William Edward Ashley Cummins (4 February 1858 — 18 October 1923) was an Irish international

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player. Born in

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, Cummins was educated at

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and Queen's College Belfast. He appeared occasionally in rugby international for

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during his tertiary studies, gaining three caps as a forward. Cummins remained based in Cork through his medical career. He was Professor of Practice of Medicine at University College Cork and a senior surgeon at the City of Cork Hospital for Women and Children. Raising 11 children, Cummins had two sons follow him into medicine, as did his daughters Jane and

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. His eldest daughter was the Irish playwright

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. Another daughter,

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, was University College Cork's first female engineering graduate.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cummins, William 1858 births 1923 deaths Irish rugby union players Ireland international rugby union players Academics of University College Cork 20th-century Irish medical doctors Alumni of Queen's University Belfast Alumni of University College Cork Rugby union forwards Rugby union players from Cork (city)

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