Cyril O'Callaghan | |
Full Name: | Cyril Tait O'Callaghan |
Birth Date: | 9 September 1889 |
Birth Place: | Carlow, Ireland |
Death Place: | Bury St Edmunds, England |
Position: | Wing |
Repyears1: | 1910–12 |
Repcaps1: | 7 |
Reppoints1: | 6 |
Cyril Tait O'Callaghan (9 September 1889 — 6 April 1984) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Carlow, O'Callaghan was a wing three-quarter and played for Old Merchant Taylors, an English club. He gained seven Ireland caps, debuting in 1910, and scored two tries, both during the 1911 Five Nations.[1]
O'Callaghan served as an officer with the 1st The Royal Dragoons and was awarded a Military Cross in 1916.[2] [3]
During the 1920s, O'Callaghan was an aide to the High Commissioner of Egypt George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd.[4]
O'Callaghan married an American from Boston after retiring from active service.[4]