Cornelius Christopher Cremin, Diplomat, Is Born in Kenmare, Co. Kerry

Cornelius Christopher Cremin, diplomat, is born in Kenmare, Co. Kerry
  • January 1, 1

Cornelius Christopher Cremin (6 December 1908 – 20 April 1987) was an Irish diplomat who was born in Kenmare, County Kerry.

Cornelius Cremin

Con Cremin

Con Cremin one of four children, Cremin was born to a family that operated a drapery business. His brother, Francis Cremin, became a leading academic canon lawyer who framed a number of key church documents. He was educated at St. Brendan’s College, Killarney, and from 1926 at University College Cork, where he graduated with a first-class degree in Classics and Commerce.

Cornelius Cremin

Postings

  • Paris 1937–1940
  • Vichy 1940–1943
  • Berlin 1943–1945
  • Lisbon 1945–1946
  • Counsellor 1946–1949
  • Assistant Secretary 1949–1950
  • Paris 1950–1954
  • Vatican 1954–1956
  • London 1956–1958
  • Secretary (permanent head of the foreign service) 1958–1963
  • London 1963–1964
  • UN 1964–1974, (Chaired UN Law of the Sea Conference Caracas), (Retired)

In retirement he was a guest lecturer in 1974 at the Law Department of University - College Cork