W. T. Cosgrave

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Irish politician human

W. T. Cosgrave was an Irish politician who led the country as its first head of government after independence, overseeing the formative years of the Irish Free State.

Aliases (1)

William Thomas Cosgrave ×2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Irish politician → human →
burialPlace	Goldenbridge Cemetery →
causeOfDeath	natural causes →
child	Liam Cosgrave →
countryOfCitizenship	Ireland →
dateOfBirth	1880-06-06 →
dateOfDeath	1965-11-16 →
electedTo	Dáil Éireann → House of Commons of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED →
era	20th-century Irish politics →
ethnicGroup	Irish →
familyName	Cosgrave →
fullName	William Thomas Cosgrave →
givenName	Thomas → William →
headOfGovernmentOf	Irish Free State →
leaderOf	Cumann na nGaedheal →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Cumann na nGaedheal → Fine Gael → Sinn Féin →
movement	Irish republicanism →
notableAchievement	oversaw consolidation of the Irish Free State after independence →
notableRole	first effective head of government of independent Ireland →
notableWork	establishment of institutions of the Irish Free State →
occupation	politician → revolutionary →
officeEnd	1932-03-09 →
officeStart	1922-08-30 →
participantIn	Easter Rising → Irish Civil War → Irish War of Independence →
placeOfBirth	Dublin → Ireland →
placeOfDeath	Dublin → Ireland →
positionHeld	Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State → Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom → President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State → Teachta Dála →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
representedConstituency	Carlow–Kilkenny → Cork City → Kilkenny →
residence	Dublin →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Louisa Flanagan NERFINISHED →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
President of the Executive Council → President of the Executive Council ("William Thomas Cosgrave") →	firstHolder
W. T. Cosgrave ("William Thomas Cosgrave") →	fullName
Fine Gael →	hasNotableLeader
Irish Free State →	headOfGovernment
Pro-Treaty forces →	politicalLeader
President of the Executive Council →	positionHeldBy