WT Cosgrave: Formed a strong alliance with Frank Duff, the founder of the Legion of Mary. Photograph: Courtesy of Liam Cosgrave and the Royal Irish Academy
A remarkable friendship existed between Frank Duff, the founder of the Legion of Mary, and WT Cosgrave who died 60 years ago on November 16th, 1965.
Many tributes followed Cosgrave’s death, including an impressive one from then taoiseach Seán Lemass. Understandably the tributes focused on his public life. But there were other, less well known strands. Among these was Cosgrave’s support for the lay Catholic organisation founded by Duff in 1921, and which today numbers four million active members worldwide.
Following school in Blackrock College, Duff entered the Civil Service in the Land Commission where he made a significant contribution
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