Cyril O'Callaghan


Cyril Tait O'Callaghan was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Carlow, O'Callaghan was a wing three-quarter and played for Old Merchant Taylors, an English club. He gained seven Ireland caps, debuting in 1910, and scored two tries, both during the 1911 Five Nations.
O'Callaghan served as an officer with the 1st The Royal Dragoons, into which he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in November 1915, and was awarded the Military Cross in January 1919.
During the 1920s, O'Callaghan was an aide-de-camp to the High Commissioner of Egypt George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Reserve of Officers of the Territorial Army's North Somerset Yeomanry.
O'Callaghan married an American from Boston after retiring from active service.