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AN OLD VICTORIAN GRAVEYARD [THE CUSACK VAULT] REF-1070137

James William Cusack (1788-1861), B.A., M.B., M.D., F.R.C.S.I., was born in Laraghbryan, near Maynooth, the son of Athanasius Cusack, and educated in Trinity College, Dublin. He was awarded the degrees of bachelor of arts 1809, bachelor of medicine 1812, and doctor of medicine in 1840. On three occasions, 1827, 1847, and 1853, he was elected president of the Royal College of Surgeons. In 1852 he was appointed regius professor of surgery at T.C.D. Cusack resided at 7 Merrion Square north, in 1860. His sister Alicia was married in 1819 to Robert Warren (q.v.), a lawyer who speculated in land in the Killiney and Foxrock areas, and built Killiney castle.

 

 

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