Individual Details

Cormac received his secondary school education at Blackrock College in Dublin, where he was a boarder. After leaving school, he joined the army and was stationed in Athlone, Co. Westmeath during 'The Emergency' (as the situation in Ireland was known during World War II). After the war, Cormac joined the civil service and was posted to the Irish Passport Office at the Irish embassy in London. While in London he met his future wife, Maureen Hussey, through Maureen's sister Sheila, who also worked at the Passport Office. Around 1948 he returned to Dublin to work in the Department of Foreign Affairs, by which time Maureen had moved to Dublin from London with her sisters. He later moved to the Department of Labour where he spent the rest of his career, mainly as a negotiator in industrial disputes.

Cormac and Maureen lived for over 40 years at 56 South Avenue, Mount Merrion, Co. Dublin. In 2001, six years after Maureen's death, Cormac moved to a smaller home in Shankill, Co. Dublin.

Note: Cormac's birth date is registered as 13 August 1921; it was actually 20 May 1921.

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Birth	20 May 1921	Kilgarriff, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon
Marriage	4 Sep 1951	Dundrum, Dublin - Maureen Brigid HUSSEY
Death	8 Nov 2009	Leopardstown, Dublin
Burial	11 Nov 2009	Shanganagh Cemetery, Dublin

Spouse	Maureen Brigid HUSSEY (1924 - 1995)
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Child	Joseph (Joe) GORDON (living) ( - )
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Father	Cormac GORDON (1870 - 1939)
Mother	Mary MORAHAN (1877 - 1932)
Sibling	Kathleen (Sr. Teresa Mary) GORDON (1906 - 1989)
Sibling	Josephine (Jo) Margaret GORDON (1908 - 1985)
Sibling	Ann Emily (Emma) GORDON (1910 - 2012)
Sibling	Linda GORDON (1912 - 1986)
Sibling	Thomas (Tom) GORDON (1914 - 2001)
Sibling	Irene (Sr. Austin Peter) GORDON (1916 - 1987)
Sibling	Patrick (Paddy) GORDON (1919 - 1984)