Patrick Duggan (10 November 1813 – 15 August 1896) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Clonfert from 1872 until his death. Duggan was born in Cummer, County Galway in 1813. He spent his early years on his mother's family farm at Carrownageehy,

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. After finishing his studies at St Jarlath's College in

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, he matriculated in Maynooth College in 1833 and he was ordained to the priesthood on 5 June 1841. He was appointed curate to the parish of Kilmoylan and Cummer in County Galway, and later parish priest. He was appointed Bishop of Clonfert on 10 September and by

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on 2 October 1871. He was consecrated bishop on 14 January 1872. Duggan supported the

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and the

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movement. In the 1872 Galway County by-election, Duggan organized support for Captain (later Lieutenant-Colonel)

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who was favourably disposed towards tenant rights. Nolan was elected but lost his seat on the grounds of undue clerical influence, and Duggan was brought to trial with others before the

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, but the case collapsed and he was acquitted. In 1884 he was requested by Michael Cusack and others to become the patron of the planned

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. Duggan declined due to illness, and suggested

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, Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, in his place. He is buried in

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. Duggan Park, a

ground in

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, County Galway, is named after him.

References

* Veritas Publications, ''Bishop of the Land War: Dr. Patrick Duggan, Bishop of Clonfert, 1813-1896'', Hyperion Books, 1989. . * * * ''Duggan, Patrick'', C.J. Woods, in ''Dictionary of Irish Biography'', pp. 522–23, Cambridge, 2009. {{DEFAULTSORT:Duggan, Patrick 1813 births 1896 deaths Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth History of the Gaelic Athletic Association People educated at St Jarlath's College People from County Galway Roman Catholic bishops of Clonfert 19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland

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