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O'Driscoll.- CAPTAIX DE:\IS O'DRISCO LL, J.p., Glenville, Monkstown, co. Cork; Justi ce of the Peace for co. Cork, and a Cork H arbour Commissioner.

O'Grady.- CAREW O'GRADY, J.p. , Carrigmanus, Goleen, co. Cork; son of the Rev. Thomas O'Grady, and Susan Dowe ; born at Berehaven, May, 1850; educat ed privately, and at Conway. Justice of the Peace and County Grand Juror for co, Cork. Married, in 1884, Florence, fifth daughter of "J ames Hingston, of Aglish, co. Cork, and has issue surviving three sons and one daughter.

O·Keeffe. - EDWARD A. O'KEEFFE, Lotaville, Blackrock, co . Cork; son of the late Daniel Joseph O'Keeffe, of Blackrock; born at Blackrock, October 24th, 1863; educated at Queen's CoUege, Cork, and graduated Bachelor of Civil Engineering in the Royal University of Ireland; then entered the (now defunct) School of Engineering, Hanover Square, London, W., and started actual work with Siemens Bros., in their works at Charlton, where he remained during !the manufacture, and laying the Makay-Benn ett Cable, and before its completion was in charge of the Cable Testing Department, but resigned in order to t ake the position of Demonstrat or in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics at University College, Bristol, under Professor Silvanus P. Thompson ; remained there for one session, and on Professor Thompson being appointed Principal of the FinsburyTechnical College, London, he accompanied him there as second Demonstrator in the same department ; after five years was promoted to the post of Senior Demonstrator and' Lecturer on Electrical Engineering, which position he helel for over ten years. In 1900 was appointed H ead Science il1aster and Organising Secretary of Crawford Municipal Technical Institute, Cork, which position he still holds. I s a Member of the Institution of Elec trical Engineers; F ellow of the Physical Society of London. Has contributed articles for t echnical and other journals , and was Science Reviewer for one of the leading London papers, and the author of the Electricity and Magnetism in Cassell's Popldar Educator and Electrical Engineering series in Cassell's Technical Educator ; he also translated and revised Pro­fessor Weber's" Problems in Electricity and Magnetism" (Spon and Son).

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O'Keeffe.- H UBE RT O 'KEEFFE, Woodsgift , Cork ; son of Daniel J oseph O ' Keeffe, of Ballintemple H ouse, Cork ; born at Blackrock, Cork; educated at St. Vin cent' s Seminary, and Q ueen' s College, Cork. Licentiate in Dental Surgery Royal College of S urgeons, Ireland ; Dental Surgeon Mercy H ospital, a nd Consultant North Infi rmary, Cork; mer:nber of Coun cil , Irish .Branch, British Dental Association, 1905. Recreations : hunting, and golf. Married, in 1907, J ennie, eldest daught~r of Dr. P. J. Cremen, Sidney Place, Cork. Clubs : Cork ; Cork H arbour Rowing; President of Shandon Boat ; Phcenix Park Racing; and Cork and Portmarnock Golf.

. O'Leary. D ANIEL O'LEAl,Y, Ba ntry; fift h son of Flore nce O'Leary, of Glandart H ouse, Bantry; born a t Glandart , in 1876; educated at Dromore Nation al School ; pri vate colleges , Co rk , and Queen 's College, Cork ; Victori a Prizeman, and H onours Exhibitioner, King's Inns, Dublin , Barrist er-a t-law, practising on the Munster Circuit ; called to t he I rish Bar in 1905. N ationalist candidate for the W est Cork Parliament ary Division, December, 1910 ; has taken a leading part in all popular monments in West Cork ; a ut hor of legal handbooks.

O'Leary.- D ENNIS JOH~ O' LEARY, Castleishen, Cha rl e­ville ; ,on of J ohn W. O'Leary; born at Cork, in 1847. Farmer; breeder of t horoughbreds and hunters . :\Iarried, in 1896, Kate, daughter of the la te J ohn Sulli van, of Kanturk.

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O'Leary.-JOH N PATRICK O'LEARY, Castleishen, Charlt"­ville, co. Cork; son of P. W. O'Leary, of Cork; born at Cork, in 1853; educated at Mungret, Limerick. Farmer and hnd­owner; breeder of hunters. Married, in 1899, Ellie, daughter of the late John O'Leary, of Castleishen.

O'Leary.- JEREMIAH O'LEARY, 'vVoodlands, Dunmanway ; son of Florence O'Leary, A.M .lnsL C.E., of Glend'art, co. Cork; born at Glendart; educated at Dromore, Bantry, and Dublin. Admitt ed a solicitor, Trinity term, 1907 ; served articles with his brother, Patrick O'Leary, Bantry; Chairman of the Dunmanway U nit ed Irish L eague; obtained special certificate and money prize for essay writing as a student; in hi s youth contributed poetry and articles on various topics to local weeklies and magazines; has also contributed humorous verse to newspapers . Recreations : athletics; good high jumper and weight thrower. Married, F ebruary, 1909, Nora, daughter of Patrick McCarthy, of Timoleague.

O'Leary.- PAJRICK O'LEARY, The Square, Bantry; son of Florence O'Leary, A.M.InsLC.E., of Glendart, co. Cork ; born at Glendart, in 1870; educated privately, and at University Academy, Cork. Admitted a solicitor, 1895 ; served articles with Jonas Wolfe, Bantry; has practised in Bantry since 1895 ; Town Commission er since 1899. Recreations: shooting, and fishing. Married, in 1906, Annie, second daughter of William H enry O'Sullivan, J.P. , of Bantry, and has issue one son , J oseph Sylves ter, born De: ember 31st, 1909 . Clubs: The Hibernians, and Commercial, Bantry.

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O'Meara. -D.'\vID JO K:" O':\1EARA, LL.D., Bank Place, Mallow; son of J ohn O'Meara; born !\!Iay 20th, 1865; ed ucated at Christian Brothers' School, Mallow, and University Coll ege, Blackrock, co . Dublin: B.A., 1887; LL.D., 18gg. Local Solicitor to the Great Southern Railway and the National Bank. Recreation: hunting; member of the Duhallow Hunt for twenty years . Married, July 26th, 1896, Mary, daughter of Barry M. Egan, of Patrick Street, Corle .

O'Meara. - TIMOTHY JOSEPH O'MEARA, J.p., Curragh View, Skibbereen; eldest son of the late Michael O'Meara, of Knockcorragh, co. Limerick; born at Knockcorragh, in I86g ; educated at the Crescent College, Limerick; Rockwell College, Cashel; University College; Blackrock, Dublin; and Queen's College, Cork; B.A. with H onours, Ro yal University, Ireland, 1892; M.B., B.Ch. , B.A.O. (Honours and Exhibition 1st place), 1894; Senior Scholar in Natural History, Junior Scholar, first, second, and third years, and Exhibitioner in Midwifery and Gyncecology, etc. Admiralty Surgeon and Agent; 'Surgeon, Baltimore .Fishery School; Medical Attendant, Royal Irish Constabulary; Medical Officer, Tullagh Dispensary District Skibbereen Union; Medical Referee, several assurance companies; Member of the British and Irish Medical Associations; late Demonstrator and Lecturer on Anatomy, and Assistant to Professor

of Biology, Queen's College, Cork; Member of the Royal Society of Medicine, London. Contributions: " The Causes, Effects, and Prevention of Alcoholism in Ireland " (British Medical

J oumal, I g04), "C hitt Causes of High R at e of Incidence of Tuberculo :sis in Ireland " (read before the Congress of the Royal Institute of Public H ealth, Cork. Ig06), "Tubercu:osis in Ireland" (read before the same Congress at Buxton, 1008) , "Consumption and its Prevention" (Irish

Medical Juttmal, Ig08) , and" Evidence on Congestion in Ireland," before Vice-Regal Commission (Blue Book, I g09). Justice of the Peace for co. Cork. Married, in I8gg, Maria Frances Harriett, only surviving daughter of the late Christopher Allen, of Stone Hall, Glandore, and has issue two sons, Francis J oseph, born IgOO; Robert .A llen Quain, born Ig03; and one daughter, Kathleen Phyllis Maev, born I gO r.

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O·Regan. - MICHAEL O'REGAN, J.P. , Lake View Lodge, Bally volane, co. Cork; son of Andrew O'Regan , of R aheena, co. Limerick; born at R aheen a, co. Limerick, in 1863 ; educated privately at Limerick, and Cork. Principal of the fi rm of M. O' Regan and Company, wholesale butter merchants, Cork, est ablished half a century; Chairman of the Butter :\Iarket Trustees; appointed Justice of the Peace for the City of Cork, 1906; member of the Committee Cork Chamber of Commerce.

O'Shea. - HENRY O'.SHEA, J.P .. Oldcourt, Roch es town, co. Cork; son of :'Hichael O'Shea, of co. Cork ; born in co. Cork, July 8th, 1858 ; educated pri,·ately. H ead of the firm of H enry O'Shea, 38 and 39, St. Main Street , and 5, St. Patrick 's Street , Cork; elected member of the Corpora tion of Cork, 1898 ; High Sheriff of Cork , 1901; was deputed t o a ttend the Tuberculosis Congress held in W ashington, U.S .A., in I 908, on behalf of the City of Cork, and was elected Lord Mayor of Cork, January I4th, I 9II , to serve the remaining days of office of his predecessor; holds the Commission of the P eace for both the City and the County . Married , ~ovcmber 5th, 1882. Bridget, and has survivin g issue fOllr sons and six daughters.

0' Shee.-JAMES JOHN O'SHEE, M.P. , Bellevue Place, Clonmel ; fourth son of J ohn Shee, of Newton; Carrick­on ·Suir, co. Tipperary; born a t Newtown, November 3rd, 1866 ; educated at Newtown NatIOnal School, Rockwell College, Cashel, and University College, Dublin. Admitted a solicitor, 1890; h as represented 'West Waterford in Parlia­ment since r895. Club; Irish and Leinster, Dublin.