Died 1902 | ||
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.