Dominicus Corea also known as Domingos Corea and Edirille Rala, was the son of Don Jeronimo Corea and Anna Corea. Don Jeronimo Corea was also known as Mudaliyar Vikramasinha, Commander-in-Chief of King Mayadunne's army. Jeronimo Corea was executed by King Mayadunne's son, Rajasinghe.
Dominicus Corea was born in Colombo in 1565. At that time, the Portuguese had colonised Ceylon, and his parents converted to Catholicism.
Mahatma Gandhi, the 'Father of India, visited Chilaw in Ceylon and stayed in a Corea Family home, he gifted a spinning wheel and a colour poster on the 'Fighters of Swaraj,' to the Coreas in 1927.
Charles Edgar Corea (1866-1946) was a politician and a prominent freedom fighter of Sri Lanka.
A National Hero of Sri Lanka
C.E.Corea was educated at the Royal College, Colombo.
C.E.Corea lived at 'Edirille Gedera' in Chilaw, Sri Lanka. Mahatma Gandhi and distinguished Sri Lankan politicians Don Stephen Senanayake, F.R.Senanayake, Sir Baron Jayathilake, E. W. Perera, Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan, Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam, A. E. Goonesinha, Sir James Peiris and others have all visited this historic home.
The ancient Verandah at Edirille Gedera, the home of C.E.Corea.
