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Timeline
| Date | Details |
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| 1832 | Born Dublin. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin. (Diploma in Engineering). Worked for a few years with Sir R. Griffith on the general Valuation of Ireland. |
| 1854 | Joined Geological Survey, Irish branch. |
| Most important work in Cork. Subsequently selected by J.B. Jukes (local Director) to work with him in Devon and Cornwall; on Igneous of Limerick; and Coalfields of Queen’s County, Tipperary. | |
| Memoir on Tipperary Coalfield (with A.B. Wynne and G.H. Kinahan). | |
| Last fieldwork in County Galway, then transferred to Dublin as Secretary on retirement of John Kelly. | |
| 1883 | Died April 13th in Dublin (succeeded in office by A.B. Wynne). |
Biographies and obituaries
Details Geological Magazine (1883) p. 288 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756800166440
O'Kelly, Joseph (DNB00) — Wikisource
Joseph O'Kelly Irish geologist— Peoplepill entry
Publications
49 works listed in the BGS Library catalogue
BGS archives
| Ref No | Title | Description |
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| GSM/DC/A/C/6/150 | J O'Kelly: Letters on his appointment. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/7/249,256,260 | J O'Kelly: Letters on his promotion. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/7/270-271 | J O'Kelly: Letters on his application for leave. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/31/108 | J O'Kelly: Letters on his appointment as examiner |