John K'Eogh (c.1681–1754) was an Irish

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. John Keogh was chaplain to

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Mitchelstown Mitchelstown () is a town in the north of County Cork, Ireland with a population of over 3,740. It is situated in the valley to the south of the Galtee Mountains. Mitchelstown is 13 km south-west of the Mitchelstown Cave, 53 km nor ...

. He wrote ''Botanologia Universalis Hibernicaor, or a general Irish Herbal'' Cork, 1735, a

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, or book about medicinal plants, written in Manx (not Irish but related),

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English, and

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, ''Zoologia Medicinalis Hibernica or, a Treatise on Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Reptiles or Insects known and propagated in this Kingdom'', and ''Vindication of the Antiquities of Ireland'' Dublin, 1748, in which he gives an account of his family. He was the son of John K'eogh whose original family name was Mac Eochaid

(16--, Cloonceagh, Limerick-) also a Doctor of Divinity and author of

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texts.

References

* Thomas Dix Hincks On early Contributions to the Flora of Ireland; with Remarks on Mr. Mackay's Flora Hibernica ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History'' 6: 1–12 continued 126–135 (184

pages 8 and 9

External links

Library IrelandDictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists
{{DEFAULTSORT:K'Eogh, John 1680s births 1754 deaths Irish naturalists Irish chaplains Year of birth unknown Scientists from County Cork 17th-century Irish scientists 18th-century Irish scientists People from Mitchelstown