Coralie de Burgh

Coralie de Burgh, Lady Kinahan (16 September 1924 – 31 July 2015) was a British Irish painter who won a bronze medal at the 1948 Olympic Exhibition.[1][2] Born Coralie Isabel de Burgh to Captain Charles de Burgh, DSO and Isobel Caroline Berkeley de Burgh,[3] she died on 31 July 2015 aged 90.[4] In 1950 she married Ulster Unionist MP Robin Kinahan, with whom she had five children.[5] With her husband she bought and restored Castle Upton at Templepatrick as their family home.[5] One of her children, Danny, is also an Ulster Unionist MP.[6]

References
  1. "Prolific painter and former lady mayoress of Belfast". The Irish Times. 2015-08-22. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Coralie de Burgh". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  3. Geni https://www.geni.com/people/Coralie-Kinahan/6000000025797832567. Retrieved 1 March 2020. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "Death Notices: Kinahan, Coralie (Lady)". The Funeral Times. August 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
  5. "MP Kinahan pays tribute to artist mum who helped rebuild Castle Upton". belfasttelegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
  6. "Obituary: Coralie Kinahan, painter and 'backbone' to MP husband". The News Letter. 2015-09-13. Retrieved 2016-04-04. Her 1948 medal was accorded to her for her painting of a pink-clad fox-hunter called 'The Huntsman of the Vyne', exhibited at the London Summer Olympics.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.