Martin Coen, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Martin Coen

Irish historian

Date of Birth: 06-Oct-1933

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1993

Profession: historian, author

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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