Elizabeth Collins

Female21 August 1922–1988

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

Elizabeth Collins was born on 21 August 1922, in Cork, County Cork, Ireland as the daughter of John Collins and Katherine O'Callaghan. She died in 1988, in Dublin, Ireland, at the age of 66.

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John Collins
–1952
Katherine O'Callaghan
Elizabeth Collins
1922–1988

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    World Events (3)

    1926

    Age 4

    De Valera founds the new Fianna Fail party.

    1937

    Age 15

    New elections. The voters return de Valera and also approve a new constitution which abolishes the Irish Free State and proclaims Eire (Gaelic for Ireland) as a sovereign, independent, democratic state.

    1939

    Age 17

    Ireland remains neutral during the WWII.

    Name Meaning

    English: variant of Colin , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

    Irish and Manx: shortened Anglicized from Ó Coileáin, compare Cullen , or in Man or west Ulster shortened from Mac Coileáin, compare McQuillan and McCallion . The genitival -s is a local addition to Collin and variants after the surname was Anglicized.

    Americanized form of French Colin or Collin and also Collette .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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