Francis O'Neill | |
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![]() Chief Francis O'Neill, CPD | |
General Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department | |
In office April 30, 1901 – July 24, 1905[1] | |
Mayor | Carter Harrison Jr. Edward F. Dunne |
Preceded by | John E. Ptacek interim[1] |
Succeeded by | Herman F. Schuettler interim[1] |
Personal details | |
Born | Tralibane, County Cork, Ireland | August 28, 1848
Died | January 26, 1936 Chicago, Illinois, United States | (aged 87)
Francis O'Neill (Irish: Proinsias Ó Néill; August 28, 1848 – January 26, 1936) was an Irish-born American police officer and collector of Irish traditional music. His biographer Nicholas Carolan referred to him as "the greatest individual influence on the evolution of Irish traditional dance music in the twentieth century".[2]
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