Biography:  Thomas Corcoran, Hillsborough  Co., NH

Granite State Magazine An Illustrated Monthly Devoted to the History,
Story, Scenery, Industry and Interest of New Hampshire 
Edited By George Waldo Browne 
Volume I. January to June, 1906 
Manchester, N.H.:
Granite State Publishing Company 1906

THOMAS CORCORAN was born in Macroon, County Cork, Ireland, in 1833,
and died in Manchester May 20, 1906. Mr. Corcoran received his primary
instruction in the schools of his native town to graduate from the
Normal School in Dublin in 1853, and immediately became a teacher in
the national schools of his birthplace. In 1855, with his wife, who
had been a teacher with him in Macroon, he came to this country,
taking up his abode in Manchester, where he lived to the time of his
death, following for many years his chosen vocation of teaching. To
him belongs the credit of perfecting the system of parochial schools
in this state, and in his day he was acknowledged to be an ideal
instructor. Of a quiet and dignified manner, he was an adept in school
management. Many men of prominence, including a large number of
clergymen, received their first training from him. Among these may be
mentioned the late Rt. Rev. Denis M. Bradley. He is survived by his
widow, with whom he had enjoyed life for more than fifty years; two
sons, Rev. Joseph of Rochester, N. Y., and Dr. William J. of Brooklyn,
N. Y., and one daughter, Miss Annie M., who resides at home.




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