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Dublin Hospitals Rugby Cup
The Dublin Hospitals Rugby Cup is a rugby union competition contested by the teaching hospitals in Dublin since 1881. The competition has a claim to the oldest rugby union competition in the world. The United Hospitals Cup in London was started 6 years earlier, but 12 years were not played during the periods of World War I and World War II. History The competition was inaugurated in 1881 by a group of Dublin surgeons and physicians. Dr Frank Cassidy served as the first president. The trophy was created by Paul Storr in 1812 as a hunting trophy. It was purchased in 1881 for £50. It remains the oldest sporting trophy in Ireland for which there is an annual competition. The participants of the inaugural tournament included Richmond, Jervis Street, Sir Patrick Dun's, Royal City of Dublin Hospital, Adelaide, Mercer's Hospital, Dr Steevens' Hospital, and Meath. The inaugural title was won by the Meath Hospital who beat Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital at Lansdowne Road. Predating the cup, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglesea Road
Anglesea Road is a road joining Donnybrook with Ballsbridge, in Dublin, Ireland. It forms part of the R108 regional route in Southeast Dublin. The River Dodder flows nearby Anglesea Road. A number of sports clubs and sports venues are located in and around the Anglesea Road area. These include Old Belvedere R.F.C., Merrion Cricket Club, Anglesea Road Cricket Ground and the RDS Arena. See also *List of streets and squares in Dublin This is a list of notable streets and squares in Dublin, Ireland. __NOTOC__ References Notes Sources * External linksStreetnames of DublinaArchiseekArchitecture of Ireland— English-Irish list of Dublin street names aLeathanach baile Sh ... References {{Streets in Dublin city, state=autocollapse Streets in Dublin (city) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tallaght University Hospital
The Tallaght University Hospital ( ga, Ospidéal Ollscoile Thamhlachta) is a teaching hospital in County Dublin, Ireland. Its academic partner is the Trinity College Dublin. It is managed by Dublin Midlands Hospital Group. History The hospital, which was designed by Robinson Keefe Devane, was intended to provide the newly developed Dublin suburb of Tallaght with its own general hospital, by relocating services from three smaller sites in Dublin's city centre: the Adelaide Hospital, the Meath Hospital and the National Children's Hospital. A board of directors was established by the Minister for Health in 1980. It was built at a cost of £140 million and opened as the Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin, incorporating the National Children's Hospital (AMNCH) on 21 June 1998. In March 2010, an investigation was launched when it emerged that 58,000 X-rays had not been reviewed by a consultant radiologist. In November 2011, Minister for Health James Reilly announced "radical gover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terence Millin
Terence John Millin FRCSI FRCS LRCP (9 January 1903 - 1980) was a British-born Irish urology, urological surgeon, who in 1945, introduced a surgical treatment of benign prostatic hypertrophy, benign large prostates using the retropubic prostatectomy, later known as the Millin's prostatectomy, where he approached the prostate from behind the pubic bone and through the prostatic capsule, removing the prostate through the retropubic space and hence avoided cutting into the bladder. It superseded the technique of transvesical prostatectomy used by Peter Freyer, where the prostate was removed through the bladder. Millin graduated in medicine in 1927 from Dublin University after also gaining a degree in maths and arts, and representing both his university and Ireland at rugby. He first became a house surgeon at Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital, Dublin, following which he gained postgraduate qualifications and moved to London with a travelling scholarship. Here, he came across the Irish urolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Magee
Aloysius Mary "Louis" Magee (1 May 1874 – 4 April 1945) was an Irish rugby union halfback. Magee played club rugby for Bective Rangers and London Irish and played international rugby for Ireland and was part of the British Isles team in their 1896 tour of South Africa. Magee was capped 27 times for Ireland, ten as captain, and won two Championships, leading Ireland to a Triple Crown win in the 1899 Home Nations Championship. Magee was one of the outstanding half backs of world rugby prior to 1914, and is credited as being a driving force in turning Ireland from a no-hope team into one that commanded respect.Godwin (1984), pg 75. Rugby career Magee came from a well known sporting family. His eldest brother Joseph Magee was also an international rugby player for Ireland, while another brother James played cricket for Ireland. His brother-in-law, Tommy Little, played rugby for Ireland between 1898 and 1901.Godwin (1984), pg 44. Magee played almost the entirety of his rugby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paddy Johns
Patrick Stephen Johns, known as Paddy Johns (born 19 February 1968, in Portadown) was an Irish rugby union player from 1990 to 2000. He played mainly as a lock and occasionally in the back-row. He won 59 caps, scoring 4 tries and 20 points. He had his international debut, on 27 October 1990 against Argentina, in Dublin, in a match won 20-18, and his final appearance came on 11 November 2000, with Japan, in a win of 78-9, again in Dublin. He played at the 1995 Rugby World Cup and the 1999 Rugby World Cup. He also played for the Ireland national rugby sevens team at the inaugural 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens, where Ireland reached the semi-finals, its best ever finish in a Rugby World Cup Sevens. He studied dentistry at the University of Dublin The University of Dublin ( ga, Ollscoil Átha Cliath), corporately designated the Chancellor, Doctors and Masters of the University of Dublin, is a university located in Dublin, Ireland. It is the degree-awarding body for Trinity Coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niall Hogan
Niall Andrew Hogan (born 20 April 1971) is an Irish orthopaedic surgeon and a former Irish rugby union international player who played as a scrum-half. He played for the Ireland team from 1995 to 1997, winning 13 caps. He was a member of the Ireland squad at the 1995 Rugby World Cup where he played in three matches. Hogan is a former Ireland team captain. Education Hogan graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) is a medical professional and educational institution, which is also known as RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ireland's first private university. It was established in 1784 ... (RCSI) in 1995 with a degree in medicine (MB BCh LRCP&SI). In 2005, he was conferred with the Intercollegiate Board Specialty Diploma in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery. Hogan is Honorary Secretary to the Irish Institute of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery. His brother Brian Hogan is a radiologist and fell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Cussen
Denis Cussen (19 July 1901 – 15 December 1980) was an Irish sprinter, rugby union player and doctor. He competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from .... References External links * 1901 births 1980 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics Irish male sprinters Olympic athletes of Ireland Sportspeople from County Limerick Ireland international rugby union players Rugby union wings Rugby union players from County Limerick People from Newcastle West Alumni of Trinity College Dublin {{Ireland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Crean
Major Dr. Thomas Joseph Crean, (19 April 1873 – 25 March 1923) was an Irish rugby union player, British Army soldier and physician, doctor. During the Second Boer War, while serving with the Imperial Light Horse, he was awarded the Victoria Cross. In 1902, he was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Royal College of Surgeons. During the First World War he served with the Royal Army Medical Corps and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. Crean played rugby for Leinster Rugby, Leinster, Ireland national rugby union team, Ireland and the British and Irish Lions, British Isles. In 1894 Home Nations Championship, 1894, he was a member of the first Ireland team to win both a Six Nations Championship, Home Nations Championship and a Triple Crown (rugby union), Triple Crown. Then in 1896 Home Nations Championship, 1896 he helped Ireland win their second Home Nations title. He is one of three Ireland rugby union internationals to have been awarde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgan Crowe
Morgan Patrick Crowe (5 March 1907 – 8 April 1993) was a rugby union centre who played thirteen times for between 1929–34. He played his club rugby for Leicester Tigers and Lansdowne. Crowe made his international debut for on 9 March 1929 against in a 5–5 draw at Ravenhill. He played for Richmond Hospital in the Dublin Hospitals Rugby Cup. In the 1930 final against Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital he fractured his clavicle, ruling him out of the 1930 Lions tour of New Zealand, which he had been selected for. A doctor by profession his work took him to the Leicester Royal Infirmary. Crowe made his Leicester Tigers debut on 1 October 1932 against Coventry Coventry ( or ) is a city in the West Midlands, England. It is on the River Sherbourne. Coventry has been a large settlement for centuries, although it was not founded and given its city status until the Middle Ages. The city is governed b ... at Welford Road. Crowe played 25 times in his first s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Clinch
Andrew Daniel Clinch MD JP (28 November 1867 – 1 February 1937), Scrum.com was an forward who played club rugby for and international rugby for and the |
Emmet Byrne (rugby Union)
Emmet Byrne is a retired Irish rugby union player. He played at prop-forward for Wanderers FC, St Mary's College RFC, Blackrock College RFC and Leinster. He also won nine caps between 2001 and 2003 for Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea .... Following retirement from professional rugby union, Byrne graduated from medical school at the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland. He subsequently began training as a general practitioner. References Leinster Rugby players St Mary's College RFC players Blackrock College RFC players Wanderers F.C. (rugby union) players Irish rugby union players Ireland international rugby union players Living people 1973 births Rugby union players from Dublin (city) Rugby union props 21st-century Irish medical doctors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Joseph Bulger
Michael Joseph Bulger (15 May 1867 – 20 July 1938) was an Irish rugby player, athlete and medical doctor. Along with his brothers, Daniel Delany Bulger, Daniel and Lawrence Bulger, Lawrence, he was prominent in the Irish sporting world in the late 19th century. Bulger achieved lasting fame for his role as one of the umpires involved in the disqualification of Dorando Pietri at the finish of the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon, marathon at the 1908 London Olympics. Family Background The Bulger family were from Moore Street, Kilrush, County Clare, where their father, Daniel Scanlan Bulger (1831–1904), was a woolen merchant and draper and ran a loan office. Around 1880, the family moved to Dublin, where Daniel Scanlan Bulger became a member of the Dublin Stock Exchange and his sons were educated at Blackrock College and Trinity College Dublin. Rugby career Bulger played rugby union while at Blackrock and from there, in a rugby career which his younger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
