Cosgrave
Proper noun
Meaning
Cosgrave (plural Cosgraves)
A surname.
Examples
Biographies are also available of de Valera, Lemass, Lynch, Cosgrave, FitzGerald, Haughey, Reynolds and Ahern.
By convention, Taoisigh are numbered to include Cosgrave, citation citation citation citation for example Enda Kenny is considered the 13th Taoiseach, not the 12th.
Standing (left to right): Monroe ( Newfoundland ), Coates ( New Zealand ), Bruce ( Australia ), Hertzog ( Union of South Africa ), Cosgrave ( Irish Free State ).
Standing (left to right): Monroe (Newfoundland), Coates (New Zealand), Bruce (Australia), Hertzog (Union of South Africa), Cosgrave (Irish Free State).
President W. T. Cosgrave objected, although he promised the Executive Council would not amend the legislation unilaterally.
This office was first held by W. T. Cosgrave of Cumann na nGaedheal from 1922–32, and then by Éamon de Valera of Fianna Fáil from 1932–37.