Noël Browne
Noël Browne, the doctor who tried to cure Ireland, died on May 22nd, aged 81
THE Irish are adept at mourning, and the tributes paid to Noël Browne were decently fashioned even by those who could not stand him. To the great and the good he was, to quote one of them, “fearless in the pursuit of what he thought was right”, an ingenious way of saying he was usually wrong and obstinate with it. Dr Browne, who was himself an accomplished spinner of words, would probably have been amused. Many more, and more direct, shillelaghs were directed at him in the course of his campaigning career.
This article appeared in the Obituary section of the print edition under the headline “Noël Browne”
Obituary May 31st 1997
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