Thom's Irish Who's Who/Kinkead, Richard J.

3234556Thom's Irish Who's Who — Kinkead, Richard J.


KINKEAD, Richard J., A.B., M.D. (Univ. of Dublin); L.R.C.S.I., J.P., Co. Galway; Professor Obstetrics and Lecturer in Medical Jurisprudence and Hygiene Univ. College, Galway; Physician and Gynæcologist, The Galway Hospital; Surgeon Galway Prison; b. Ballina, Co. Mayo; son of Rev. Francis Kinkead and Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Croften, J.P. Croften Park, Ballina; m. 1st, Alice, dau. of Thos. S. Langley; 2nd, Emily, widow of Col. Poulett Somerset, C.B., M.P., and dau. of John Hubert Moore, and has issue 5 daus. Educ.: Rossall Coll.; Arlington House, Portarlington: Royal Coll. of Surgeons, Ireland, and Univ. of Dublin. Silver medals. Medicine and Surgery. Practised in Tuam, 1865-77; Hon, Secretary Tuam Diocesan Synod: Professor Queen's College, Galway. 1876; Member Governing Body, University Coll., Galway; Examiner National University, Ireland, and of late Queen's University in Ireland; ex-President Irish Medical Association; Fellow Royal Acad. of Medicine, Ireland; Provincial Grand Master South Connaught. Pubns.: Financial Scheme and Supplemental Scheme, Diocese of Tuam; Our Homes; The Irish Medical Practitioner's Guide; Insanity, Inebriety, and Crime; Our Senses and How they Serve us; The Use and Abuse of Alcohol. Res.: Forster House, Galway. Club: Galway County.