Oliver St. John Gogarty

Oliver St. John Gogarty
Gogarty as painted in 1911 by William Orpen
Born(1878-08-17)17 August 1878
Rutland Square, Dublin, Ireland
Died22 September 1957(1957-09-22) (aged 79)
New York City, United States
OccupationAuthor, poet, memoirist, physician/surgeon, politician, athlete
Literary movementIrish Literary Renaissance
Notable worksAs I Was Going Down Sackville Street (1937)
Spouse
Martha Duane Gogarty
(m. 1906)
Children3, including Dermot
Senator
In office
11 December 1922  29 May 1936
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Political party
Olympic medal record
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1924 ParisLiterature

Oliver Joseph St. John Gogarty (17 August 1878 – 22 September 1957) was an Irish poet, author, otolaryngologist, athlete, politician, and conversationalist. He served as the inspiration for Buck Mulligan in James Joyce's novel Ulysses.