In 1947, Cockburn moved to Ireland and lived at Ardmore, County Waterford, and continued to contribute to newspapers and journals, including a weekly column for The Irish Times.
Patricia Evangeline Anne Arbuthnot (17 March 1914 - 6 October 1989), married firstly on 10 October 1933 Arthur Cecil Byron, son of Cecil Byron, by whom she had a son Darrell Byron, who died in Ireland aged two, divorcing in 1940, and married secondly in 1940 Francis Claud Cockburn of Brook Lodge, Youghal, County Cork (Peking, 12 April 1904 - 15 December 1981), and had issue
Bruce Cockburn | Alexander Cockburn | Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet | Cockburn | Patrick Cockburn | Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet | Sir Alexander Cockburn | Claud Thomas Bourchier | Claud Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby | Alistair Cockburn | Saint-Claud | Paul Cockburn | John Cockburn of Ormiston | Cockburn, South Australia | Cockburn Sound | Claud Severn | Claud Lovat Fraser | Claud Louis d'Espinchal, Marquis de Massiac | Claud E. Cleeton | Claud Ashton Jones | Andrew Cockburn |