Barry Bresnihan
| Birth name | Finbarr Patrick Kieran Bresnihan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 13 March 1944 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | rheumatologist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Finbarr Patrick Kieran Bresnihan (13 March 1944[1] – 18 July 2010[2]) was an Irish rheumatologist and international rugby union player.
Bresnihan was born in Waterford in 1944 and educated at Gonzaga College, Dublin before qualifying as a doctor at University College Dublin (UCD). He was married with a son and three daughters and died in 2010.[2]
Medical career
After qualifying as a doctor, Bresnihan specialised in rheumatology at Guy's Hospital in London before working with Morris Ziff at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School before returning to Ireland to set up a laboratory at the UCD Medical School and St. Vincent's University Hospital. During his career he wrote a number of papers, two books and contributions to works on rheumatology. In 1991 UCD created a chair of Rheumatology for Bresnihan and in 2009 he was honoured as a "Master" by the American College of Rheumatology.[2]
Rugby career
Bresnihan was capped twenty-five times as a
Bresnihan made two
He played club rugby for
References
- ISBN 0-460-07003-7.
- ^ a b c d e "Barry Bresnihan Obituary". telegraph.co.uk. 26 June 2010.
- ^ Griffiths, page 3:38-3:40