4 Quotes & Sayings By Arthur Oshaughnessy

Arthur O'Shaughnessy was born in Dublin in 1847. He studied medicine at Trinity College, Dublin, graduating in 1872. He later worked as a locum in several hospitals in England, where he also attended lectures at Guy's Hospital on subjects including his specialty of ophthalmology. After returning to Dublin in 1877, he eventually became professor of ophthalmology at the General Lying-in Hospital for Women, which was founded in 1788 by the Countess Markiewicz Read more

He was knighted in 1907. The foundation stone of the Eye Hospital is attributed to O'Shaughnessy and laid on 13th November 1882 and officially opened on 29th October 1883.

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We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams. World-losers and world-forsakers, Upon whom the pale moon gleams; Yet we are the movers and shakers, Of the world forever, it seems. Arthur OShaughnessy
We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers...
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We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams. Arthur OShaughnessy
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One man with a dream at pleasure Shall go forth and conquer a crown And three with a new song's measure Can trample an empire down. Arthur OShaughnessy