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4 unusual facts about Dominic Corrigan


Queen's University of Ireland

A number of significant figures in Irish public life participated in the governing senate of the university such as Sir Dominic Corrigan (Vice-Chancellor).

Sir Thomas Watson, 1st Baronet

In 1833, Dominic Corrigan, a British physician, first described the visible abrupt distention and collapse of carotid arteries in patients with aortic insufficiency.

St Andrew's Church, Westland Row, Dublin

Dominic Corrigan (1802-1880), a noted physician, is buried in the crypt of the church.

Thomas Street, Dublin

Dominic Corrigan (1802-1880), a prominent physician, was born in Thomas St.


Royal College of Physicians of Ireland

Among the famous past presidents of the College were William Fetherstone Montgomery, Sir Patrick Dun (1681–93), Henry Marsh (1841), Robert James Graves (1843), William Stokes (1849), Sir Dominic Corrigan (1859–1863).


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