Cyril O'Callaghan
| Full name | Cyril Tait O'Callaghan | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 9 September 1889 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Carlow, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 6 April 1984 (aged 94) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Bury St Edmunds, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Cyril Tait O'Callaghan (9 September 1889 — 6 April 1984) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Carlow, O'Callaghan was a wing three-quarter and played for Old Merchant Taylors, an English club. He gained seven Ireland caps, debuting in 1910, and scored two tries, both during the 1911 Five Nations.[1]
O'Callaghan served as an officer with the 1st The Royal Dragoons, into which he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in November 1915,[2] and was awarded the Military Cross in January 1919.[3][4][5]
During the 1920s, O'Callaghan was an aide-de-camp to the High Commissioner of Egypt George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd.[6] He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Reserve of Officers of the Territorial Army's North Somerset Yeomanry.[7]
O'Callaghan married an American from Boston after retiring from active service.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Ireland's Team Against Wales". Daily Mirror. 28 February 1910.
- ^ "No. 29376". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 November 1915. p. 11581.
- ^ "Sportsmen In Honours List". Irish Independent. 24 October 1916.
- ^ "Col C. T. O'Callaghan". Newmarket Journal. 19 April 1984.
- ^ "No. 13375". The Edinburgh Gazette. 2 January 1919. p. 28.
- ^ a b "A Proposal By The Transatlantic Telephone". The Baltimore Sun. 24 December 1933.
- ^ "No. 33560". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 December 1929. p. 8097.
External links
[edit]- Cyril O'Callaghan at ESPNscrum
- 1889 births
- 1984 deaths
- Irish rugby union players
- Ireland international rugby union players
- People from Carlow (town)
- Rugby union players from County Carlow
- 1st The Royal Dragoons officers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Recipients of the Military Cross
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Military personnel from County Carlow