Pádraig Ó Finneadha (23 January 1913 – 18 November 1986) was an Irish scholar and doctor. Born at Lochán Beag, Indreabhán,

County Galway County Galway ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Northern and Western Region, taking up the south of the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht. The county population was 276,451 at the 20 ...

, to Micheál Ó Finneadha and Bríd Ní Fhualáin, he graduated from

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, in 1938. He worked in countries such as

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, the

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and

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Medical doctors from County Galway Irish folklorists 1913 births 1986 deaths 20th-century Irish medical doctors 21st-century Irish medical doctors Alumni of the National University of Ireland 20th-century Irish-language writers People from Inverin {{ireland-writer-stub