Morgan McElligott explained

Morgan McElligott
Nationality:Irish
Sport:Rowing
Birth Date:21 June 1925
Birth Place:Rathdown, Dublin, Ireland
Death Place:Coosan, Ireland

Morgan McElligott (21 June 1925  - 16 February 2016) was an Irish rower and cardiologist.[1] [2] He competed in the men's eight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[3] [4]

Biography

McElligott was born in Rathdown, Dublin in 1925.[1] He gained a medical degree while studying at the University College Dublin.[1] In 1948, he was part of the team that won the All-Ireland Senior Rowing Championship.[5] At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, McElligott was part of the Irish team that competed in the men's eight.[6]

Two years after the Olympics, he started his medical career in Dublin, and moved to London three years after that.[1] After six years later, McElligott returned to Ireland, becoming a consultant at Portiuncula Hospital.[1] He spent more than three decades working at the hospital,[7] where he worked in cardiology and helped to found the very first cardiac care unit in Portiuncula.[1]

In 1989, McElligott left Portiuncula and went to Baghdad with his wife,[5] with both of them developing the Ibn Al-Bitar Hospital.[1] Due to the first Gulf War, they both left Iraq, moving to Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.[5] In Saudi Arabia he was the chief of internal medicine for the Royal College of Surgeons.[1] After nearly two years in Saudi Arabia, he retired and returned to Ireland with his wife.[4]

In 2012, McElligott was one of the eleven surviving members of Ireland's 1948 Summer Olympics team,[8] who were all honoured at a ceremony in Dublin.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Morgan McElligott . Olympedia . 25 March 2022.
  2. Web site: Farewell to Morgan McElligott . The Irish Field . 25 March 2022.
  3. Morgan McElligott Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418070702/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mc/morgan-mcelligott-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 4 August 2018.
  4. Web site: Meet the ex-Olympian who became a consultant at Portiuncula Hospital . Westmeath Independent . 25 March 2022.
  5. Web site: Olympic spirit . The Irish Times . 25 March 2022.
  6. Web site: Eights, Men . Olympedia . 25 March 2022.
  7. Web site: Morgan McElligott from the 1948 Olympic Rowing Eight RIP . Olympic Federation of Ireland . 25 March 2022.
  8. Web site: 1948 Irish Olympians honoured . RTE . 25 March 2022.
  9. Web site: NOC OF IRELAND HONORS 1948 OLYMPIANS . European Olympic Committees . 25 March 2022.