Edmund Concanon
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Edmund Concanon, Irish
solicitor and town commissioner, 1816-1902.
Concannon was descended from the kings of Uí Díarmata
. By the 18th century their property was much reduced, and they converted to the established church. In this was they held onto the remain of the property in the parish of Killascobe; Edmund's father named the family home "Waterloo" in commemoration of Wellington's victory
.
Because he was a younger son, Edmund 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 practiseing in the local courts. In this capacity, he defended the Fenian
, Michael Fahy (Fenian), in 1865.
He married a Catholic
, Catherine Parsons of Dublin. The first child was baptised in her mother's faith, but the following nine were raised Protestant.
Concannnon was a noted member of the town's Cricket
club (the town ran two teams), spoke Irish and was a noted step-dancer. On his death he was interred in the family vault at Killascobe.
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
solicitor and town commissioner, 1816-1902.
Concannon was descended from the kings of Uí Díarmata
Uí Díarmata
Uí Díarmata was a local kingdom located in what is now north County Galway.-Origins:The ruling dynasty took its name from King Diarmait Finn of Connacht , and the territory in turn was named after them. It seems to have been created by the Uí Briúin in the ninth century during a wave of expansion...
. By the 18th century their property was much reduced, and they converted to the established church. In this was they held onto the remain of the property in the parish of Killascobe; Edmund's father named the family home "Waterloo" in commemoration of Wellington's victory
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands...
.
Because he was a younger son, Edmund did not inherit the family property. He gained employment at the ecclesiastical court of Archbishop Trench in Tuam
Tuam
Tuam is a town in County Galway, Ireland. The name is pronounced choo-um . It is situated west of the midlands of Ireland, and north of Galway city.-History:...
. 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 practiseing in the local courts. In this capacity, he defended the Fenian
Fenian
The Fenians , both the Fenian Brotherhood and Irish Republican Brotherhood , were fraternal organisations dedicated to the establishment of an independent Irish Republic in the 19th and early 20th century. The name "Fenians" was first applied by John O'Mahony to the members of the Irish republican...
, Michael Fahy (Fenian), in 1865.
He married a Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
, Catherine Parsons of Dublin. The first child was baptised in her mother's faith, but the following nine were raised Protestant.
Concannnon was a noted member of the town's Cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
club (the town ran two teams), spoke Irish and was a noted step-dancer. On his death he was interred in the family vault at Killascobe.
See also
- Muirgeas ua Cú CeanainnMuirgeas ua Cú Ceanainn-Overview:Muirgeas was a grandson of Cú Ceanain mac Tadhg, and seems to have reigned from 1021 to 1037. He was the first member of the Uí Díarmata dynasty to use the name ua Cú Ceanainn in a quasi-surname context...
(died 1037), King of Uí Díarmata and Chief of the Name. - Richard Luke Concanen, O.P. (1747–1810), first Bishop of New York (1808–1810).
- Tomás Bán Ó ConceanainnTomás Bán Ó ConceanainnTomás Bán Ó Conceanainn was an Irish writer and historian.-Life:Ó Conceanainn was a native of Inis Meáin, a son of Páidín Ó Conceanainn and Anne Ní Fathartaigh. He was educated on the island and at the Patrician national school in Galway...
(1870–1946), writer and historian. - Helena ConcannonHelena ConcannonHelena Concannon was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician, historian, author and language scholar.She was Professor of History at University College Galway...
(née Walsh; 1878–1952), politician, historian, author and scholar. - Eóin ConcannonEóin Concannon-Biography:Concannon was the last of the old-type Kings. The Claddagh village had changed greatly during and after World War I, with many of its men joining the British forces, their ships lying idle. By 1941, only eighteen Galway Hookers sailed from the Claddagh. His death signaled the end of the...
, died 1954, King of the Claddagh. - Paddy ConcannonPaddy ConcannonPaddy Concannon is President of the Irish Turf Cutters and Contractors Association. He was born in County Galway in 1918.-Turf Cutters and Contractors Association:...
, President of the I.T.C.C.A., born 1918, alive 2010.
Reference
- Edmund Concannon, 1816-1902", Tony Claffey, "The Great Tuam Annual 3", 1992