became a cabinet member in 1954 when he was appointed Minister for External Affairs. The highlight of his three-year tenure was Ireland's successful entry into the United Nations. In 1965, Cosgrave was the unanimous choice of his colleagues to succeed James Dillon as leader of Fine Gael. He lost the 1969 general election to the incumbent Taoiseach Jack Lynch, but won the 1973 general election and became Taoiseach in a Fine Gael-Labour Party government.

Cosgrave died on 4 October 2017, at the age of 97. He remains to date the longest-lived Taoiseach.

  1. ^ Corrigan & Sons, Funeral Directors (4 October 2017). "Death Notice of Cosgrave, Liam". Gradam Communications Ltd [IE]. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  2. ^ Murphy, Sandra (6 October 2017). "Liam Cosgrave to have 'limited State funeral' as per family's wishes". Extra.ie. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2017. He died in the care of staff at the Wm. Stokes Ward in Tallaght Hospital, and is survived by his children Mary, Liam T. and Ciarán.
  3. ^ MacNamee, Garreth. "Liam Cosgrave to be given a 'limited State funeral' as per his family's wishes". TheJournal.ie. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  4. ^ Gillespie, Gordon (24 September 2009). The A to Z of the Northern Ireland Conflict. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810870451. Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ McHardy, Anne (5 October 2017). "Liam Cosgrave obituary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Liam Cosgrave tribute: An officer and a gentleman". Irish Examiner. 5 October 2017. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Liam Cosgrave". Oireachtas Members Database. 13 May 1981. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2010.

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