Edward Costello
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{{Infobox military person
| birth_date = {{birth date|1888|10|13|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1916|04|25|1888|10|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kilcock, County Kildare, Ireland
| death_place = Jervis Street Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
| placeofburial = Glasnevin Cemetery
| birth_name = Edward Joseph Costello
| allegiance = {{flag|Irish Republic}}
| branch = Irish Volunteers
| serviceyears = 1915–1916
| unit = 1st Dublin Battalion
| known_for = Participation in the 1916 Easter Rising
| battles = Easter Rising
}}
Edward Joseph Costello (13 October 1888{{Cite web |date=15 January 1889 |title=Births registered in the district of Kilcock in the Union of Celbridge in the County of Kildare |url=https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1888/02496/1925898.pdf |access-date=3 January 2025 |publisher=Public Record Office of Ireland |via=Irish Genealogy}} – 25 April 1916) was one of two people from the geographical area now known as Northern Ireland to be killed in the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland.
Biography
Costello was born in Kilcock, County Kildare to James (snr) and Anne Costello ({{Née|Reynolds}}). His parents came from Lurgan, County Armagh, and moved to Kilcock to work in a family business which was in the town centre.{{Cite web |last=Durney |first=James |date=13 January 2022 |title=Further Co. Kildare victims of the 1916 Rising |url=https://kildarelibraries.ie/ehistory/further-co-kildare-victims-of-the-1916-rising/ |access-date=3 February 2025 |website=Kildare eHistory Journal |publisher=Kildare County Council}}
Costello moved to Lurgan in 1912 and worked as a clerk in Johnston and Allen's Linen Manufacturers on Victoria Street. He married Annie Loughlin and lived in number 3 Castle Lane Lurgan.{{Cite web |title=Edward Costello |url=http://mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie/docs/files//PDF_Pensions/R1/1D261EDWARDCOSTELLO/W65359EDWARDCOSTELLO.pdf |access-date=3 February 2025 |website=Irish Military Archives}} In 1914, following the deterioration of his marriage, he moved to the Kingstown suburb of Dublin to work as a clerk in Boland's Bakery.{{Cite news |date=2 March 2016 |title=Storm over 'illegal' 1916 memorial |url=https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/storm-over-illegal-1916-memorial-1262260 |access-date=3 February 2025 |work=The News Letter}} His death certificate lists his final occupation as a pawnbroker's assistant.
Costello joined the 1st Dublin Battalion of the Irish Volunteers in 1915. His wife Annie remained in Lurgan. He made frequent visits back to the town to see his wife and children.
Costello took part in the Easter Rising in April 1916. He was initially part of the forces that attacked the Magazine Fort in the Phoenix Park. Later, he joined the volunteers who had taken control of the Four Courts. On 25 April, he received a fatal bullet wound to the head while fighting at Church Street, and died upon arriving at Jervis Street Hospital.{{cite book |last1=O'Halpin |first1=Eunan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bmkDEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA39 |title=The Dead of the Irish Revolution |last2=O Corrain |first2=Daithi |date=2020-10-20 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-12382-1 |page=39 |access-date=22 January 2021}}{{cite book |author=Collins |first=Lorcan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XxV4CwAAQBAJ&pg=PT148 |title=1916: The Rising Handbook |date=2016-02-22 |publisher=O'Brien Press |isbn=978-1-84717-848-0 |page=148 |access-date=22 January 2021}} He was aged 27 years. His brother James published an advertisement in the Evening Gazette on 7 June seeking information on his whereabouts. James later registered the death on 15 June, and Edward was buried in Glasnevin Cemetery on 1 May 1916. His grave is in the St, Paul's section, DC 30.{{cite web |title=Irish War Memorials |url=http://www.irishwarmemorials.ie/Persons?warId=8 |website=Irish war memorials.ie |publisher=Irish War Memorials |access-date=22 January 2021}} At present there is no headstone on his grave.{{Update inline|date=February 2025}}
Costello's widow remained in Lurgan and raised his children in the town. They moved from Castle Lane in the 1950s, moving to number 1 Antrim Road, Lurgan. His widow Annie Costello died in Lurgan on 22 March 1959.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025|reason=No sources found}}
In 2016 there was controversy in Lurgan about the building of a memorial to him.{{cite news |date=2 March 2016 |title=Memorial to 1916 'illegal' |url=https://www.portadowntimes.co.uk/news/memorial-1916-illegal-791230 |access-date=22 January 2021 |work=Portadown Times |via=Northern Ireland World}}{{cite news |date=30 May 2016 |title=Police charge man over dissident parade |url=https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/police-charge-man-over-dissident-parade-1235089 |access-date=22 January 2021 |work=The News Letter }}{{cite news |date=21 November 2016 |title=Lurgan dissident march: 81 reported to PPS after 'un-notified parade' |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/lurgan-dissident-march-81-reported-to-pps-after-un-notified-parade-34756232.html |access-date=22 January 2021 |work=Belfast Telegraph }}
References
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External links
- http://homepages.iol.ie/~dluby/history.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017114152/http://homepages.iol.ie/~dluby/history.htm |date=17 October 2012 }}
- http://irishmedals.org/gpage41.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130112045943/http://irishmedals.org/gpage41.html |date=12 January 2013 }}
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Category:People of the Easter Rising