Ó Dubhagáinn was the name of a bardic family from Baile Uí Dhubhagáin, in Uí Maine, (now Ballyduggan,

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, County Galway). The family were not related to similarly named family of

Dugan Dugan or Duggan ( ga, Uí Dhúgáin) is an Irish surname derived from Ó Dubhagáinn. History A family of the name Dugan had its territory near the modern town of Fermoy in north Cork, and were originally the ruling family of the Fir Maighe ...

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. The name is now generally rendered as

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Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin (died 1372 Year 1372 ( MCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * May – Owain Lawgoch makes a second att ...

(died 1372),

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and

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Tomás Bacach Ó Dúgáin Tomás Bacach Ó Dúgáin, Irish scribe, fl. 1848-1858. William Mahon devotes pages 636-37 of his article (cited below) on this scribe. He was a descendant of the same family as Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin (died 1372 and was one of three related s ...

(fl. 1848-1858), scribe *

Maolsheachlainn Ó Dúgáin Maolsheachlainn Ó Dúgáin () was an Irish scribe. Ó Dúgáin was a native of Claregalway and related to Tomás Bacach Ó Dúgáin and Liam Ó Dúgáin Liam Ó Dúgáin was an Irish scribe who flourished in the mid-19th century. A na ...

(fl. mid-19th century), scribe *

Liam Ó Dúgáin Liam Ó Dúgáin was an Irish scribe who flourished in the mid-19th century. A native of Claregalway, Ó Dúgáin was a relation of Tomás Bacach Ó Dúgáin and Maolsheachlainn Ó Dúgáin, all of the same parish. His scribal work consists ...

(fl. mid-19th century), scribe * John Doogan (1853–1940), Irish recipient of the

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(1876-1951), son of a Dugan of County Galway * Richard E. Duggan (b. 1952), artist/designer * Michael Dugan (b. 1937), General

References

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