Morgan McElligott

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]

Morgan McElligott
Personal information
NationalityIrish
Born21 June 1925
Rathdown, Dublin, Ireland
Died16 February 2016(2016-02-16) (aged 90)
Coosan, Ireland
Sport
SportRowing

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]

References
  1. "Morgan McElligott". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  2. "Farewell to Morgan McElligott". The Irish Field. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Morgan McElligott Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  4. "Meet the ex-Olympian who became a consultant at Portiuncula Hospital". Westmeath Independent. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  5. "Olympic spirit". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  6. "Eights, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  7. "Morgan McElligott from the 1948 Olympic Rowing Eight RIP". Olympic Federation of Ireland. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  8. "1948 Irish Olympians honoured". RTE. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  9. "NOC OF IRELAND HONORS 1948 OLYMPIANS". European Olympic Committees. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
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