PRCSI (1992-1994), Mr. James Dermot O’Flynn Recently, the cataloguing of the James Dermot O’Flynn papers has been completed within RCSI Heritage Collections! The collection, which was generously donated by the O’Flynn family, contains records relating to the medical career and life of Mr. James Dermot O’Flynn, RCSI President between 1992 and 1994. As today would have marked his 106th birthday, we are choosing to celebrate by sharing some highlights from the collection and exploring more about who James Dermot O’Flynn was. Who was J. Dermot O’Flynn? James Dermot O’Flynn was born on January 27th, 1920, in Cobh, County Cork. In 1937, he passed the matriculation examination which was necessary to gain entrance to university and after five years, in 1942 he graduated from the Medical Faculty, University College Cork with an M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O. Work in hospitals could be difficult to come by in Ireland at this time for a variety of reasons and O’Flynn made the decision to emigrate to England...