Irish Republican Brotherhood
O'Leary abandoned his study of law at Trinity College because he was unwilling to take the oath of allegiance which would be required of a barrister. He enrolled at Queen's College, Cork, in 1850 to study medicine, and later moved to Queen's College, Galway and on to further studies at the Meath Hospital, Dublin, and in Paris and London. In 1855, he visited Paris, where he became acquainted with Kevin Izod O'Doherty, John Martin and the American painter, John Whistler. O'Leary subsequently became financial manager of the newly formed Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) and was joint editor of the IRB paper The Irish People.
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