Английская Википедия:Edmund Concanon

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Шаблон:Notability Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Irish English Edmund Concanon was Irish solicitor and town commissioner from 1816–1902.[1]

Concanon was reputedly descended from the kings of Uí Díarmata.Шаблон:Fact By the 18th century their property was much reduced, and they converted from Catholicism to the established Protestant church.Шаблон:Fact In this was they held onto the remain of the property in the parish of Killascobe; Concanon's father named the family home "Waterloo" in commemoration of Wellington's victory.Шаблон:Fact

Because he was a younger son, Concanon did not inherit the family property. He gained employment at the ecclesiastical court of Archbishop Trench in Tuam. In time he acquired properties himself around the town. He set up business as a land agent at The Mall in the early 1850s and within ten years began practising in the local courts. In this capacity, he defended the Fenian, Michael Fahy (Fenian), in 1865.Шаблон:Who? He was also a defence solicitor in the Maamtrasna murders case in 1882.[2]

He married a Roman Catholic, Catherine Parsons of Dublin. The first child was baptised as a Catholic, but the following nine were raised Protestant.Шаблон:Fact

Concanon was a member of the town's cricket club (the town ran two teams), spoke Irish and was a noted step-dancer.Шаблон:Fact On his death he was interred in the family vault at Killascobe.Шаблон:Fact

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