Andrew Rynne Explained

Andrew Rynne
Birth Date:18 May 1942
Birth Place:Prosperous, County Kildare
Nationality:Irish
Occupation:General practitioner
Surgeon
Years Active:1973–present
Known For:Birth control supporter

Andrew Rynne is a retired Irish surgeon, medical practitioner and founder of Clane General Hospital in County Kildare. Rynne was the chairperson of the Irish Family Planning Association and the Republic of Ireland's first vasectomy specialist.[1] He was known for his liberal approach to birth control.[2]

Early life and education

Rynne was born on 18 May 1942 in Downings House in Prosperous, County Kildare. His father was Stephen Rynne, a writer, broadcaster, author and wit, while his mother, Alice Curtayne, was a writer, hagiographer, lecturer, linguist and scholar. He attended National School Prosperous from 1947 to 1951 and Ring College Waterford from 1951 to 1952. From 1961 to 1968, he attended Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. After graduation, Rynne emigrated to Canada with an internship with Hamilton Civic Hospital.[3]

Career

He started his general practise in Mitchell, Ontario from 1968 to 1973, where he was introduced to vasectomy. In 1970, he was appointed as the coroner for the Perth County, Ontario. In January 1974, he returned to Ireland and established a general practise in Clane, County Kildare.[4]

In 1975, Rynne joined Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA) and started doing vasectomies for them. In 1984, he sold condoms as an act of civil disobedience and got fined £500.[5] In the following year, he became the Chairman of IFPA. In the same year, he founded Clane General Hospital with the opposition from the Catholic Church and the local supporters.[6]

Shooting

In 1990, Rynne was shot by a former client.[7] According to Rynne, the gunman fired six or seven times with a .22 Long Rifle and shot him in the right hip.[8] [9] [10] The incident is the subject of a short film The Vasectomy Doctor by Paul Webster.[11]

Bibliography

Trivia

The house featured on the front cover of Prosperous, a music album by Irish folk musician Christy Moore, was owned by Andrew Rynne.[14] [15]

In March 2021, Rynne attended a protest against the lockdown in Dublin. After protests turned violent, he claimed that some protesters, who provoked the police, could have been planted by the government.[16]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ireland's first vasectomy doctor tells how he was shot during surgery by an ex-patient . 2021-03-14 . sundayworld . en.
  2. Web site: Mahon . Brian . Andrew Rynne suggests garda may have set up lockdown protest attacks . 2021-03-14 . en.
  3. Web site: Church's rigid approach to sex came from same source as those who later fought it . 2021-03-22 . independent . en.
  4. Web site: Tallant . Nicola . Doctor: my vasectomy shooting . 2021-03-25 . en . The Times.
  5. Web site: Hogan . Senan . Controversial vasectomy doctor features in new TG4 series tonight . 2021-03-25 . www.waterfordlive.ie.
  6. Web site: Hogan . Senan . New TG4 programme on Kildare vasectomy doctor Andrew Rynne to air tonight . 2021-03-21 . www.kildarenow.com.
  7. Web site: 'I could look down the barrel of the gun. I could see the worm of the gun.' - RTÉ Radio 1 Highlights.
  8. Web site: Outlook - I was shot while performing a vasectomy . 2021-03-24 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
  9. Web site: McDonnell . Mary . 2015-05-31 . Vasectomy doctor tells how he is determined to help men with sexual health problems . 2021-03-25 . . en.
  10. Web site: 'The gunman fired at me six or seven times. He hit me in the right hip. I had a feeling that I had escaped with my life' - pioneering doctor Andrew Rynne on the day he nearly died . 2021-03-14 . independent . en.
  11. Jarlath Regan . Jarlath Regan . 297 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190527134910/https://soundcloud.com/an-irishman-abroad/dr-andrew-rynne-episode-297 . live . Dr. Andrew Rynne . 26 May 2019 . 27 May 2019 . . . 27 May 2019.
  12. Book: Rynne, Andrew . Abortion : the Irish question . 1982 . Ward River Press . 0-907085-36-9 . Dublin . 9904653.
  13. Book: Rynne, Andrew . The vasectomy doctor : a memoir . 2005 . Mercier Press . 1-85635-483-0 . Cork . 65467277.
  14. Web site: McHugh . Conor . 2018-06-27 . From 1798 to Christy Moore, Downings House in Prosperous has had a great history . 2021-03-25 . www.leinsterleader.ie.
  15. Web site: Kelly . Justin . 2019-12-01 . Contents of stunning 18th century home to go up for auction . 2021-03-25 . www.offalyexpress.ie.
  16. Web site: Mahon . Brian . Andrew Rynne suggests garda may have set up lockdown protest attacks . 2021-03-24 . en.

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