Dermot O’Brien Hourihane (1933–2020)

Dermot Hourihane was born in Ballina, County Mayo, but his family soon moved to Dublin where he was educated. He studied medicine at University College Dublin and interned at St Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin where he began his pathology career under Professor John (Jock) McGrath. He continued his training in London at the Hammersmith Hospital and the London Hospital (later the Royal London Hospital) where his mentors included Sir John Dacie, and...