Abraham Cronyn
| Full name | Abraham Prim Cronyn | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 3 September 1855 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kilkenny, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 26 April 1937 (aged 81) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Seaford, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||
| University | Trinity College Dublin.[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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Abraham Prim Cronyn (3 September 1855 — 26 April 1937) was an Irish international rugby union player.[2]
Biography
[edit]The son of a doctor, Cronyn was an Irish national champion in the quarter-mile and gained three caps as a rugby forward for Ireland, which included the team's first ever international match in 1875.[3]
Cronyn served in the Boer War as an officer with the 97th Regiment.[4]
A member of the clergy, Cronyn was curate of Powerscourt in County Wicklow and Holy Trinity in County Waterford, before serving overseas chaplaincies and later settling in England, moving to Seaford, Sussex, for his retirement.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Rev. A. P. Cronyn". Belfast News-Letter. 3 May 1937.
- ^ "Capt A. P. Cronyn". Irish Independent. 3 June 1892.
- ^ "Famous Football Matches". Dublin Evening Telegraph. 15 January 1898.
- ^ "The Late Rev. A. P. Cronyn". Belfast News-Letter. 11 May 1937.
- ^ "Death of Rev. A. P. Cronyn". Waterford Standard. 8 May 1937.
External links
[edit]- Abraham Cronyn at ESPNscrum