James Gallagher

Gallagher, James (Séamus Ó Gallchóir) (?1680-1751), author of sermons in Irish. Born in the diocese of Kilmore, he was educated in Paris and Rome, returning to become Catholic Bishop of Raphoe from 1725, and of Kildare, 1737-51. His Sixteen Sermons in An Easy and Familiar Stile (1735), with facing translations, was one of the very few books published in Irish in the time of the Penal Laws.

Several notable people have been named James Gallagher:

• James Gallagher (US House Chaplain), a Presbyterian Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives in 1852.
• James Gallagher (American politician), a New Jersey Freeholder since 1997
• James A. Gallagher, a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
• James Gallagher (Irish politician)
• James Gallagher (Convicted former POW), a former Korean War POW convicted in the USA for his actions during confinement

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