Dr. O'Loughlin was from County Kerry, Ireland. At the age of sixteen, he enrolled at Dublin's Catholic University and lived in a dormitory on St. Stephen's Green, which his uncle was the Reverend Dean to. However, in those days, the Catholic University didn't have the charter or public endowment that would enable it to grant its students actual degrees, and upon completing his studies there in 1869, since he didn't want to go to Trinity College, he had to make do with only a license. His first job after finishing his studies was at a dispensary medical service in Clane, County Kildare. He was not to work there very long, however, and at age twenty-one he joined the White Star Line, entering into a career on the sea. Dr. O'Loughlin enjoyed a very long and distinguished career as a ship's surgeon, and in addition to his skill as a surgeon was also noted for his kindness, charity, generosity, and friendliness. He perished on the Titanic at age sixty-two. Those who knew him noted that he ended up getting his final wish of being buried at sea. After his death, some of his American friends established a pathological laboratory in his memory at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City.
Dr. O'Loughlin was from County Kerry, Ireland. At the age of sixteen, he enrolled at Dublin's Catholic University and lived in a dormitory on St. Stephen's Green, which his uncle was the Reverend Dean to. However, in those days, the Catholic University didn't have the charter or public endowment that would enable it to grant its students actual degrees, and upon completing his studies there in 1869, since he didn't want to go to Trinity College, he had to make do with only a license. His first job after finishing his studies was at a dispensary medical service in Clane, County Kildare. He was not to work there very long, however, and at age twenty-one he joined the White Star Line, entering into a career on the sea. Dr. O'Loughlin enjoyed a very long and distinguished career as a ship's surgeon, and in addition to his skill as a surgeon was also noted for his kindness, charity, generosity, and friendliness. He perished on the Titanic at age sixty-two. Those who knew him noted that he ended up getting his final wish of being buried at sea. After his death, some of his American friends established a pathological laboratory in his memory at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City.
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