Early Life
Born in the town of Tipperary, County Tipperary, the catholic O'Leary was educated at the local Protestant Grammar School, The Abbey School, and later the catholic Carlow College. He identified with the views advocated by Thomas Davis and met James Stephens in 1846.
He began his studies in law at Trinity College, Dublin, in 1847, where, through the Grattan Club, he associated with Charles Gavan Duffy, James Fintan Lalor and Thomas Francis Meagher.
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