Editing Liam Cosgrave (section)

==Death==
Cosgrave died on 4 October 2017 at the age of 97 of natural causes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/former-taoiseach-liam-cosgrave-dies-at-97-808555.html|title=Former Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave dies at 97|date=4 October 2017|access-date=4 October 2017|archive-date=4 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004220309/http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/former-taoiseach-liam-cosgrave-dies-at-97-808555.html|url-status=live |website=www.breakingnews.ie }}</ref> He had been at [[Tallaght University Hospital|Tallaght Hospital]] for several months<ref name=Independent001a>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/former-taoiseach-liam-cosgrave-has-died-aged-97-36197603.html|title=Former Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave has died aged 97 |publisher=Irish Independent |access-date=5 October 2017|archive-date=5 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005154714/http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/former-taoiseach-liam-cosgrave-has-died-aged-97-36197603.html|url-status=live}}</ref> prior to his death there.<ref name=DeathNotice2017-19-04a/><ref name=Extra-ie2017-19-06a/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/09/obituaries/liam-cosgrave-dead-prime-minister-of-republic-of-ireland.html|title=Liam Cosgrave, Irish Premier Who Helped End Violence, Dies at 97|first=Sam|last=Roberts|newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=9 October 2017|access-date=11 October 2017|archive-date=10 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010233715/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/09/obituaries/liam-cosgrave-dead-prime-minister-of-republic-of-ireland.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Taoiseach [[Leo Varadkar]] said "Liam Cosgrave was someone who devoted his life to public service; a grateful country thanks and honours him for that and for always putting the nation first. Throughout his life, he worked to protect and defend the democratic institutions of our State and showed great courage and determination in doing so. He always believed in peaceful cooperation as the only way of achieving a genuine union between the people on this island, and in the 1970s he celebrated that this country had embarked, in his own words, 'on a new career of progress and development in the context of Europe'. I had the honour on a few occasions to meet and be in the presence of Liam Cosgrave, and I was always struck by his commanding presence and great humility, which in him were complementary characteristics."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/a-patriot-and-an-absolute-gentleman-tributes-paid-to-former-taoiseach-liam-cosgrave-36198118.html|title='A patriot and an absolute gentleman' – Tributes paid to former Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave |newspaper=Irish Independent |access-date=5 October 2017|archive-date=6 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006020831/http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/a-patriot-and-an-absolute-gentleman-tributes-paid-to-former-taoiseach-liam-cosgrave-36198118.html|url-status=live}}</ref> His funeral was held on 7 October 2017, after which he was interred alongside his father at Inchicore's [[Goldenbridge Cemetery]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/integrity-was-hallmark-of-liam-cosgrave-s-life-mourners-told-1.3248271?mode=amp|title=Integrity was hallmark of Liam Cosgrave's life, mourners told |newspaper=Irish Times |access-date=27 December 2019|archive-date=27 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227212826/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/integrity-was-hallmark-of-liam-cosgrave-s-life-mourners-told-1.3248271?mode=amp|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/funeral-held-for-former-taoiseach-liam-cosgrave-808887.html|title=Funeral held for former Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave|date=7 October 2017|newspaper=Irish Examiner |access-date=27 December 2019|archive-date=27 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227212815/https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/funeral-held-for-former-taoiseach-liam-cosgrave-808887.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

He was the [[Records of Irish heads of government since 1922#Longevity|longest-lived Taoiseach]], dying at the age of {{Age in years and days|1920|04|13|2017|10|04|df=y}}, on 4 October 2017, having surpassed [[Éamon de Valera]]'s record in early March 2013.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/liam-cosgrave-former-taoiseach-and-fine-gael-leader-dies-aged-97-1.3244509 |title=Liam Cosgrave, former taoiseach and Fine Gael leader, dies aged 97 |newspaper=The Irish Times |location=Dublin |date=4 October 2017 |access-date=4 October 2017 |archive-date=5 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005001303/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/liam-cosgrave-former-taoiseach-and-fine-gael-leader-dies-aged-97-1.3244509 |url-status=live }}</ref>