Kathleen Coburn (nee McArdle), who passed away on December 31, 2008 was a member of one of Faughart's best-known families. Wife of former TD George Coburn, she was brought up in a strong GAA family. All her brothers played for Roche Emmets and one of them - Jim McArdle - was a member of Louth's 1957 All-Ireland winning panel.