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Barry Bresnihan (’62) died 18 July, 2010
Gonzaga’s first rugby
international, his sporting career
is well documented: 25 caps for
Ireland from 1966 to 1971, and
selection on two occasions for
the British and Irish Lions,
touring New Zealand in 1966
and scoring five tries, and South
Africa two years later.
His professional career was just as
outstanding. Having qualified as a doctor he
specialised in rheumatology, studying at various
specialist institutions in London and at the University
of Texas in Dallas.
He was recognised abroad as having made an
outstanding contribution to the study and treatment of
rheumatoid arthritis, and so significant was his work
in Ireland that in 1991 UCD created for him a special
chair of Rheumatology, the first in Ireland.
Fr White and Fr
Michael Shiel
introduce Barry to
some aspiring
rugby players.
(See section on Sport for detail of the Bresnihan
Memorabilia)
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Barry Bresnihan (’62) died 18 July, 2010
Gonzaga’s first rugby
international, his sporting career
is well documented: 25 caps for
Ireland from 1966 to 1971, and
selection on two occasions for
the British and Irish Lions,
touring New Zealand in 1966
and scoring five tries, and South
Africa two years later.
His professional career was just as
outstanding. Having qualified as a doctor he
specialised in rheumatology, studying at various
specialist institutions in London and at the University
of Texas in Dallas.
He was recognised abroad as having made an
outstanding contribution to the study and treatment of
rheumatoid arthritis, and so significant was his work
in Ireland that in 1991 UCD created for him a special
chair of Rheumatology, the first in Ireland.
Fr White and Fr
Michael Shiel
introduce Barry to
some aspiring
rugby players.
(See section on Sport for detail of the Bresnihan
Memorabilia)
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