O'Connor, James Joseph
O'Connor, James Joseph (1874?–1955), principal of the Veterinary College of Ireland, may have been born on 22 May 1874, and was son of a prosperous farmer at Ward House, the Ward, north Co. Dublin. His parents were possibly Daniel O'Connor and Eliza O'Connor (née Moyles), and he…...
O'Connor, James Malachy
O'Connor, James Malachy (1886–1974), physiologist, was born in Limerick on 9 February 1886, the son of Michael Roderick O'Connor, visiting physician at Barrington's Hospital, and Kathleen O'Connor (née Bowler). He was educated at the Crescent College, Limerick, and then entered…...
O'Connor, Michael Patrick
O'Connor, Michael Patrick (1896–1967), doctor, writer, and broadcaster, was born 15 October 1896 in Loughrea, Co. Galway, the son of Thomas O'Connor, RIC sergeant, of Athenry Rd, Loughrea, and Mary O'Connor (née Scanlon). Reared a…...
O'Doherty, (Eamonn) Feighin
O'Doherty, (Eamonn) Feighin (1918–98), priest, academic, and psychologist, was born in Dublin on 10 February 1918, youngest son among four sons and two daughters of Séamus O'Doherty (qv), revolutionary, and his wife Kitty O'Doherty (qv). His…...
O'Doherty, Kevin Izod
O'Doherty, Kevin Izod (1823–1905), Young Irelander, MP, and medical doctor, was born 7 September 1823 in Dublin, youngest of two sons and two daughters of William Izod Doherty (d. 1832), a catholic solicitor, and Anne Doherty (née McEvoy). Educated at Dr Wall's school in Hume St.,…...
O'Donohue, John Joseph
O'Donohue, John Joseph (1956–2008), priest, philosopher and spiritual writer, was born 2 January 1956 in Ennistymon hospital, Co. Clare, eldest of three sons and one daughter of Patrick O'Donohue (d. 1970s), a small farmer and stonemason (whom John remembered as a profound influence…...
O'Donohue, Maura
O'Donohue, Maura (1933–2015), missionary doctor and public health campaigner, was born on 2 March 1933 at Likeen, her family home in Kilfenora, Co. Clare, the second of four children (two girls and two boys) of Andrew O’Donohue, a farmer, and his wife Kate (née O’Brien). Mary Brigid, as…...
O'Flanagan, Kevin Patrick
O'Flanagan, Kevin Patrick (1919–2006), athlete, rugby and soccer international, Olympics administrator and medical doctor, was born on 10 June 1919 in Dublin, son of Timothy O'Flanagan, tobacconist, and his wife Teresa (née McLaughlin). Raised in Terenure, he attended the Christian…...
O'Glacan (Ó Glacan), Nial
O'Glacan (Ó Glacan), Nial (d. 1665?), physician and writer, was born in Co. Donegal sometime in the last quarter of the sixteenth century. Very little is known of his early life, but his own writings indicate that he was trained as a physician by one of the Mac Duinntsleibhe (…...
O'Halloran, Sylvester
O'Halloran, Sylvester (1728–1807), surgeon and historian, was born 31 December 1728 at Caherdavin, Co. Clare, third son of Michael O'Halloran, a prosperous catholic farmer, and Mary O'Halloran (née McDonnell). His brothers were Joseph Ignatius, later a member of the Society of Jesus,…...
O'Kelly, William
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O'Kelly, William Hugh MacNevin-
O'Kelly, William Hugh MacNevin- (1713?–87), Imperial court physician, was born probably at Ballynahown, near Aughrim, Co. Galway, about 1713, the eldest son in the family of three sons and one daughter of Hugh or Hugo MacNevin or MacNeven and his wife Honoria, who inherited their…...
Ó Laoghaire, Diarmuid
Ó Laoghaire, Diarmuid (1915–2001), writer and lecturer on Celtic spirituality, and Irish-language enthusiast, was born 1 August 1915 in Dublin, one of three children of Michael O'Leary from Doneraile, Co. Cork, and Mary O'Leary (née Flood), from Co. Meath; his father was manager of…...
O'Leary, William Hegarty
O'Leary, William Hegarty (1836–80), surgeon and MP for Drogheda (1874–80), was born in Dublin on 18 June 1836, the son of Thomas J. Leary of Charleston Road, Dublin, a building contractor and part-owner in a quarry in Avoca, Co. Wicklow, and Maria Henrietta Stuart Hegarty,…...
O'Malley, Eoin
O'Malley, Eoin (1919–2007), cardiac surgeon, was born 5 April 1919 in Galway, one of seven children of Michael George O'Malley and his wife Christina (née Ryan). Michael George O'Malley (1886–1961) was the sixth son and second youngest of fourteen children (the youngest being the…...
O'Malley, Patrick Pearse
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O'Meara, Edmund
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O'Meara (Meara), Dermot (Dermod, Dermitius)
O'Meara (Meara), Dermot (Dermod, Dermitius) (fl. 1610–46), physician and author, was born in Ormond, Co. Tipperary, son of the last O'Meara chief, Domhnall O'Meara of Lisaniskey, Co. Tipperary, who levied tax and tribute due to …...
O'Meara, Robert Allen Quain
O'Meara, Robert Allen Quain (1903–74), professor of medicine and medical scientist, was born 1 December 1903 in Skibbereen, Co. Cork, younger son of Timothy Joseph O'Meara (fl. 1895–c.1938), doctor, and his wife (née Allen). He was educated at Clongowes Wood…...
O'Neill, Thomas Anthony Paul (‘Tony’)
O'Neill, Thomas Anthony Paul (‘Tony’) (1946–99), physician and sports administrator, was born 19 June 1946 in Dublin, the eldest in the family of two sons and one daughter of James Edward (Séamus) O'Neill, engineer, and his wife, Johanna Teresa Mary (née Brennan), both of Dublin.…...
O'Shiel, Owen (Eoghan Ó Siadhail
O'Shiel, Owen (Eoghan Ó Siadhail ) (1596–1650), physician, was born in Co. Westmeath, the son of James O'Shiel, of the barony of Moycashel in that county. The family had been prominent physicians in Westmeath since the sixteenth century. Nothing is known of O'Shiel's life until 1618,…...
O'Sullivan, Edward (Eamon; ‘the Doc’)
O'Sullivan, Edward (Eamon; ‘the Doc’) (1897–1966), athlete, Gaelic football trainer, sports administrator, and psychiatrist, was born 8 May 1897 in Ballincarrig, Firies, Co. Kerry, only son among three children of James ‘J. P.’ O'Sullivan, farmer, originally from Beaufort near…...
Place, Valerie
Place, Valerie (1969–93), nurse and overseas aid worker, was born 24 March 1969 at 20 St Brendan's Crescent, Walkinstown, Dublin, one of four daughters and three sons of Patrick Place, coachbuilder, of that address, and Margaret Place (née Byrne). Educated at St Paul's secondary school…...
Pollock, John Hackett (‘An Philibín’)
Pollock, John Hackett (‘An Philibín’) (1887–1964), writer and doctor, was born in Dublin, son of Hugh Pollock, a protestant barrister who later became registrar of the land commission, and Mary Pollock (née Donnelly), a catholic. He was educated at the Catholic University School,…...
Punch (Pontius, Ponce), John
Punch (Pontius, Ponce), John (1603–c.1660×73), philosopher, theologian, and controversialist, was born in Cork of an Anglo-Irish family. Nothing is known of his parents, his early years, or his education before he entered the novitiate of the Irish Franciscans at St…...