In October 1916 (Reverend?) Hugh Coffey Love (5th December 1871 to 31st May 1948) was appointed Secretary of the Rebellion (Victims) Committee following the Easter Rising. The address given for correspondence was 13 St Stephen's Green, Dublin.
He also gets a mention in James Joyce's book Ulysses as a priggish clergyman. He also appears to have won a Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal in 1917 for rescuing a woman who had thrown herself into the River Liffey.
1871 Born in Belfast, father John Love (1836-1887), mother Mary Jane Love, nee Coffey, (1840 - 1920)
April 1888 exam in Belfast
April 1888 Boy Clerk in the London Gazette
May 1888 Post Office appointment in te London Gazette
December 1890 exam in Belfast
1899 Baptism of his son where he is listed as a Civil Servant
January 1891 posting in the London Gazette
1901 Census for Hugh Love and family
1911 Census for Hugh Love and family
1916 National Archives Procedure of the Rebellion (Victims) Committee
1925 appointment to Ministry of Education in Northern Ireland
1948 Died in Belfast
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