the Coreas were also important landowners. ' Ernie Corea owned extensive land in Piliyandala. Edirimanne Corea Family Union He was a leading member of the Edirimanne Corea Family Union. The Corea family that hails from Chilaw and has produced freedom fighters, members of the Legislative Council, State Council, House of Representatives, the diplomatic corps, broadcasting and print media and professionals in many fields, are knit together by an active family union. Death Ernie Corea died in Piliyandala in June 2010. See also Dominicus Corea James Alfred Ernest Corea Edirimanne Corea Family Union Supreme Court of Sri Lanka Piliyandala List of political families in Sri Lanka References Further reading The Mahavamsa - History of Sri Lanka, The Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka Ceylon and the Portuguese, 1505-1658 By P.E. Peiris (1920) The Conquest of Ceylon (Volumes 1-6) By Fr. Fernao de Queyroz, tr. Fr. S. G. Perera, Ceylon Government Press, (1930) Great Sinhalese Men and Women of History - Edirille Bandara (Domingos Corea) By John M. Senaveratna, (1937) A History of Sri Lanka By Professor K.M.De Silva (1981) The Fall of a Warrior - Edirille Bandara By Sarath Kumarawardane (2006) Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon: Its History, People, Commerce, Industries and Resources By A.W. Wright, Asian Educational Services, India; New Ed edition (15 December 2007) External links The Obituary on Charles Alfred Ernest (Ernie) Corea, Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka Mahatma Gandhi and the Corea Family of Chilaw References to King Dominicus Corea in Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon by Arnold Wright The Family Gatherings of Sri Lankan Society By Dr. Mirando Obeysekere, Daily News, Sri Lanka 2010 deaths Sinhalese lawyers 1920 births Charles Alfred Ernest People from Chilaw