Researching Don Cockburn
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3821 people with the Cockburn surname? In that year Cockburn was ranked number 1113 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Don means "form of DONALD - proud chief" and is of Celtic origin.
Records of Don Cockburn on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Don Cockburn and the Cockburn Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 3949 people with the Cockburn surname in the UK? Cockburn is now ranked number 1456 for popularity in the UK. |
Cockburn Family History Databases
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Some Famous People called Don Cockburn
Don Cockburn
Don Cockburn (13 March 1930 – 4 September 2017) was an Irish journalist, presenter and newsreader. He is best known as a long-serving newsreader for Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), who anchored the broadcaster's main evening television news programmes during over 30 years of service.
Cockburn was educated at Synge Street CBS, later studying Russian and Spanish at Trinity College Dublin at night after receiving a dispensation from Archbishop John Charles McQuaid to do so.
He originally joined RTÉ as a part-time announcer in 1958, and was made a full-time employee in 1972. He was formerly employed in Dublin Corporation as head of wages in the engineering department.
He retired 20 years later on 15 December 1992, having served as a newsreader for many years. His was known for cycling to RTÉ's Montrose Studios every day, when it might have been expected that a well known television figure like him would have driven.
He died on 4 September 2017.
Source: Don Cockburn, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Cockburn
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