Marie Therese Jane Cassidy was born on 1955 and is a pathologist, academic and former contestant on Dancing with the Stars Ireland.
14 Facts About Marie Cassidy
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Marie Cassidy is Professor of Forensic Medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland and Trinity College, Dublin.
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Marie Cassidy was born in Rutherglen, Glasgow, Scotland, in 1955.
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Marie Cassidy is the granddaughter of emigrants from County Donegal.
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Marie Cassidy became a member of the Royal College of Pathologists in 1985 and a forensic pathologist the same year, making her the first female full-time forensic pathologist in the United Kingdom.
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Marie Cassidy held a professorship of forensic medicine at the University of Glasgow before moving to Ireland in 1998 to take up the position of Deputy State Pathologist.
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Marie Cassidy was appointed to the position of State Pathologist in January 2004, succeeding Professor John Harbison to become the first female State Pathologist in Ireland.
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Marie Cassidy is Professor of Forensic Medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland and Trinity College, Dublin.
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Marie Cassidy has worked as a consultant for the United Nations, helping to identify the remains of victims of war crimes in Bosnia.
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Marie Cassidy announced her intended retirement as State Pathologist of Ireland on 7 September 2018.
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Marie Cassidy has acted as a consultant to the television crime series Taggart.
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Since retiring as state pathologist in 2018, Marie Cassidy has fronted series for RTE including Dr Marie Cassidy's Casebook where she revisited some of the most memorable investigations of her career.
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In January 2023, Marie Cassidy appeared on the sixth series of Dancing with the Stars Ireland.
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Marie Cassidy was partnered with Stephen Vincent and was eliminated 2nd overall in week 4, finishing in 10th place.