Andrew Rynne is a retired Irish surgeon, medical practitioner and founder of

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. Rynne was the chairperson of the

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and the

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's first vasectomy specialist. He was known for his liberal approach to

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Early life and education

Rynne was born on 18 May 1942 in Downings House in

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. His father was Stephen Rynne, a writer, broadcaster, author and wit, while his mother,

Alice Curtayne Alice Curtayne (1898–1981) was an Irish writer and lecturer. She was born on 6 November 1898, 2 Upper Castle St, Tralee, Co. Kerry. She was a daughter of John Curtayne, carriage builder, or coach builder, of Castle St, Tralee, by his wife Brid ...

, was a writer, hagiographer, lecturer, linguist and scholar. He attended National School Prosperous from 1947 to 1951 and Ring College Waterford from 1951 do 1952. From 1961 to 1968, he attended

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in Ireland. After graduation, Rynne emigrated to Canada with an internship with Hamilton Civic Hospital.

Career

He started his general practise in

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from 1968 to 1973, where he was introduced to

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. In 1970, he was appointed as the

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for the

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. In January 1974, he returned to Ireland and established a general practise in Clane, County Kildare. In 1975, Rynne joined

(IFPA) and started doing vasectomies for them. In 1984, he sold condoms as an act of civil disobedience and got fined £500. In the following year, he became the Chairman of IFPA. In the same year, he founded Clane General Hospital with the opposition from the Catholic Church and the local supporters.

Shooting

In 1990, Rynne was shot by a former client. According to Rynne, the gunman fired six or seven times with a

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and shot him in the right hip. The incident is the subject of a short film ''The Vasectomy Doctor'' by Paul Webster.

Bibliography

* ''Smoking is Your Decision''. Ward River Press 1982 * ''Abortion. The Irish Question''. Ward River Press 1983 * ''The Vasectomy Doctor''. Mercier Press 2005

Trivia

The house featured on the front cover of '' Prosperous'', a music album by

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Christy Moore Christopher Andrew "Christy" Moore (born 7 May 1945) is an Irish folk singer, songwriter and guitarist. In addition to his significant success as an individual, he is one of the founding members of Planxty and Moving Hearts. His first album, ...

, was owned by Andrew Rynne. In March 2021, Rynne attended a protest against the lockdown in

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. After protests turned violent, he claimed that some protesters, who provoked the police, could have been planted by the government.

Venture

Dr. Andrew Rynne has recently decided to help medical writers with medical or scientific input. For those who are struggling to make their writings professional and get them published
www.medicalwritinginput.com
is an initiative by him that offers quick and cost-effective solutions. Founded in 2022, Medical Writing Input is a venture started by Dr. Andrew Rynne. He implemented his 40 years of experience in creating this venture and is willing to help the talents like him. It is a place where he provides medical writing help, scientific writing help, surgical writing help, and medical input to the writers. Professional medical or scientific writers can also turn to Dr. Rynne for services like proofreading, copywriting, ghostwriting, reviews, suggestions, comments, and input into videos and film scripts. The medical writers can get in touch with Dr. Andrew Rynne by filling up a short and simple questionnaire mentioned on the website, which is created only to understand the needs of the writers.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rynne, Andrew Living people 1942 births Irish surgeons