Liam Ó Dúgáin was an
Irish scribe
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who flourished in the mid-19th century.
A native of
Claregalway
Baile Chláir or Baile Chláir na Gaillimhe (anglicised Claregalway) is a Gaeltacht village about 10 km north of Galway city in County Galway, Ireland. Claregalway was founded on the banks of the River Clare, hence the derivation of its na ...
, Ó Dúgáin was a relation of
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 ...
and
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 people, Irish scribe who flourished in the mid-19th c ...
, all of the same parish. His scribal work consists of songs.
See also
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Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin
Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin (died 1372) was an Irish Gaelic poet.
Background
Ó Dubhagáinn was among the first notable members of the bardic family Baile Uí Dhubhagáin (Ballyduggan), near Loughrea, County Galway. He was accorded the rank o ...
(died 1372),
Gaelic-Irish poet.
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Patrick Duggan (10 November 1813 – 15 August 1896), Roman Catholic Bishop of
Clonfert
Clonfert () is a small village in east County Galway, Ireland, halfway between Ballinasloe and Portumna. The village gives its name to the Diocese of Clonfert (Roman Catholic), Diocese of Clonfert. Clonfert Cathedral is one of the eight cathedr ...
.
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Seánie Duggan
Seán "Seánie" Duggan (2 November 1922 – 26 September 2013) was an Irish hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Galway senior team.
Born in Galway, Duggan arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-one when he first linked ...
(1922–2013), retired Irish sportsman.
*
Jeremiah Duggan
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(1980–2003), British student who died in disputed circumstances linked to the
LaRouche movement
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.
References
*''Scríobhaithe Lámhscríbhinní Gaeilge I nGaillimh 1700-1900'', William Mahon, in "Galway:History and Society", 1996
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Writers from County Galway
Irish-language writers
Irish scribes
19th-century Irish writers