{{Short description|Irish PR assistant (1926–2016)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox person | image = Vera Cosgrave.jpg | caption = Cosgrave in 1976 | known_for = Spouse of the Taoiseach (1973{{nbnd}}1977) | birth_name = Veronica Louise Osborne | birth_date = {{birth date|1926|3|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Naas, County Kildare, Ireland | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|9|15|1926|3|11|df=y}} | death_place = Tallaght, Ireland | resting_place = Goldenbridge Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland | alma_mater = Trinity College Dublin | spouse = {{marriage|Liam Cosgrave|1952|<!--Omission per Template:Marriage instructions-->}} | children = 3, including Liam T. | relatives = W. T. Cosgrave (father-in-law) }} '''Veronica Louise Cosgrave''' ({{nee|'''Osborne'''}}; 11 March 1926 – 15 September 2016) was an Irish public relations assistant and the wife of Liam Cosgrave, who served as Taoiseach from 1973 to 1977.
==Early life== Veronica Louise Osborne was born in Naas, County Kildare, on 11 March 1926. Her mother was the former Helen Cunningham. Her father, Joseph W. <!--"Joe"--> Osborne, was a horse trainer based at Craddoxtown House. Her brother Paddy Osborne was also a horse trainer.<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Hehir |first=Tony |title=Racing pays tribute to former Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave |work=Racing Post |url=https://www.racingpost.com/news/racing-pays-tribute-to-former-taoiseach-liam-cosgrave/303368 |df=dmy-all |access-date=25 March 2020 |date=5 October 2017}}</ref>
==Political life== Osborne married Liam Cosgrave on 16 April 1952. At the time, Cosgrave was a government minister; he rose to the position of Leader of Fine Gael and Taoiseach in 1973. She accompanied him to the United States for a state visit in 1976, during the American Bicentennial.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/when-we-could-barely-afford-to-send-our-taoiseach-to-america-26352989.html|title=When we could barely afford to send our Taoiseach to America|last=Sheehy|first=Clodagh|date=29 December 2006|website=Irish Independent|df=dmy-all|access-date=25 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Ireland's Prime Minister Flies to U.S. on 6-Day Visit|date=17 March 1976|work=The New York Times|page=82|id={{ProQuest| <!-- Insert ProQuest data here -->}}}}</ref> Vera Cosgrave also worked in public relations.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/03/03/archives/a-dour-irishman-of-firm-beliefs-liam-cosgrave-bomb-changed-partys.html|title=A Dour Irishman of Firm Beliefs: Liam Cosgrave|date=3 March 1973|work=The New York Times|df=dmy-all |access-date=5 June 2021 |page=3}}</ref>
==Personal life== Vera and Liam Cosgrave had three children, including Liam T. Cosgrave, a Fine Gael politician. She died in Dublin on 15 September 2016, aged 90 years.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/vera-cosgrave-remembered-at-her-funeral-in-dublin-1.2797200|title=Vera Cosgrave remembered at her funeral in Dublin|date=19 September 2016|access-date=15 February 2017|newspaper=The Irish Times|first=Stephen|last=Collins}}</ref> Her gravesite is at Goldenbridge Cemetery in Inchicore.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rip.ie/death-notice/vera-cosgrave-dublin-16-dublin/298529|title=The death has occurred of Vera Cosgrave (née Osborne)|date=16 September 2016|website=RIP.ie|df=dmy-all|access-date=19 December 2021}}</ref>
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