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Bodkin (surname)
Bodkin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Amby Bodkin (), Irish lawyer and duelist * Archibald Bodkin (1862–1957), English lawyer and Director of Public Prosecutions * Christopher Bodkin (died 1572), Irish prelate, Archbishop of Tuam and Bishop of Kilmacduagh * Dominick Dáll Bodkin (died 1740), Irish mass murderer * Edward Bodkin, American underground surgeon arrested in 1998 * J. Alexander Bodkin psychiatrist * John Bodkin (other) * Joseph Bodkin (1902–1950), Australian politician * Matt Bodkin (born 1968), English footballer * Matthias McDonnell Bodkin (1850–1933), Irish MP, author, journalist, newspaper editor, barrister and judge * Matthias Bodkin (1896–1973), Irish Jesuit priest and author, son of the above * Maud Bodkin (1875–1967), British classical scholar * Odds Bodkin (born 1953), pseudonym of an American storyteller, musician, and author * Peter Bodkin (1924–1994), English cricketer * Richard Bodkin, mayor of Galway ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amby Bodkin
Amby Bodkin, Irish people, Irish lawyer and duelist, fl. 1777 - 1795. Background Bodkin was a descendant of The Tribes of Galway and a lawyer on the Connacht circuit. His ancestor was Tomás Bobhdacing, (floruit, fl. 1300). He was a member of the committee who met annually at either Galway or Clonmel to look into the code of dueling. Bodkin was one of the signatories of the Irish ''Code Duello'' which met at the Clonmel summer assizes in the summer of 1777. The Duel At one stage of his career he was counsel for the plaintiff in a case against Sir Ulick Burke of Glinsk (County Galway), Glinsk, County Galway. Burke and his attorney sent Bodkin and his attorney challenges to a duel. In this duel, shots were exchanged on horseback. If this proved ineffective they continued firing; if that too was ineffective swords and daggers were used, either mounted or on foot. The encounter proved bloody, and Bodkin was wounded. However, no fatalities are believed to have occurred. Large cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |