Martin Coen

Rev. Martin Coen, Irish priest and historian (6 October 1933 – 2 December 1997).

A grandnephew of Fr. Thomas Cawley (1878–1949) and a great-grandnephew of Fr. Edward Holland, O.D.C. (1838–1918). Born at Raheen House, Gort, to Thomas Coen and Mary Holland, he was educated at Kiltartan national school and St. Mary's College, Galway (1947–52). He studied for the priesthood in the Irish College in Rome and was ordained in 1958.

Fr. Martin Coen died on December 2, 1997 and is buried in Ballymore Cemetery, Craughwell, Co. Galway.