Editing W. T. Cosgrave (section)

==Death==
[[File:WT Cosgrave grave, Goldenbridge.jpg|thumb|Cosgrave's gravestone in [[Goldenbridge Cemetery]]]]
Cosgrave died on 16 November 1965, aged 85. The Fianna Fáil government under [[Seán Lemass]] awarded him the honour of a [[List of Irish state funerals|state funeral]], which was attended by the [[Irish Government|cabinet]], the leaders of all the main Irish political parties, and Éamon de Valera, then [[President of Ireland]]. He is buried in [[Goldenbridge Cemetery]] in [[Inchicore]] in Dublin. Richard Mulcahy said, "It is in terms of the Nation and its needs and its potential that I praise God who gave us in our dangerous days the gentle but steel-like spirit of rectitude, courage and humble self-sacrifice, that was William T. Cosgrave".{{sfn|Jordan|2006|p=189}}

Cosgrave's son, [[Liam Cosgrave|Liam]], served as a [[Teachta Dála|TD]] from 1943 to 1981 and served as leader of [[Fine Gael]] from 1965 to 1977 and [[Taoiseach]] from 1973 to 1977. W. T.'s grandson, also called [[Liam T. Cosgrave|Liam]], also served as a TD and as [[Seanad Éireann|Senator]] and his granddaughter, Louise Cosgrave, served as on [[Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council]] from 1999 to 2009.

In October 2014, his grave was vandalised, the top of a [[Celtic cross]] on the headstone being broken off.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2014/1021/653843-william-t-cosgrave/|title=William T Cosgrave's grave vandalised|date=21 October 2014|work=RTÉ|access-date=25 February 2020|archive-date=25 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225081854/https://www.rte.ie/news/2014/1021/653843-william-t-cosgrave/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was again vandalised in March 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/gravestones-vandalised-2663452-Mar2016/|title=Vandals attack gravestone of W.T. Cosgrave|first=Cormac|last=Fitzgerald|website=TheJournal.ie|access-date=25 February 2020|archive-date=25 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225081852/https://www.thejournal.ie/gravestones-vandalised-2663452-Mar2016/|url-status=live}}</ref>