Coralie de Burgh, Lady Kinahan | |
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Born | Coralie Isabel de Burgh 16 September 1924 |
Died | 31 July 2015 | (aged 90)
Nationality | British Irish |
Occupation | Painter |
Spouse | Robin Kinahan |
Children | Danny Kinahan (son) |
Parent(s) | Captain Charles de Burgh DSO Isobel Caroline Berkeley |
Coralie de Burgh, Lady Kinahan (16 September 1924 – 31 July 2015) was a British Irish painter who won a bronze medal at the 1948 Olympic Exhibition.[1][2] Born Coralie Isabel de Burgh to Captain Charles de Burgh, DSO and Isobel Caroline Berkeley de Burgh,[3] she died on 31 July 2015 aged 90.[4] In 1950 she married Ulster Unionist MP Robin Kinahan, with whom she had five children.[5] With her husband she bought and restored Castle Upton at Templepatrick as their family home.[5] One of her children, Danny, is also an Ulster Unionist MP.[6]
Her 1948 medal was accorded to her for her painting of a pink-clad fox-hunter called 'The Huntsman of the Vyne', exhibited at the London Summer Olympics.