Cyril O'Callaghan
| Full name | Cyril Tait O'Callaghan | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 9 September 1889 Carlow, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 April 1984 (aged 94) 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.
O'Callaghan was born in Carlow and attended Framlingham College from 1897 to 1899, followed by Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood (Charterhouse Square), where he played 1st XI cricket and 1st XV rugby.[1][2]
A wing three-quarter, O'Callaghan played for English club Old Merchant Taylors. He gained seven Ireland caps, debuting in 1910, and scored two tries, both during the 1911 Five Nations.[3]
O'Callaghan served as an officer with the 1st The Royal Dragoons, into which he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in November 1915,[4] and was awarded the Military Cross in January 1919.[5][6][7]
During the 1920s, O'Callaghan was an aide-de-camp to the High Commissioner of Egypt George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd.[8] He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Reserve of Officers of the Territorial Army's North Somerset Yeomanry.[9]
O'Callaghan married an American from Boston after retiring from active service.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Wisden, John (1908). "Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1908" (PDF). schoolscricketonline.co.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2025-02-21. Retrieved 2026-04-19.
- ↑ "Lt Col Cyril Tait O'Callaghan". Old Framlinghamians. Retrieved 2026-04-19.
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 "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 (archived)
- 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